That’s a turkey for Nigella! A chef reveals her departure from tradition because it’s not a typical family Christmas – and provides pork for dinner instead
- Nigella Lawson, 60, said she is not cooking turkey for Christmas dinner this year
- She said ‘it’s not going to be a normal family Christmas’ so she’s making pork instead
- She also spoke about the pandemic, saying she had ‘never been lonely once’
Christmas dinner with an extended family may need to be put on the back burner, but many of us stick to a traditional schedule in an effort for a little regularity.
Not Nigella Lawson, however. The TV chef has revealed that she won’t be cooking turkey for the first time – but that she will have a pig.
Ms Lawson said she understood those who want to ‘stick to the traditions’ but, for her, it just didn’t feel right.
Nigella Lawson has revealed that she will be cooking pigs instead of turkey for Christmas as this will not be a ‘normal’ celebration.
She explained: ‘It’s not going to be a normal family Christmas, so I think I feel more sad doing something that is just a lovely lunch, which incorporates a few Christmas traditions from places another in which I am interested, but which does not make me feel what it is. missing.
‘One of the things I think we all understood is how we miss people being around our table.’
Ms Lawson, 60, also spoke of being alone through the pandemic, telling the BBC Newscast podcast: ‘I was never lonely. I have been very pleased. I have really enjoyed it. ‘
It comes after Nigella struck a chord with home cooks across the country when she branded carrots cut into ‘sad sad’ rounds.
Nigella, in her new photo on the cookery show on BBC2, revealed that she did not feel ‘lonely’ about locking down
Speaking on her BBC2 Cook cooking show, Eat Repeat, the London-born domestic goddess called for the vegetable to be cut into bats.
The glamorous chef made the reference while preparing her family’s favorite dish, chicken with orzo – ‘one pot dish designed to bring comfort and joy’ and ‘one of the main streams of her life ‘.
After browning the whole bird in a pan, Nigella took off the heat and added plenty of grated lemon juice, garlic, a sprinkle of dried tarragon, chopped beer and carrots.
When sorting out the root vegetables, she said: ‘I’ve been very open about my prejudices over the years, but let me say again, I get carrots cut in walks that are pretty depressing, so it’s always a stick for me. ‘