Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Nigella Lawson recipes from her books and TV shows, cooked at home. Indulgent, unfussy food with real portions and no pretending it takes 10 minutes.
Nigella Lawson’s cider and 5-spice bundt cake is a dark, aromatic spiced cake made with dry cider, black treacle and Chinese 5-spice, baked into a striking bundt shape. It bakes at 170°C (150°C fan, gas 3) for 45-50 minutes, uses oil rather than butter for a tender crumb, and cuts into 10 to 14 slices. …
Nigella Lawson’s caramelized garlic hummus blitzes chickpeas with tahini, lemon, olive oil and the sweet, soft flesh of a whole roasted garlic bulb into a rich, mellow purée. The garlic roasts at 220°C (gas 7) for 45 minutes, the hummus itself takes minutes in a food processor, and it makes enough for eight people to …
Nigella Lawson’s meatballs with orzo is a cosy one-pot dinner where beef and Parmesan meatballs poach in a tomato and vermouth sauce, then the orzo cooks right in the same pan until it’s plump and saucy. It makes about 30 small meatballs, serves four to six, and comes together in a single casserole with nothing …
Nigella Lawson’s no-churn matcha ice cream is a three-ingredient frozen dessert made by whisking condensed milk, double cream and green tea powder into a whipped green cream, then freezing overnight. There’s no ice cream maker, no custard and no churning, just a bowl and a whisk, and it sets into a scoopable litre of ice …
Nigella Lawson’s halloumi with chilli is a four-ingredient sharing plate: slices of salty halloumi dry-fried until golden, then doused in a chilli-steeped olive oil and finished with a squeeze of lemon. It uses two 250g packets of cheese, takes under 10 minutes, and makes about 30 pieces for people to graze on, drink in hand. …
Nigella Lawson’s green pasta with blue cheese is a fast, four-ingredient supper of curled spinach pasta tossed with sharp Gorgonzola, wilted baby spinach and chopped pistachios. There’s no cooking beyond boiling the pasta, the sauce comes together off the heat in a lidded pan, and it serves two hungry people in about 10 minutes. The …
Nigella Lawson’s white chocolate cheesecake is a no-bake dessert of melted white chocolate folded through cream cheese and softly whipped cream, set overnight on a gingernut biscuit base. It uses a 20cm springform tin, needs no oven at all, and cuts into 8. The white chocolate does double duty, adding gentle vanilla sweetness and setting …
Nigella Lawson’s sticky toffee pudding is a dark, date-rich sponge soaked in a muscovado and black treacle toffee sauce, baked in a square dish and served warm in generous slabs. It bakes at 180°C (160°C fan) for 30-35 minutes, then gets glazed with a quarter of the sauce and rested for 30 minutes, and cuts …
Nigella Lawson’s rice pudding cake is a British reworking of the Italian torta di riso, made by cooking Arborio rice in lemony milk, then folding it with whisked eggs and baking into a tender, nutmeg-scented cake. It bakes in a 20cm springform tin at 160°C (140°C fan) for 45 minutes and gives 8-12 slices, served …
Nigella Lawson’s fear-free fish stew drops chunks of firm white fish into a spiced tomato and sweet potato sauce, fragrant with mace, ginger, turmeric and cumin. The sauce simmers for 40-45 minutes, the fish needs only 3-5 minutes plus a 2-minute stand off the heat, and it serves four. It’s built to take the panic …