Cook-a-like: Anne Shooter copies Nigella's pose from her latest book cover - and reproduces her recipes with less fat content
CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT CHEESECAKE
Still delicious but less calories: Anne's version of the chocolate cheesecake uses tofu
WAS: 700 calories a slice
NOW: 414 calories a slice
Nigella’s version of this cake has a shocking 7, 000 calories — that’s 700 a pop if you cut it into ten pieces.
Nigella made this announcement on television with typical, unapologetic, indulgent glee, saying: ‘I don’t know if I should apologise for this or boast about it. Either way, I feel you will thank me for it.’
Perhaps not! She uses Nutella chocolate spread mixed with cream cheese on a base made from combining digestive biscuits with butter, hazelnuts and Nutella.
To bring the calorie count down, my version uses tofu. Don’t be scared — you won’t know it’s there and it gives an amazing silky, creamy texture. In fact, my young daughters declared it the best cheesecake they had ever eaten!
For the base
250g half-fat digestives
75g light butter e.g. Lurpak Lighter
25g toasted hazelnuts
1 tsp cocoa powder
For the filling
450g silken tofu
200g reduced-fat creme fraiche
250g low-fat cream cheese
100g ground hazelnuts
100g cocoa powder
2 tsps vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
4 tbsps of Splenda or other sugar substitute
For the topping
50g chopped toasted hazelnuts
HOW TO: Blitz the biscuits in a food processor. Melt the butter and combine with the biscuit crumbs, hazelnuts and cocoa powder.
When you have a mixture with the texture of damp sand, stop and press into the base of a springform tin. Chill while you make the filling.
Put all the filling ingredients in the food processor and blitz until smooth. Pour and spread over the base, carefully. Sprinkle with the chopped toasted hazelnuts.
Chill overnight. Serve.
QUICK CALABRIAN LASAGNE
Meat-free: Anne made a vegetarian version of the lasagne by using Quorn
WAS: 841 calories a portion
NOW: 450 calories a portion
Nigella layers pasta sheets with a loose beef sauce, torn mozzarella, chopped boiled eggs and slices of ham. It’s a dish that Nigella says is ‘reassuringly homespun and feels like cosy, safe-making food’.
She also says it is as good a party dish as it is a hangover cure — though I’m not sure I’d fancy it for breakfast, even after a big night.
As it is, I’m not big on cooked boiled eggs, so I dropped those altogether and used half-fat mozzarella and natural yogurt to create a ‘bechamel’ layer, with a tasty Quorn and passata ragu replacing the meat. My husband didn’t realise this dish had no meat in it and couldn’t believe it was a light, vegetarian lasagne.




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