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Nigella and her licorice box [confused]

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LullyDully Tue 01-Dec-15 17:16:41

P.S. recipe on line

LullyDully Tue 01-Dec-15 17:16:05

Her recipes are good. Try her Christmas Rocky Road. DGCH made it for school staff and relatives last year......yummy!!!!! Not good for after Christmas diets.

hildajenniJ Tue 01-Dec-15 14:28:21

I can't be doing with Nigella, she annoys me and I can't bear to watch. My go to recipe books are the Hairy Bikers. I think I have them all!

kittylester Tue 01-Dec-15 11:49:02

Love it Alea. Love the mixer too, I use mine loads.

I love Nigella's recipes and use more recipes from her books than from those of any other chef except maybe Nigel Slater (who rarely gives quantities!)

Alea Tue 01-Dec-15 11:10:19

And the recipe gives exact quantities. Might give it a try with my new BFF. (Santa came early!!)
Reminds me of a birthday cake I once made for DD, a nest covered in dark brown icing with little Easter eggs in it. I had read somewhere that adding a little blue food colouring to the chocolate would intensify the brown.
Yep, the children all went home with blue mouths and grey teeth.
tchblush

Stansgran Tue 01-Dec-15 10:40:33

What do your teeth look like after a piece of that cake? If it is a cake #dontwatchthecookeryprogrammes

ninathenana Tue 01-Dec-15 10:07:00

Cherrytree looking at Holland & Barratt site it can be spelt either way. smile
Presumably depending on which side of the pond you live.

Liquorice powder is available on Amazon.

Cherrytree59 Mon 30-Nov-15 22:05:41

Oh heck. Licorice or liquorice???

Alea Mon 30-Nov-15 21:57:39

I have just bought the book ( from that well known S American river) for a fraction of the cover price. It only came today so I have not checked, but I am sure she will give exact quantities!
The only time. I have ever used her recipes in the past, they have actually worked well.

merlotgran Mon 30-Nov-15 21:42:22

Oh yes. I'm sure it is but I won't be buying it.

vampirequeen Mon 30-Nov-15 21:38:33

Is it so that you have to buy her book?

merlotgran Mon 30-Nov-15 21:37:25

weights, I mean, not measurements.

merlotgran Mon 30-Nov-15 21:37:01

She doesn't give any measurements for ingredients either - just seems to chuck stuff in willy nilly. Might be OK for a marinade but a cake??

Cherrytree59 Mon 30-Nov-15 21:25:06

(Was not sure what thread to place this on).
So am I the only one that doesn't know what to make of Nigella and her licorice box.
Does any GNers have such a thing or even any items in the box.
She didn't say where to buy any of the items in the box, even the licorice powder used in the recipe confused