Just Five Ingredients: Over 120 Fast, Fuss-Free Recipes [Import] [Paperback]

Ainsley Harriott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2009

Featuring fast, flavorsome, and fabulous ideas, the recipes in this mouth-watering collection each use a maximum of five ingredients and are ideal for the time-short, budget-conscious cook. The recipes feature flavors and styles from around the world as well as easily accessible ingredients and include fresh salads, succulent fish and meat dishes, healthy pastas, vegetarian delights, sizzling barbecue ideas, and tempting desserts. Lushly illustrated and informative, this helpful book throws long shopping lists out the window in favor of healthy, no-fuss food.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Because a long list of ingredients is enough to repel some home cooks from a recipe, HarriottÖs appealing new cookbook seeks to address this issue by boiling down some 120 dishes into five simple ingredients. Harriott, presenter of the BBCÖs Ready Steady Cook and author of Meals in Minutes and AinsleyÖs Ultimate Barbecue Bible, applies a flavor-conscious economy to his surprisingly complex-tasting fare. Though salt, pepper, and oil donÖt count toward the total number of ingredients, Harriott still manages to keep the tallies low. A chapter on tapas and small bites covers such sophisticated eats as manchego cheese fritters and brandade with griddled sourdough, while his take on vegetarian cuisine--which is notoriously ingredient-heavy--includes paprika halloumi with roasted lemon peppers and pitta and creamed corn and parmesan risotto. ThereÖs a Brit-centric point of view that may make sourcing some of the ingredients (King EdwardÖs potatoes; cashel blue cheese; golden syrup) a challenge. Still, his dishes, like harissa-rubbed lamb and sweet potatoes, and Jamaican sticky toffee pudding are intriguingly spiced yet wholesome and satisfying enough to be put into the everyday rotation. Photos.
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"Offers simple, creative, and inspired dishes."  —Library Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: BBC Books (August 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0563539240
• ISBN-13: 978-0563539247
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.5 x 9.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Cookbook!, August 31, 2011

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This review is from: Just Five Ingredients: Over 120 Fast, Fuss-Free Recipes (Paperback)

This cookbook has unique recipes and high quality photos throughout. I checked this out from the library but loved it so much I had to purchase my own copy. What a great price - I highly recommend!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Simple but almost sophisticated cooking, September 2, 2010

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This review is from: Just Five Ingredients: Over 120 Fast, Fuss-Free Recipes (Paperback)

Ainsley Harriott presents recipes that have only 5 main ingredients. You will need salt, pepper and oil; but all the recipes turn into some surprisingly elegant dishes; which are relatively easy and quick to prepare. Some are comfort foods, others a bit more sophisticated. Especially good are the sausage, tomato and butter bean bake and the salmon pie.

Most dishes have pictures of the finished product and ingredients are given in grams and ounces with clearly labeled steps.
Included are: starters and light meals, pasta and grains, vegetarian dishes, meat and poultry, fish and seafood, side dishes, puddings (desserts) and baking.
This would be a good cookbook for both experienced and beginning cooks who would like some simple dishes to prepare, but ones that are not so ordinary.

5.0 out of 5 stars I plan to buy this, August 20, 2010

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Shay-Shay "4-show-u-rt" (Cleveland, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Five Ingredients: Over 120 Fast, Fuss-Free Recipes (Paperback)

I got this book from the library and haven't returned it yet. Every time I plan to take it back, I see another recipe I want to make. I've made three so far. They are very good. The book is beautifully put together. Many of the recipes are accompanied by photos, which is very helpful. I plan on buying this book really soon!