The holidays can be super stressful. Whether you're cooking for a room full of relatives or you're dodging the brother who knows how to wind you up, let Nadiya Hussain help you navigate the stressful moments. While the 34-year-old - who is an ambassador for Swarovski - doesn't celebrate Christmas traditions, she does use the day (which just so happens to be her birthday gifts to India online !) to host loved-ones with food-a-plenty. If anyone can talk us through dinner prep, it's Nadiya!
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"I'm one of those people who likes to prepare," she told us at a Swarovski customer event to promote the gorgeous #SparkDelight campaign. "I always have my family over for Christmas so I start prepping in November. Now that sounds insane, but we don't celebrate Christmas traditionally, we don't have a tree and we don't do presents, but it is a good excuse to have people come round and eat. So we have one day, either Christmas Day gifts, or after, where everybody gets together and we have one big meal. We get a turkey and it's loads of fun but I prep in November."
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Nadia plays a food related HELLO / GOODBYE
Keep scrolling for Nadiya's top tips for nailing the turkey and how best to prepare for family squabbles (hint: cake is involved)...
Food prep your veg ahead of a big family meal
"I'll chop up the sprouts and I'll pre-cook them and so they're all ready, and then they go in from frozen into the oven. I'll do the roast potatoes - so I've done six kilos, there are 27 people coming over for Christmas, so I do all the roast potatoes. I make the gravy, I freeze the gravy, I even cook the cabbage - all of that. I get it all, cook, and in the freezer in November, then it feels less stressful."
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Make sure the turkey is nice and moist
"I think turkey is such an important part and I always do a nut roast as well just because not everybody likes turkey, and I will also do a curry because my mum will eat nothing but curry. I think the most important part is the turkey and nobody likes a dry turkey, so I will buy my turkey a week before, defrost it and then two days before it's ready to go in the oven, I defrost it and stick in a massive bucket that fits in the fridge and put it in a brine. I add sugar and salt, some bay leaves, some peppercorns, stick it in, duck it in, weigh it down with a weight and leave it in there for a whole twenty four hours and then it seasons the bird but it also keeps it really, really moist. I then bake it in the oven on the day and then when it's time to eat, one of the things that I always say, I love all the bits on the side but turkey is the most important thing, carve all the red meat first just because white meat dries out faster than the red meat so if you carve the red meat first you keep the white meat moist."
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source - https://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/2019121181405/nadiya-hussain-stress-free-christmas-dinner-recipe-tips/
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"I'm one of those people who likes to prepare," she told us at a Swarovski customer event to promote the gorgeous #SparkDelight campaign. "I always have my family over for Christmas so I start prepping in November. Now that sounds insane, but we don't celebrate Christmas traditionally, we don't have a tree and we don't do presents, but it is a good excuse to have people come round and eat. So we have one day, either Christmas Day gifts, or after, where everybody gets together and we have one big meal. We get a turkey and it's loads of fun but I prep in November."
Play Video
Nadia plays a food related HELLO / GOODBYE
Keep scrolling for Nadiya's top tips for nailing the turkey and how best to prepare for family squabbles (hint: cake is involved)...
Food prep your veg ahead of a big family meal
"I'll chop up the sprouts and I'll pre-cook them and so they're all ready, and then they go in from frozen into the oven. I'll do the roast potatoes - so I've done six kilos, there are 27 people coming over for Christmas, so I do all the roast potatoes. I make the gravy, I freeze the gravy, I even cook the cabbage - all of that. I get it all, cook, and in the freezer in November, then it feels less stressful."
RELATED: Bake off babies! The Great British Bake Off stars and their children
Make sure the turkey is nice and moist
"I think turkey is such an important part and I always do a nut roast as well just because not everybody likes turkey, and I will also do a curry because my mum will eat nothing but curry. I think the most important part is the turkey and nobody likes a dry turkey, so I will buy my turkey a week before, defrost it and then two days before it's ready to go in the oven, I defrost it and stick in a massive bucket that fits in the fridge and put it in a brine. I add sugar and salt, some bay leaves, some peppercorns, stick it in, duck it in, weigh it down with a weight and leave it in there for a whole twenty four hours and then it seasons the bird but it also keeps it really, really moist. I then bake it in the oven on the day and then when it's time to eat, one of the things that I always say, I love all the bits on the side but turkey is the most important thing, carve all the red meat first just because white meat dries out faster than the red meat so if you carve the red meat first you keep the white meat moist."
Send online cake and gifts for same day delivery in India at best prices by online gifting website
source - https://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/2019121181405/nadiya-hussain-stress-free-christmas-dinner-recipe-tips/
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