Changes In Editions of Nigella's Books

NIGELLA CHRISTMAS

I am afraid the Grinch has got in league with the Gremlins and there are a few glitsches that we thought would be helpful to clear up here……

Spruced Up Vanilla Cake

In the last line of the third step it should read “Fold in the rest of the flour, and add the bicarbonate of soda, yoghurt and vanilla extract.” For some reason, the bicarb fell off the line here in the book.

Peanut Brittle with Art and Soul

In the second step it should read “Put the sugar, water and syrup into a pan, bring to the boil gently, then turn up the heat and let it boil for 5 minutes or until a rich, deep amber.” We have reduced the time from the 10 minutes in the book, because we felt it would be better for people to choose to add more minutes; it being impossible to take away at the end!

Yule Log

In the first step at the top of page 193 after “bake in the oven for 20 minutes” it should then read “Let the cake cool a little before turning it out onto another piece of baking parchment. Cover loosely with a clean tea towel. (If you dust this piece of parchment with a little icing sugar it may help with preventing stickage, but don’t worry too much as any tears or dents will be covered by icing later.)” The book at the moment doesn’t mention dusting with icing sugar, and it is certainly isn’t obligatory, but we just thought it might help.

Pecan Plus Pie

In the second step it should read “Tip out into a 25cm wide, just under 4cm deep, flan dish” We didn’t specify quite how deep the flan dish should be, but for further clarification thought it might be helpful to be absolutely specific.

Butternut Orzotto

In the fourth step it should read “add the barley to the onions, and stir for about 2 minutes”. We do not know how the mention of butternut cubes crept in here in place of onion; obviously the Butternut Fan Club has an underground agent at the publishers!

Parleyed Fish Gratin