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Jamie Oliver's Easy Christmas Countdown

Jamie Oliver’s Easy Christmas Countdown

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Jamie Oliver’s Easy Christmas Countdown: Jamie shows exactly what to cook, and when, across Christmas Eve and Christmas Day – delivering impressive meals without the worry.       Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown recipes:   Best roast potatoes “Simple as roast potatoes are, there’s a handful of tiny, but important, details – picked up throughout my cooking career – that when combined give you this ultimate recipe, which I believe creates the perfect roast potato. What a luxury. ” Meat stuffing “Everyone loves a good stuffing. The flavour from free-range pork shoulder is far more delicious than sausagemeat – any […]

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Nadiya's American Adventure episode 2 - California

Nadiya’s American Adventure episode 2 – California

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Nadiya’s American Adventure episode 2 – California: Nadiya Hussain continues her tour of America’s culinary melting pot in California.     She starts just a stone’s throw from downtown Los Angeles, in a Latino neighbourhood, home to an authentic Central American night market. Here she find the country’s newest arrivals, on the first step of their American dream, cooking up a taste of home: delicious Guatemalan stuffed chilies and, from El Salvador, thick corn tortillas with spicy salsa. In LA’s trendy arts district, Nadiya meets Wes Avila, whose gourmet tacos are redefining modern Californian cuisine. She meets Wes’s father, who

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 6

Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 6

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 6: Should you meddle with a classic? Nigella thinks that in the case of her crab mac’n’cheese, it’s a must. If the sight of glorious melted cheese isn’t enough, fear not, as she follows it with her aptly named ‘mine all mine chocolate cookies’ and a firm family favourite – chicken with orzo, a one pot dish designed to bring comfort and joy.   Rice is the order of the day for dessert; inspired by the Italian torta di riso and her love of the very British rice pudding, Nigella creates a rice pudding cake

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Nadiya's American Adventure episode 1 - Louisiana: Nadiya’s Louisianan food adventure starts in New Orleans

Nadiya’s American Adventure episode 1 – Louisiana

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Nadiya’s American Adventure episode 1 – Louisiana: Nadiya Hussain has always been fascinated by America, home to more immigrants than any other country, and with some of the most vibrant food on the planet. She wants to find out more about this culinary melting pot, so sets out to explore two states she has always dreamt of visiting, Louisiana and California.     Nadiya’s Louisianan food adventure starts in New Orleans, whose strategic position at the mouth of the Mississippi Delta has attracted newcomers for centuries from as far as Europe, the Caribbean and more recently from Vietnam. Nadiya arrives

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 5

Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 5

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 5: As winter draws in and the nights get cold, Nigella creates recipes that deliver comfort and warmth to banish the winter blues. Nigella’s grandmother’s recipe for creme caramel provides the inspiration for a simple but elegant dessert of caramel custard. Nigella then rifles through her pasta collection to find the ideal pasta shape to go with her spicy sauce made from Italian ‘nduja and cavolo nero. This is followed by a visit to the famous gadget cupboard for an electric potato masher to prep her brown butter colcannon, the perfect match to a dish

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 4

Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 4

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 4: Nigella champions the much-maligned bacon of the sea, the anchovy, which she uses to create an elixir to accompany seared steak or crisp, red chicory.     Alternative video stream     Delving into an old cookbook inspires Nigella to champion the much-maligned bacon of the sea, the anchovy – an ingredient she loves and which she uses to create an elixir to accompany seared steak or crisp, red chicory. From her twinkling cocktail trolley, Nigella shakes up a lemon blossom cocktail using lemon juice and elderflower – a combination which inspired her lemon

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 3

Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 3

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 3: Nigella shares her go-to celebratory cake – a divine, layered chocolate and peanut butter cake that will make even die-hard haters of peanut butter relent. She goes on to create a colourful rainbow dish of vegetables and spiced bulgur wheat, suitable for vegans, vegetarians and anyone who wants a tasty dish with minimal effort.     Alternative video stream   For Fullscreen   There are some new additions to Nigella’s liquorice toolbox, one of which provides the key element for a sauce to accompany her Basque burnt cheesecake. Nigella shares the rhythms and rituals

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Hairy Bikers' Best of British episode 21 - Food Festivals

Hairy Bikers’ Best of British episode 21 – Food Festivals

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Hairy Bikers’ Best of British episode 21 – Food Festivals: Here, the duo look at the history of food festivals and the food with which the British celebrate them. We certainly love any excuse to put on a spread. Thankfully there are plenty of food festivals in our calendar that allow us to indulge.     The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. The Hairy Bikers, aka Dave Myers and Si King, are riding high again and on a mission to prove that British food is the best in the world. It’s a travelling

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Hairy Bikers' Best of British episode 20 - Sweet Tooth

Hairy Bikers’ Best of British episode 20 – Sweet Tooth

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Hairy Bikers’ Best of British episode 20 – Sweet Tooth: The duo explore how the British love affair with sugar has evolved over centuries. They then try their hand at making their favourite childhood sweets, create their own sweet and sour dish, and make a truly sumptuous cheesecake.     The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food.   Hairy Bikers’ Best of British episode 20 – Sweet Tooth   David Myers and Si King collectively known as the Hairy Bikers, are British television chefs. They have presented a range of television shows that combine

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 2

Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 2

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 2: Once again, Nigella weaves her kitchen magic and shows how, with a little advanced planning and a minimal amount of effort, it is easy to produce delicious food. Nigella starts with a fluffy, white, no-knead bread, which she uses to sandwich her crispy fried chicken, accompanied by pickles and kimchi. Nigella then takes the fear out of making a fish stew, accompanied by a fragrant tomato base full of the warming flavours of mace, cinnamon and nutmeg. A daring dish of cherry flambe follows, using frozen cherries and kirsch, served up with her frozen

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 1

Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 1

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Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat episode 1: Nigella shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen and reveals the inspiration behind many of her recipes. Starting with her take on the bhorta, a dish of fried and mashed vegetables favoured in the Indian subcontinent, to which she introduces a very British – but very familiar – ingredient. The surprises don’t stop there. After creating a warm, spicy and aromatic dish of lamb shanks with wide noodles, Nigella turns her attention to very ripe bananas, which she uses to make a gloriously rich and gooey chocolate tahini pudding, and then goes on

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Hairy Bikers' Best of British episode 19 - Takeaways

Hairy Bikers’ Best of British episode 19 – Takeaways

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Hairy Bikers’ Best of British episode 19 – Takeaways: The duo explore how Britain’s love affair with takeaway food has evolved and cook some of their favourites.     The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food. David Myers and Si King collectively known as the Hairy Bikers, are British television chefs. They have presented a range of television shows that combine cooking with the travelogue format, mostly for the BBC but also for the now-defunct Good Food channel. They have also produced a range of cookery books published to accompany their various television series.

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