Simply Delicious the Classic Collection
100 timeless, tried & tested recipes
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Publisher Description
'Ireland's answer to Delia and Nigella' Sunday Telegraph Stella magazine
'Our first lady of food' Irish Independent
'There's not much this gourmet grande dame doesn't know' Nigel Slater
Nearly 30 years on from the original Simply Delicious book and TV series, Darina Allen brings together 100 of her timeless, tried and trusted recipes. Divided into:
Soups & Starters - Winter Leek & Potato Soup, Smoked Trout with Cucumber Salad & Horseradish Sauce and Ballymaloe Chicken Liver Pate
Meat - Ballymaloe Irish Stew, Dingle Pie and Steak with Bearnaise Sauce & Chips
Poultry - Farmhouse Chicken and Roast Duck with Apple Sauce & Cabbage
Fish - Ballycotton Fish Pie, Three-minute Fish and Cod with Leeks & Buttered Crumbs
Vegetarian - Macaroni Cheese, Mushroom Risotto and Potato, Carrot & Cauliflower Curry
Salads - Roast Red Pepper, Lentil & Goat's Cheese Salad, A Warm Winter Salad with Duck Liver's & Hazelnut Oil Dressing and Red & Yellow Tomato Salad with Mint or Basil
Puddings - Ballymaloe Vanilla Ice Cream, Country Rhubarb Cake, Caramel Mousse with Praline
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Allen, an Irish-born chef and culinary-school founder, presents an enticing collection of her 100 "best" recipes in a standard breakdown of soups and appetizers, poultry, meat, seafood, vegetables and salads, and desserts. Appetizer selections simple and ideal for weeknight entertaining include shrimp on brown bread; mushroom soup; and an easy Three-Minute Fish, a fillet with herbs that can be served with "crusty white bread, a good green salad, and a glass of wine." And if berries are in season, a black-currant whipped cream fool is a satisfying way to end the night. Irish dishes have their place with Lydia's Traditional Irish Salad, which calls for butter lettuce, pickled beets, eggs, radishes, and a cream dressing; and a Ballymaloe Irish stew, a one-pot classic of lamb, onions, and potatoes made with a roux. A rich vegetarian zucchini-and-basil lasagna is welcomingly hearty, as is a leek, potato, and cheddar cheese pie. This attractively designed cookbook of traditional recipes is sure to please Allen's fans.
