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• How to cook a perfect steak?

  Hello!i tried steak many times but it never came out perfectly....meat tends to remain raw n the outer portion gets dark n the meat doesnot get tender..how will i marinate my steak piece or how to cook a perfect steak?please tell me the procedure.......n people say beef will never get tender until raw papaya is use for marination.....is it true?????what should i do???plz reply back......im in trouble........

  Posted by nishaa. Answered on 4th Mar 2011 at 12.00

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• What are chicken escalopes?

  Is a chicken escalope breast or the tenderloin? I am going to make your cookalong dish but want to make sure I get the correct cut. Kt- australia.

  Posted by gourmetlover. Answered on 3rd Mar 2011 at 12.00

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• Which recipe? Choc cake & sauce, pudding & syrup

  I once or twice watched Nigella making a fabulous chocolate cake upon which she poured boiling water about half way through the baking process then let it rest ! the finished product looked too divine for words ! Never tried it as I like chocolate far too much but my daughter doens´t believe this is true ! Help me prove I am not batty.......yet ! Thank you.

  Sorry if i'm not clear about this, it's just because i'm from Argentina and i can't speak english as well as you :) I'd like to know the recipe about a pie that Nigella cooks in her show "Nigella bites" (which i see in Fox Life), where she uses just 3 ingredients (flour, milk and eggs, i think) and then she puts the mix in the oven, where there was a pan previously heated with a quite amount of oil. I remember it takes only 15 minutes to cook, and then she tries it with cream. I hope you can help me 'cause i thought it was so easy and useful, but i can't remember the exactly amounts. Love from Argentina, I love you Nigella! Eve.

  Posted by aldomero080440. Answered on 2nd Mar 2011 at 12.00

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