follow recipes from Nigel Slater's 'The Kitchen Diaries' in 2006

Bit of an unconventional curry, feels a bit like cheating, but it works and there’s never any leftover for Nigel’s other suggestion.

Started making this the week the recipe was in the Observer, nad have repeated many times as our veggie box often has a ‘potimarron’ pumpkinlike item in it. Excellent.

I’ve done this so many times I don’t even need the recipe. As my French friend said, ‘succulent’.
Très très bon. Even though I’m not allowed to put mushrooms in as one daughter doesn’t like them.

Yep, Nigel delivers again. Yummy.

My daughter made this back when we were swimming in plums – late July or so ? It was very good, as promised.

I have made losts of the recipes since I was last here but the book has until now stayed stubbornly downstairs…so then I never hasd the recipes or page numbers to hand.

Tonight I made Roast Duck with Pancetta and Potatoes, page 372.
Substituted lardons for pancetta but had all other ingredients to hand including fresh thyme from the garden…this was absolutely yummy especially the meat and potatoes !

The skin crisped up beautifully without the extra time in the oven, although perhaps it was in the oven abit longer than Nigel said.Bref, it was a triumph.

As a confirmed NS fan I thought I was bound to get this for Christmas but it didn’t materialize until January – still, I’ve made quite a few of the recipes, and have yet to be disappointed. Live in France so sometimes can’t get all the ingredients.

This week I’ve made the chicken curry with coconut and tomato sauce, including curry leaves, and it was excellent. I was a bit disappointed with the oxtail one as well – perhaps because it was crappy supermarket meat ? Don’t think Nigel shops in supermarkets.

And if you haven’t yet tried the brownie recipe you definitely should do – don’t wait until the right month !