Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Nigella Lawson’s chocolate olive oil mousse is a voluptuously soft, rich dark chocolate mousse made with extra virgin olive oil in place of cream or butter. It’s a five-ingredient, no-cook dessert for 6, from her book At My Table. She first tasted a version at Morito in London, one of her favourite places to eat, …
Nigella Lawson’s butterscotch pots are silky, richly smooth caramel custard puddings made from a smoky home-made butterscotch stirred into a cornflour-and-egg custard, then chilled. They serve 2, from her book At My Table. She traces them to a childhood treat beyond measure, butterscotch Angel Delight, the chemical-tasting packet mousse. As she admits, her fondness for …
Jamie Oliver’s banoffee fro-yo tart is a no-bake reimagining of banoffee pie: a date and almond base layered with caramel, lime-tossed banana and vanilla Greek yoghurt, then briefly frozen. It’s gluten-free and serves 10, in 15 minutes. In Simply Jamie (2024) the twist is that nothing is cooked and there’s no pastry. The base is …