Lorraine Pascale’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food

Lorraine Pascale’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food
Lorraine Pascale

Number One Sunday Times Best Seller.The nation’s favourite TV chef and cookery author Lorraine Pascale returns with 100 brand new mouth-watering recipes that are wonderfully quick and easy to make and bursting with fresh ingredientsLorraine’s third beautiful cookery book is packed with delicious and inspiring meals, each with its own photograph and many having their own individual complementary side dish, and will be released to coincide with Lorraine’s BBC2 prime time 6-part cookery series.So whether you want to just grab a spoon and dive in solo to a decadent dessert like Chocolate Mousse with Raspberries, or whether you’re putting together a crowd-pleasing menu of French Onion and Sage Soup with Big Fat Gruyère and Mustard Croutons followed by Moroccan Pesto Fish with Caramelised Onion and Haricot Beans with Minty Pine Nut Couscous for a fun and relaxed evening in with friends without the fuss, Lorraine demonstrates how to effortlessly pull off scrumptious food that is a pleasure to eat.Make melt-in-the-mouth fish, fragrant curries and hearty soups infused with herbs and spices, whip up naughty desserts, vibrant salads and quick pasta dishes in minutes and create gorgeous juicy steaks with 2012’s queen of cookery.

Contents

Cover (#ub9ce035d-3243-500d-9f92-8f9847058817)

Title Page (#u6653ab9f-f890-5618-9e36-05e3244d429c)

Introduction

Canapés + cocktails

Quick-cook canapé crostini

Crispy, crunchy chicken strips with honey mustard dip

Pancetta & Parmesan puffs

Crunchy black pepper halloumi dip sticks with harissa hummus

Naughty, naughty nachos

Skinny dipping

Lemoncello jello shots

Watermelon jello shots

Strawberry & mint mojitos

Lovely limoncello

Starters, snacks + soups

Vegetarian mushroom & port ‘faux gras’ with tarragon & chestnuts

Pizza expressed three ways

Aussie sweetcorn breakfast fritters with avocado & rocket salad & sweet chilli jam

Simple salmon ceviche with tortilla chips

Gingerbread pancakes with Parma ham & maple syrup

Roasted new patatas & chorizo bravas with aïoli

Potato & leek vichyssoise with crispy bacon & chives

Thai chicken soup with coconut milk & ginger

Hot-and-sour king prawn soup

Red pepper, tomato & basil gazpacho with salt & pepper croutons

Broccoli & blue cheese soup with chive mascarpone & warm garlic bread

French onion & sage soup with big fat Gruyère & mustard croutons

Salads

Mango, feta & avocado salad with fresh lime juice

Wild Waldorf salad with toasted walnuts & Granny Smiths

Courgette ‘pappardelle’ with asparagus, avocado salad & rocket

Thai beef salad with roasted peanuts & chilli dressing

Prawn Caesar salad with olive oil croutons & pomegranates

Mackerel salad with horseradish crème fraîche

Nifty Niçoise salad with hot-smoked trout & sundried tomatoes

The Union cobb

Chicken + duck mains

Whole roast perky peri peri chicken

Really simple Sri Lankan chicken curry with coconut milk & cashew nut rice

Baked jerk chicken with pineapple salsa, coconut rice & beans

Sticky Asian BBQ chicken wings with sweetcorn rice & red cabbage slaw

My take on chicken tikka masala with fluffy basmati rice

Tandoori chicken wraps with cucumber raita & mango salsa

Scrumptious spicy chicken fajitas with guacamole, salsa & sour cream

Chicken cacciatore with harissa, bacon & rosemary

Chicken, apple & cider casserole with fennel seed roasted veg

Five-spice roasted duck breasts with cherry & Shiraz sauce & sesame noodles