Ballymaloe Cookery Course: Revised Edition

Ballymaloe is one of the world’s best cookery schools and Darina Allen, its co-founder and main teacher, is in a league of her own. Every student who has gone through her school has begged her to write down her recipes and thoughts, tips and shortcuts, and here they are in this definitive teaching book, which has everything to inform and inspire you to become adventurous in the kitchen. Ballymaloe Cookery Course explains 1175 recipes, 370 variations and more than 100 basic skills, from making pastry to the art of carving, from preserving lemons to making delicious home-made pasta, from making mayonnaise to preparing squid: the simple instructions given by one of the world’s great cook-teachers will inspire you to prepare and enjoy the art of fresh produce and fine food.

“At last, a truly user-friendly cookery manual... Lovely recipes and plenty of help for the new cook.'”

At last, a truly user-friendly cookery manual... Lovely recipes and plenty of help for the new cook.' -- Nigel Slater Observer Food Monthly
It's a modern day Mrs Beeton Independent on Sunday

Darina Allen is Ireland’s best-known food ambassador and the bestselling author of Ballymaloe Cookery Course and Forgotten Skills of Cooking, which won the prestigious André Simon award in 2009. She campaigns for local produce, set up Ireland’s first farmers’ market and is on the board of The Soil Association. She has won many awards including the Guild of Food Writers’ Lifetime Achievement award in 2013.

'Our first lady of food.' The Irish Independent 'It's time to clear the kitchen shelves of all those glossy cookbooks you never open and make way for the Ballymaloe Cookery Course - it's the only one you'll need from now on.' The English Home Ballymaloe is one of the world's best cookery schools and Darina Allen, its co-founder and main teacher, is in a league of her own. Every student who has gone through her school has begged her to write down her recipes and thoughts, tips and shortcuts, and here they are in this definitive teaching book, which has everything to inform and inspire you to become adventurous in the kitchen. Ballymaloe Cookery Course explains 1,175 recipes, 370 variations and more than 100 basic skills, from making pastry to the art of carving, from preserving lemons to making delicious home-made pasta, from culturing creamy yogurt to butterflying a leg of lamb: the simple instructions given by one of the world's great cookery teachers will inspire you to prepare and enjoy the art of fresh produce and fine food.

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