Regularly used kitchen implements:
Magiwhisk
Kitchenaid Mixer
Mezzaluna
Interesting Items in Nigella's Pantry:
Camp Coffee
Crystallised Violets
In Nigella's Library:
Classic Home Desserts
Vatch's South East Asian Cookbook
Hot Sour Salty Sweet
License to Grill
The BBQ Bible
Entertaining all'Italiana
The book of Jewish Food
The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup
Are You Hungry Tonight?
Can You Take The Heat?
Liberace Cooks
Favourite words and phrases:
Laborious
Emulsion
Sludge
Fug
Aromatic
Astringent
Acerbic
Teeny
"My skill lies in eating" - Nigella's excuse for not knowing where salmon are from.
"I don't go for picture book presentation" - Nigella's excuse for plating up food in a slapdash way.
"I'm going to disrobe, de-rubber" - when taking off her rubber gloves.
"I love a bit of tong action".
"I've got asbestos hands" - explaining how she can touch very hot food with her hands.
Finds "mindless repetitive activity immensely comforting".
"The holy trinity of aromatics: dried coriander; dried cumin and dried turmeric".
"There is a holy trinity of garlic, wine and parsley in the life of a moule".
Nigella makes fresh pasta and meatballs when she wants to "shimmer in Italian mama mode".
"Cooking that's a real collaboration between you and the food" - kneading pasta dough.
When making fresh pasta she is in "a more tea towel mood" (as opposed to cling film).
"There is always something very satisfying about a recipe that uses a whole carton of eggs" - when making a chocolate cloud cake.
"When I was about 12, it was my idea of gastronomic heaven" - commenting on cream style sweet corn.
"It's somehow better to not be scared of egg whites" - when making custard.
"These are feast days not fast days" - referring to Christmas.
Nigellas tips:
Use ordinary olive oil for cooking, not extra virgin.
Use raw prawns
Full fat or nothing
* Information taken from the TV series Nigella Bites and Forever Summer *
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