Nigella Lawson has revealed her seven favourite comfort foods with her top sentimental dish a school dinner favourite of steamed syrup sponge and custard.
The food writer, 60, was responding to a social media trend where Twitter users revealed their top nostalgic dishes.
Plain bread and butter, trifle and a fish finger sandwich were also included in the London-born TV chef’s favourite treats.
Food writer Jenny Linford started the trend after revealing she was cooking more comfort food in lockdown, with baked egg custard her number one choice.
Nigella Lawson has revealed her seven favourite comfort foods with her top sentimental dish a school dinner favourite of steamed syrup sponge and custard. She is pictured in London in May last year
Food writer Jenny Linford started the trend after revealing she was cooking more comfort food in lockdown, with baked egg custard her number one choice. Quote tweeting Jenny, Nigella added: ”Well, I take the view that all food is comfort food, but I get the point.
Quote tweeting Jenny, Nigella added: ‘Well, I take the view that all food is comfort food, but I get the point.
‘My #7favouritecomfortfoods are: 1. Steamed syrup sponge and custard 2. Colcannon 3. Trifle 4. My Mother’s Praised Chicken 5. Lasagne 6. Bread and butter 7. Fish finger sandwich.’
Fans were shocked and impressed with the list of simple budget-friendly dishes, which included the traditional Irish dish of Colcannon which is mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale.
Responding to a fan who questioned how she came across the dish, Nigella, who is believed to be wroth around £20 million said: ‘I first ate Colcannon in Kerry, when I was 27 and on a driving tour of Ireland. And that’s left me many years since to eat it.’
Another fan praised her choice of carb-heavy food, writing: ‘Fish finger sandwich, why does it taste so good?’
A third wrote: ‘The big question is; with hot steamed syrup pudding, is the custard hot or cold?’
In a recipe for steamed syrup sponge on her website, Nigella says: ‘You have to eat it up entirely while it’s warm (no hardship), as it will get heavy on cooling.
‘And it needs to be balanced with custard or cream. There is also a good argument for vanilla ice cream.
Fish fingers also appeared on Nigella’s list, as she named it one of her favourite comfort foods to eat in lockdown. Stock image pictured
Fans were shocked and impressed with the list of simple budget-friendly dishes, which included the traditional Irish dish of Colcannon which is mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale. Responding to a fan who questioned how she came across the dish, Nigella, who is believed to be wroth around £20 million said: ‘I first ate Colcannon in Kerry, when I was 27 and on a driving tour of Ireland. And that’s left me many years since to eat it.’
Another meal on the list was her mother’s praised chicken, which she says brings back memories of family.
The chicken is cooked with white wine, celery and carrots, and Nigella says it reminds her of her mother Vanessa Lawson and father Nigel – the former chancellor of the exchequer.
On her website she writes: ‘This may well be – indeed is – the smell, the taste, the dish that says “family” to me and my siblings, and brings our long-absent mother back to the kitchen and the table with us.’
Source: Food Recipes and News
