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Welcome to Kitchen Queries, where the nigella.com team will answer your cooking or food related questions.  We’d love you to submit some of your recipe problems, dilemmas or queries for us to get our teeth into!

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Latest Queries

  • Left over roast duck

    Hi, Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I roasted a duck today and have leftover meat and I dont want to waste it. Any suggestions? I have thought of duck spring rolls but I hate plum sauce - is there an alternative? All suugestions greatly received! Sona.xxf

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  • Vegetable Shortening substitute

    Dear Nigella Team, I am really looking forward to making the lovely scone recipe. However, I have not been able to find vegetable shortening in any grocery store. Can I use butter or vegetable oil as substitute? If so, how much? Thanks 

    could you please tell me the british equivalent to vegetable shortning and baking soda .alismith

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  • Re-using turkey brine?

    This Christmas I cooked your wonderful Spiced & Super Juicy Roast Turkey which was just terrific and is a MUST for each Christmas from now on. My query is. The liquid brine was left outside overnight (after using it), and, being Summer here in Australia, it started fermenting. Can it be used for anything else, maybe bottled and used at a later date?

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