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Nigella Lawson’s meatballs

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Learn how to make meatballs at home with this easy recipe from Nigella Lawson’s new Italian show Nigellissima. The rich tomato sauce is the perfect accompaniment to these tasty bites

Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 35 mins
Total time: 45 mins
Skill level: Easy peasy
Costs: Cheap as chips

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Nigella says: ‘Don’t worry if you can’t get Italian sausages easily; I gave this recipe to an Italian friend of mine (who lives in London) and she – ironically – chooses to fashion hers out of everyday English Porkinsons. And if that’s good enough for her. . .’

Ingredients

450–500g Italian sausages
2 x 15ml tbsp garlic oil
4 fat or 6 spindly spring onions, finely sliced
1tsp dried oregano
60ml white wine or vermouth
2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes, plus water to rinse 1⁄2 can
2 bay leaves
salt and pepper, to taste
chopped fresh parsley, to serve (optional)

Method

Squeeze the sausage meat from the sausages and roll small cherry-tomato-sized meatballs out of it, putting them onto a clingfilm-lined baking tray as you go. Your final tally should be around 40.
Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based pan or flameproof casserole and add the meatballs, frying them until golden; as they become firmer, nudge them up in the pan to make room for the rest, if you can’t fit them all in at first.
When all the meatballs are in the pan and browned, add the spring onion and oregano and stir about gently.
Add the wine or vermouth and chopped tomatoes, then fill half of one of the empty cans with cold water and tip it into the other empty can, then into the pan. The can-to-can technique is just my way of making sure you swill out as much of the tomato residue as possible.
Pop in the bay leaves and let the pan come to a fast simmer. Leave to cook like this, uncovered, for 20 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly and the meatballs are cooked through. Check the sauce for seasoning, adding some salt and pepper, if you like.
During this time you can cook whatever you fancy to go with the meatballs, whether it be pasta, rice, whatever.
Once the meatballs are ready, you can eat them immediately or let them stand, off the heat but still on the stove, for 15 minutes. The sauce will thicken up a bit on standing.
Should your diners be other than children who baulk at green bits, sprinkle with parsley on serving.

By Recipe taken from Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration by Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus, £26)

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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Gordon Ramsay Cookalong ? How to Cook a Perfect Steak

This recipe comes from Gordon Ramsay’s F Word^[1] –

Gordon Says “don’t be afraid to cook a steak on the big night. If you follow these simple rules, it will be easy. Let the pan get nice and hot. If there’s no heat in the pan, there’s no color. If there’s no color, there’s no flavor”. Make sure the steak is relaxed, meaning it’s at room temperature. A relaxed steak will cook quicker, and won’t be stone cold in the center. Ingredients needed to cook a perfect steak couldn’t be simpler, so grab a steak next time you’re at the market, and treat yourself to a delicious meal.

Keep in mind, stove cooked steaks can produce lots of smoke while cooking. Open the windows before you start, and turn on the exhaust fan.

Ingredients:

New York Steak (or your preferred cut)
Salt
Freshly Cracked Pepper
Butter
Neutral Oil (flavorless cooking oil)

Directions:

Use a generous amount of salt and pepper to season the steak, and gently press it into the meat with your fingers. The thicker the cut of steak, the more salt and pepper you will need.

Use a heavy pan for cooking steak. Cast iron pans work best for this particular meal. Get the pan nice and hot, then add the oil. Wait for the oil to heat up, it should just start to smoke before adding the steak. Add the steak and push it down in the center with your fingers to ensure the entire steak is touching the bottom of the pan.

It’s very important to only flip the steak once during cooking. Moving the steak around while cooking it will only drain it of essential juices and lead to a less than desirable result. For rare, cook 2-3 minutes on the first side, then flip the steak. About 1 1/2 minutes into the second side, melt butter into the pan. Spoon the butter over the steak, ensuring to cover the entire steak. When the steak is just about finished, turn it onto it’s back, fat side down. Cook for about 30 seconds to reduce and soften the strip of fat. Remove steak from pan, and baste again with butter from the pan. Leave to rest, then slice if desired.

You can test doneness of the steak by comparing the firmness of the steak to parts of your hand. Rare is on your thumb muscle, near your palm, medium is near the outer edge of your thumb, and well-done is where your wrist meets your hand. Watch the video for a visual explanation of firmness. Embedding is disabled on the video for some reason, but you can watch it by clicking the link.

F Word
How to cook a perfect steak.^[2]^[3]

References

^{^} F Word (www.amazon.com)
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^{^} How to cook a perfect steak. (youtu.be)

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Gordon Ramsay’s New Potato Crab Salad

Gordon Ramsay’s New Potato Crab Salad Recipe

Gordon serves a tasty crispy salmon ^[1]filet over this New Potato Salad. Give both a try, and enjoy a gourmet meal which doesn’t take a ton of time to cook.

Ingredients:

7-9 Boiled New Potatoes (peeled)
Olive Oil
4-5 Green Onions
Salt & Pepper
Vinaigrette (see note at end of article)
1/4 cup Chopped Parsley
1/2 pound of Crab Meat

Directions:

Heat olive oil in a large sauce pan. Add the boiled, peeled, New Potatoes to the olive oil and cook briefly to lightly heat the potatoes. Remove from heat, and crush the potatoes with a fork. You don’t want to thoroughly mash them at this point, just crush them up a bit.

Chop the green onions, using the entire onion (top and bottom) and add to potatoes. Season the potatoes lightly with salt and pepper, add the crab meat, and mix everything together. Add a healthy amount of vinaigrette dressing, and then the chopped parsley. Mix everything again, and you’re done! Serve with Crispy Salmon ^[2] for a complete meal, or use your favorite main course to add your own flair.

Note: Gordon Ramsay says during the video that the vinaigrette he uses in all his restaurants consists of olive oil, water, lemon juice, and salt and pepper. He doesn’t specify and ratios, but you can experiment if you’d like to use the same vinaigrette as him.

References

^{^} crispy salmon (gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)
^{^} Crispy Salmon (gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)