Lawson’s star dish requires only a few ingredients
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As a celebrity chef with hundreds of recipes in your repertoire, narrowing down your vast selection to a single stand-out dish probably isn’t the easiest of tasks. In an interview with Food52, Nigella Lawson confirms that this is very much the case. “I’m not sure it’s possible to do what I do and have a signature,” she began. One of the reasons that Lawson struggles to narrow down her repertoire to a one-star recipe, is that she caters the food she cooks toward the people she is cooking for. For example, if the “At My Table” host is preparing a meal for a boss, her go-to would be something homey but impressive, such as a lamb stew and mashed potatoes. For a new friend, she would prepare something that wasn’t too fussy, such as coconut shrimp.
But if she had to pick her recipe of all recipes? Lawson would go with a chicken traybake. “I would hesitate to choose any one dish in particular because I’ll go through a period of doing one over another,” she shared with Food52. “For a long time I did the traybake with bitter orange and fennel, but now I lean more toward the one with peas and leeks, or the Indian spice and potato one.” If there’s one thing that Lawson is an expert in, it’s how to prepare a simple chicken dish with a twist.
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By Lucy Maddox/Dec. 17, 2021 5:04 pm EST
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Lawson’s star dish requires only a few ingredients
Marian Weyo/Shutterstock
As a celebrity chef with hundreds of recipes in your repertoire, narrowing down your vast selection to a single stand-out dish probably isn’t the easiest of tasks. In an interview with Food52, Nigella Lawson confirms that this is very much the case. “I’m not sure it’s possible to do what I do and have a signature,” she began. One of the reasons that Lawson struggles to narrow down her repertoire to a one-star recipe, is that she caters the food she cooks toward the people she is cooking for. For example, if the “At My Table” host is preparing a meal for a boss, her go-to would be something homey but impressive, such as a lamb stew and mashed potatoes. For a new friend, she would prepare something that wasn’t too fussy, such as coconut shrimp.
But if she had to pick her recipe of all recipes? Lawson would go with a chicken traybake. “I would hesitate to choose any one dish in particular because I’ll go through a period of doing one over another,” she shared with Food52. “For a long time I did the traybake with bitter orange and fennel, but now I lean more toward the one with peas and leeks, or the Indian spice and potato one.” If there’s one thing that Lawson is an expert in, it’s how to prepare a simple chicken dish with a twist.
But if she had to pick her recipe of all recipes? Lawson would go with a chicken traybake. “I would hesitate to choose any one dish in particular because I’ll go through a period of doing one over another,” she shared with Food52. “For a long time I did the traybake with bitter orange and fennel, but now I lean more toward the one with peas and leeks, or the Indian spice and potato one.” If there’s one thing that Lawson is an expert in, it’s how to prepare a simple chicken dish with a twist.
