November 16, 2007

Best-selling author Nigella Lawson has a frozen treat to share that even the most inexperienced of chefs can easily create with confidence, No-Churn Pomegranate Ice Cream.

Says Nigella, "It’s not hard to think of a dessert that can be made in advance. But mostly the advantage is simply that all the effort is upfront and early. The thing about this recipe is that you do it in advance–it’s ice cream, so that stands to reason–but what you do in advance is negligible in terms of effort. You don’t make a custard, and you don’t have to keep whipping it out of the deep freeze to beat the crystals out of it. No, you simply squeeze and stir.

On top of that cause for greater contentment, there is also the fact that this delicate pink ice cream tastes like fragrant, sherbety heaven.”

Impress your family and friends with Nigella's delectable dessert tonight. Here's how:



Procedure:

• Juice the pomegranates and the lime, straining the juices into a bowl. You will have approximately ¾ cup of pomegranate juice. Reserve the pomegranate seeds for garnish.

• Add the powdered sugar and whisk to dissolve.

• Whisk in the cream and keep whisking until soft peaks form in the pale pink cream.

• Spoon and smooth the ice cream into a rigid plastic container with a tight-fitting lid and freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight. Scatter with pomegranate seeds when you eat it.

Serves 8.
Watch Nigella prepare this dish on TODAY:

Substitute with Pom Juice: Nigella recommends ¾ cup of Pom and a ¼ cup of lime juice in lieu of pomegranates.

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About the Chef:

Nigella Lawson is the British bestselling author of Feast: Food to Celebrate Life, Forever Summer, Nigella Bites, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, and How to Eat, which have sold in excess of 2.8 million copies worldwide. Her 2005 book Feast: Food to Celebrate Life inspired “Nigella Feasts,” which debuted on Food Network in fall 2006. American audiences also know Nigella as host of “Forever Summer with Nigella,” her popular cooking/lifestyle series that aired on style, and “Nigella Bites,” which aired on E! Entertainment Television and style.

Nigella’s upcoming book, Nigella Express, will be published in November by Hyperion, featuring fabulous fast foods, ingenious short cuts, terrific time-saving ideas, and easy, delicious meals. The Domestic Goddess is back in her new Food Network series, “Nigella Express,” also debuting in Fall 2007.

Nigella was Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times before pursuing a successful freelance career.

Hailed as Author of the Year by the 2001 British Book Awards, Nigella was also named Bon Appétit magazine’s 2002 “Tastemaker of the Year.” How to Eat was honored as the 1998 British Books Awards Illustrated Book of the Year, while How to Be a Domestic Goddess was named Cookery Book of the Year by the Guild of Food Writers in 2001. Nigella Bites received the WH Smith Book Awards 2002 Lifestyle Book of the Year, with the cooking series based on the book winning the Gold Ladle for Best Television Food Show from the World Food Media Awards in 2001.

Visit Nigella Lawson on the web @ nigella.com.

Excerpted from NIGELLA EXPRESS by Nigella Lawson. Photographs by Lis Parsons. Copyright © 2007 Nigella Lawson. Published in the United States by Hyperion. All Rights Reserved. Available November, 2007 wherever books are sold.