Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom: Really good food without the fuss - foolproof recipes, shortcuts and hacks

Chef and TV legend Dame Prue Leith brings us the cookbook we've always wanted – delicious foolproof recipes, with accompanying kitchen shortcuts and hacks, for a lifetime of easy cooking. With recipes including Celeriac Rémoulade with Prosciutto, Rocket and Pine Nuts, Crispy Pork Belly, Buttermilk Chicken, Sushi for Scaredy-cats, Chocolate Almond Torte and Cherry Clafoutis, Prues handy hacks show you how a little bit of insight goes a long way. Perfect for every home cook, the absolute beginner, or someone who has been doing it so long that cooking has somehow lost its attraction - Lifes Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom contains years of culinary know-how and inspirational meals, squashed into an accessible cookbook.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 10 October 2024
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Chef and TV legend Dame Prue Leith presents the cookbook you've always wanted – delicious foolproof recipes, with accompanying kitchen shortcuts and hacks, for a lifetime of easy cooking. Every recipe in this book comes with a handy tip, plus you'll find over 25 videos accessed by a QR code to help you learn a skill or get ahead. Coined by Shirley Conran in her '70s bestseller Superwoman, 'Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom' is a phrase that every time-poor cook can relate to. In this clever cookbook, you'll find really good recipes without the fuss: recipes where a neat trick can save you time, recipes where the cheat versions taste just as good as the home-made, and recipes to help you avoid waste and save you money. How do you cook the perfect steak? What's the best way to dice an avocado? And what about when it just all goes terribly wrong? With recipes including Celeriac Rémoulade with Prosciutto, Rocket and Pine Nuts, Crispy Pork Belly, Buttermilk Chicken, Sushi for Scaredy-cats, Chocolate Almond Torte and Cherry Clafoutis, Prue's handy hacks show you how a little bit of insight goes a long way. Recipes include: Chicory, Pear, Hazelnut and Goats Cheese Salad Gunpowder Steak with Coriander Chutney Tomato, Chilli and Fennel Sugo with Spaghetti Herbed Salmon Parcels Brown Sugar Meringue, Roasted Pear and Salted Caramel Sauce Passionfruit Yoghurt Cakes Baked Camembert and Olive Wheel Perfect for every home cook, the absolute beginner, or someone who has been doing it so long that cooking is second nature.

Weight: 966g
Dimension: 253 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780711292505