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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson’s cheesy chilli recipe

Cheesy Chilli, Kitchen, Nigella Lawson Food and prop styling: Polly Webb-Wilson 20 Best Comfort Food recipes Observer Food Monthly Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

I can’t count how often I find myself stirring a pan with some mince in it, day to day. Not that this is anything to apologise for: it’s easy, quick and comforting. I could probably measure out my life in chilli bowls, and that’s no bad thing either. This recipe draws again on a favourite time-saving practice of mine, which is to start off with some paprika-piccante chorizo sausages that give off a fiery orange oil in which to sear and season the mince.

Tex-Mex custom decrees that chilli be eaten with – among other embellishments – a handful of grated cheese thrown on top. This is merely an impatient rendering of the same, whereby you simply chop or tear some mozzarella and stir it in to the chilli in the pan, just long enough to let it melt into the meat.

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