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Esther Walker. Bad Cook

BAD COOK. Esther Walker

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Prologue

How to Stay Married

Lamb Shank Curry. Serves 2

Connie’s Mango Salsa

Connie’s Mango Salsa. Makes enough for 2–3

Osso Buco

Osso Buco. Serves 2

Why I Hate Myself Part 1

Tartafin. For 2

Note: How to Be a Good Host

Meat Fear Part 1

My Husband the Eighties Hero

Quail and Barley Stew. For two

Are You an Alcoholic?

The Shitty Food Diet

Note: What You Need in Your Kitchen

Toad in the Hole

Toad in the Hole. Batter makes enough for 4–6

For the batter

For the toad

Offal

Giles’s Mittel Europe Chicken Livers. For two

Home Alone

Chocolate Cake

Cheat’s Mayonnaise

Baba Ganoush

Jeans and T-shirt

Jeans, T-shirt and Louboutins

Jeans, T-shirt, Louboutins and Kelly bag

Advice

Coffee and Walnut Cake. Makes one small loaf – 7in x 4in

Things No-one Ever Tells You About Cooking

Valentine’s Day

Love Muffins

Makes eight

Poached Pears in Marsala

Poached Pears. For 4

Brain Fail

Lemon Surprise Pudding

How to Make a White Sauce

Fig and Goat’s Cheese Salad

Fig and Goat’s Cheese Salad. You will need:

Juicing

Carrot, Apple, Cucumber, Mint and Ginger Juice. Makes ½ a pint

Who Needs Friends?

Giles’s Barbecue Sauce

Choritzo

Chicken and Chorizo Stew. Serves 2

Where I Get Pregnant

A Fish Pie for Simon

Where I Go on About Being Pregnant Quite a Lot

… Pregnancy Chat Continues …

Braised Chicken. Serves 2 with leftovers or 4 with rice

Being Pregnant Becomes Tedious

Stem Ginger Cake with Lemon Icing. This will fit a cake tin roughly 22cm across and 7cm deep

For the icing

My Mother

Mamgu’s2 Sausage and Cabbage Hotpot. For 2 people on its own or 4 with rice

Padrón Peppers

Padrón Peppers

Julia Churchill

Banana Bread Part 1

Banana, Chocolate and Walnut Loaf. Makes one 1kg loaf

Where I Get Depressed

A Carrot Cake with a Frosting of Mascarpone and Orange by Nigel Slater. For the cake

For the frosting

My Very Own Chicken Pie

Mrs Coren’s Chicken Pie. Serves 6

Here Come the Gays

My Mother’s Dumplings. Makes about 8

Opinions

Christmas Sausages

Christmas Sausages. For 20 sausages you will need:

Macaroons

January

Chicken Liver Paté

The Best Curry in the World

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Murgh Makhani. Serves 4 with rice. For the tikka marinade

For the tomato sauce:

For the Makhani sauce:

Roast Garlic and Camembert

Roast Garlic and Camembert. For 2

Fat

Ham, Cheese and Spinach Frittata. For 1 hungry person, or for 2 with a salad

Fish

Roast Halibut with Vinegar sauce. For 2

Interlude: Things to Make Sure You Have Done Before You Bring a Baby Home From Hospital

Courgettes

Aunty Shura’s Courgette Thing. For 2 people (with some left over for spreading on toast)

Golabki

Golabki with Rice and Mushrooms. Serves 4

Auntie Hannah’s Courgette Thing

Courgette Pasta. For 2

Meat Fear Part 2

Esther’s Butternut Squash Pie

WWKMD

Spanish Omelette. For 2 hungry people, or 4 less hungry with a salad

Falling Asleep in Cars

Provençal Aubergine Stew. Serves 4 with a salad or bread or something

Small Things

Mutton in Port. Serves 4 with rice or potatoes

Please Do Not Invite Me to Your Party

What the Hell to Do With Red Mullet

Red Mullet with Black Olives. Serves 2

The Time I Went on a Date With Jason Orange

I Hate Summer

Tofu Curry. Serves 2. For the curry

For the curry paste

Worst Holiday Ever

For gravy, you need:

You Can’t Fake a Family (AKA Worst Holiday Ever Part 2)

Premature Middle Age

Damson Jam

How Not to Look a Fright

Where I Finally Go Completely Mad

Soy-braised Tofu and Butternut Squash with Spinach. For 4

An Obligatory Cocktail Recipe

Dead Prostitute Friends

Just So Tired

Shepherd’s Pie. Serves about four I’d say

Gumbo

The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

Goat’s Cheese and Roasted Tomato Tart. Serves 2 or 4 with a side salad

What Makes a Perfect Kitchen?

Make-Amends Brownies

Easy Brownies. Makes about 16 bits

Life Stoves My Head in With a Plank

Banana Bread Part 2

Banana Bread from the Leon 2 Cookbook

Cullen Skink

Haddock Chowder (or Cullen Skink)

Meat Fear Part 3

Veal Schnitzel Holstein. For 2

Kitchen Gadgets

How to Cater for a Lot of People of Different Ages Without Going Insane or Having to be a Very Good Cook

Kitty’s Jersey Royal Hash

Kitty’s Potato Hash

Breaded Scallops

Breaded Scallops. For 2

Interlude: How to Talk to a Butcher

Making Dinner, Night After Night, Without Going Insane

A Mouse

Giles’s Egg and Potato Pie. For 4

A Ham is Not Just for Christmas

Meatballs

Meatballs. For 4 with rice or pasta

Welsh Cakes

Mamgu’s Welsh Cakes. Makes about 20

Nasi Goreng or Dirty Rice

Dirty Rice. For 2

Scones

For 12 small scones or 6 large

Asian Baked Salmon

Asian Baked Salmon. For 2

Treacle Tart

Tex-Mex Chicken

Tex-Mex Chicken. For 2

A Pork Pie

For the pastry:

For the filling:

Note: How to Clean Your Kitchen

Epilogue

If you enjoyed The Bad Cook, check out this other great Esther Walker title

Appendix: Pastry

Recipe Index

THANK YOU

Also by the Author

About the Publisher

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