Growing up, Nigella was everything I wanted to be. I found,
and still find, her to be elegant and decadent. She has had a bit of flack
recently – I don’t think I will look at avocado on toast the same way again.
But flicking through her older cookbooks recently reminds me of everything that
I have always loved- her easy style, the effusively descriptive way she writes, the luxury she brings to everything, and the sheer joy she appears to get from preparing and eating food.
..I still want to be Nigella when I grow up.
This is a pure Nigella recipe – delicately spiced beef mince
packed with veg, a garlic sesame creamy dip, and a smattering of toppings which
work oh-so-perfectly, and a final dish that tastes as impressive as it looks.
She knows how to put out a showstopper!
This meal would make an incredible sharing platter, the grand
centrepiece of a Lebanese/Turkish style feast. It is also just as great as an individual
main meal. Or, instead of carving up the
pitas, you could slice them in two and stuff them with the beef and toppings
for an amazing lunch on the go.
