Panettone French Toast
While I was tempted to call this Italian Toast, rather than the almost tactless Panettone French Toast, I felt the latter title had the benefit of conveying to you exactly what this is. You can certai…
Nigella's Christmas Breakfast Recipes
Festive breakfasts to fill you with seasonal cheer!
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Fortnum & Mason: Christmas & Other Winter Feasts by Tom Parker Bowles
My mother’s idea of the perfect Christmas treat was a box of Fortnum’s Violet & Rose Creams, and so there has always seemed something seasonal and celebratory about the place to me. They must have tho…
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Hot Schnocolate
Well, how could I resist? A friend gave me this gorgeously named concoction — hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps in it, of course — a Christmas or so ago, and I have had to appropriate it. She cou…
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What Can I Use Instead Of Peppermint Schnapps For Hot Schnocolate?
I've been really keen to make the Hot Schnocolate however I can't find peppermint schnapps anywhere! What can I use instead?
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Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
To make this hot chocolate you will need to have prepared my Salted Caramel Sauce.
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The Get-Ahead Christmas Cook by Jane Lovett
I am far from alone in finding that cooking is so much more enjoyable and relaxing if much of what I’m making can be done ahead — and never does that feel more to the point than at Christmas. Jane Lov…
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Christmas Morning Muffins
I have never quite understood how people can go in for vast, rich breakfasts on Christmas morning. I am hardly a modest eater by anyone's standards, but even I can't quite accommodate a platterful of…
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Why Were My Christmas Morning Muffins Dry?
I made Nigella's Christmas Morning Muffins this weekend and, despite quite large cranberries in them, they're really dry. What have I done wrong?
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Breakfast Trifle
I feel festively a-glow just saying the words Breakfast Trifle! And while I would never wish to dissuade you from waddling over to the fridge to scoop some leftover dessert trifle into a cereal bowl f…
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Can I Use Pandoro Or Panettone For The Breakfast Trifle?
I wonder if you could use pandoro or panettone instead of lady fingers for the Breakfast Trifle?
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Norwegian Cinnamon Buns
The Northern Europeans, and especially the Scandinavians, are wonderful bakers and eating these for breakfast or tea on a cold winter's day makes me feel grateful for a climate many moan about. But th…
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How Should I Make Cinnamon Buns In Advance For Christmas Morning?
We always have Norwegian Cinnamon Buns for Xmas day breakfast. This year I'd like to make them ahead of time and freeze them unbaked. How is it best to do this and defrost without ending up with unbak…
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American Breakfast Pancakes
These are those thick, spongy American pancakes that are often eaten with warm maple syrup and crisp fried bacon. I love them with the syrup alone, but if you do want bacon, I think streaky is best. Y…
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Can I Make Christmas Morning Muffins As Pancakes?
Please may I ask if you think Nigella's Christmas Muffin recipe would work as pancakes? Thanks.
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Ice Cream With Cranberry Syrup
Cool, satiny ice cream with a cranberry syrup so jewel-bright and shiny it could be made of molten lip gloss. My great aunt used to make an ice cream studded with raisins and candied peel that she cal…
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Scandinavian Christmas by Trine Hahnemann
'Hygge' is a Danish word that denotes the warm, cosiness that emanates from the warmth of the hearth in general and from a kitchen, fragrant with baking, in particular and it is what this book is all…
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Breakfast Potatoes
This is a combination of two great Spanish potato dishes: patatas a lo pobre (poor man’s potatoes) and huevos rotos (broken eggs). Traditionally both fried, here we bake: not to be virtuous, it’s just…
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Vegan Mincemeat Pancakes
If you have leftover mincemeat or just a jar hanging around, this is a nice way to jazz up pancakes — a perfect Christmas Day breakfast treat. They can be served with maple syrup or a squeeze of lemon…
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