Homemade Scotch Egg | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella …
4 whole eggs at room temperature (plus 2 extra, beaten) 500 grams sausagemeat; ½ teaspoon dried mixed herbs; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; 2 tablespoons plain flour
Victoria Sponge | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
A Victoria Sponge is one of the simplest cakes there is and quite one of the best. Plain, airy cakes, sandwiched with sweet jam and smooth, whipped cream: it is no wonder that it has been such a favourite through the generations. My version tinkers only a little with the traditional model: I use a mixture of flour and cornflour/cornstarch in the sponge, which creates cakes that are ...
Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Recipes by Nigella Lawson. Christbrot is very similar to a Weihnachtsstollen, but lighter in texture, and is best eaten freshly baked.
Lamb Kofta with Garlic Sauce | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
These are rather like Eastern Mediterranean meatballs in sausage form, though you can come across them as fat burger-like patties, too. As loose-packed sausages, they’re formed around skewers and turned over an open flame. Since I rarely use a barbecue, but just stare at it being rained on in the garden, I simply fry them in a pan. And much as I like the long lollipop …
Speculaas Biscuits | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
You’re unlikely to get very far in Amsterdam without coming across these festively spiced and beautiful biscuits, and nor would you want to. They are the perfect Christmas cookie. Traditionally — and it’s how bakeries still sell them, though they’re made less and less at home — they’re made by pressing the dough onto carved wooden moulds, which give the biscuits the look of …
Tartiflette | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Along with raclette and fondue, tartiflette is one of Savoie’s most famous dishes, a gratin of potatoes, onions, bacon and the local Reblochon cheese. Its origins are a little confused. The name undoubtedly derives from the local patois for potato, tartiflâ, and tartiflette was first mentioned in a 1705 book written by the chef Francois Massialot, Le Cuisinier Royal et …
Pickled Red Cabbage | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Soft, soused, slow-braised red cabbage has been part of my Christmas table forever. I will never forsake it (and do check out the tangy version with cranberries) but I have come to the conclusion that this pickle is now every bit as essential to my season’s eatings. It’s barely any work to make and is so much better than the pickled red cabbage that you buy from a shop. I do think it …
Yule Log | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
I know the recipe looks finicky, and I can’t promise it’s a doddle, but it works easily and you will soon find you are rolling chocolate logs without a care. In fact, if you have a lot of people coming round, and you can find a serving dish or board long enough, it might be worth making 2 cakes and sitting them end to end, to look like a really long log. But even if you’re making just ...
Christmas | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Christmas. I am not a great one for starters before Christmas Dinner, but I will certainly have plates of Parmesan Shortbreads and my Panettone Stuffing Squares dotted around the place alongside a jug or two of my Christmas Cup, and may even offer the odd Poinsettia too - and if you want to do likewise, just follow the Christmas Cup recipe, but substitute Grand Marnier, …
Lasagne of Love | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Chop the onions, dropping the peeled skin into a saucepan big enough to make the béchamel shortly. I use one 22cm / 9inches in diameter and 9cm / 3½ inches deep.