The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, stories & 100 essential recipes for midwinter

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Break the eggs into a small bowl, beat lightly with a fork, then add a little at a time to the butter mixture, beating continuously. Using a food mixer and a flat paddle beater attachment, beat the butter and sugars till light and fluffy. He lives in the Highbury area of North London, where he maintains a kitchen garden which often features in his column.

Nigel Slater Christmas Chronicles Annual Read along 2023 Nigel Slater Christmas Chronicles Annual Read along 2023

I suspect I’ll bring it back out in November and have it on my desk to keep me company through the next festive season. Comforting tales and recipes that transport the listener to a magical winter wonderland - full of nostalgia and Christmas cheer, and delicious recipe ideas, read by Nigel slater’s soothing voice.

Taking you from 1 November all the way to the end of January, The Christmas Chronicles covers everything from Bonfire Night, Christmas and New Year to Epiphany.

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Put the granulated sugar into a medium-sized stainless-steel saucepan and add the maple syrup, white wine and aniseed. In a deep, stainless-steel saucepan put 100ml of brandy, 400ml of cloudy apple juice, a clementine, 3 cloves, a stick of cinnamon, 3 allspice berries gently bashed with a heavy weight, and bring to the boil. The Christmas Chronicles is the story of my adoration of the cold months, my fondness forthe winterlandscape with itspale blue skies and bare trees; forautumn and winter baking and the season's rituals and feasting. At twilight, the cascades of pink, silver and green explode high above, sometimes to cheers of delight. An excellent podcast great stories that send you back to your childhood and give great ideas for the years to come.From the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new book featuring everything you need for the winter solstice.

Christmas Chronicles By Nigel Slater | Used The Christmas Chronicles By Nigel Slater | Used

Here are much-loved classics such as goose and turkey (and making the most of the leftovers), mincemeat and the cake; recipes to make the cold months bearable, like ribsticker bread pudding with Comte and Taleggio, salt crust potatoes with blue cheese and goat's curd, and hot-smoked salmon, potatoes and dill; as well as bright flavours to welcome the new year, including pink grapefruit marmalade, pear and pickled radish salad and rye, linseed and treacle bread. Brush the top layer of pastry all over with the beaten egg, scatter with the nigella or sesame seeds then pierce a small hole in the centre with knife or the handle of wooden spoon. Or you could spoon the fruit over vanilla ice cream, or frozen yogurt, letting its syrup trickle down the frozen ice. The book is the essence of winter and Christmas, with lots of interesting and unusual facts (I didn't know before reading it that tinsel's made in Wales! In this episode we’ll talk about the art of choosing and decorating a perfectly-cut Christmas tree – the lights, jewels, and baubles that festoon the branches – and its importance as a symbol of the season.I have really enjoyed reading this in teeny snippets over the 3 month period it covers and think that the book is perfectly designed to be read in this way. This is mycelebration of the coldmonths from late autumn to well into the New Year,a day by day story of the winter solstice and its pleasures.