Airdate: Nigelissima: An Italian Inspired Christmas

Despite all the bad press she’s been receiving, ABC1 is airing a Nigella Lawson Christmas special tonight in Nigelissima: An Italian Inspired Christmas.

Is that with or without real snow?

Get ready for a mouth watering Christmas as Nigella brings a truly Italian festive feast to the table, with big fresh flavours and a sumptuous spread. The essence of Italian food, like Nigella’s style of cooking, is simplicity and informality – just what you need at this busy time of year!

With her passion for Italy and Italian cooking – she lived and worked in Florence before reading Italian at Oxford University – Nigella’s mouth-watering dishes have their roots in tradition but take us into fresh territory; light of touch but bursting full of taste.

While Nigellissima is true to the spirit of Italian cooking, the recipes are always quick and easy, designed to elevate everyday eating into no-fuss feasts for those days when supper needs to be on the table pronto.

“When I went to live in Italy when young, I said I’d do anything but clean lavatories; as a chambermaid in Florence, that is what I ended up doing! But I also learned about real Italian food, and by the time I’d left I had found my spiritual and gastronomic home.” Nigella Lawson

8:30pm tonight on ABC1.