WHILE dribbling my way through last night's episode of Nigella's Christmas Kitchen my trance-like state was disturbed by the shrill sound of a text message being received by my phone.
It was my best friend. The message read, in full, said: 'Oh goodness. Just watching them eat that chocolate sticky cake thing I'm sure is putting inches on my belly'.
Never a truer word was spoken (or text). She was, of course, referring to Nigella's gut-busting pie recipe - a gloriously glutinous toffee pudding, that looks a bit like a cross between a banoffee pie (sans the bananas) and a cheesecake (minus the cheese), but contains more calories.
For the first time in our Nigella-watching history, my boyfriend's eyes glazed over not solely by the sight of Lawson's luscious curves.
"Can we have that this Christmas?" he asked. I assumed he was talking about the pie.
"I don't know if I have a pair of trousers to accommodate even looking at the pud, let alone eating it," I retorted. "If I eat that, my New Year's Eve frock won't fit. I won't so much be the belle of the ball, but the ball of the ball."
For anyone who missed seeing the construction of this magnificent pud, you can watch it again on BBC iplayer. In fact, I am just about to tune in myself. Elasticated waistbands at the ready...
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
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4 comments:
But what on earth was that passion fruit thing that she made last night? It looked a disaster!!
Sadly I missed the show, as I was at work, but I know the pud you talking about. In the book it looks like a bit of a depressed Pavlova. Not a success then?
That yellowish passion fruit dribbled on the top looked pretty unappetising: 'Ewww! Like the contents of someone's stomach' was one remark from our sofa. Having said that, I've been making heavy use of iPlayer to keep up to date with all of Nigella's programmes, so you could say I'm a fan.
Me too. My other half says 'That woman knows how to live, doesn't she?'. Too right. One day I'll have a pantry like hers too! Once again I am at work so I will have to rely on the iplayer to catch up with what I am missing. Hope you are enjoying it!
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