She's the author of 12 books, master of a seductive stir and a passionate home cook.
And while many would imagine that Nigella Lawson spends her Christmas evening chowing down on smooth soufflé and crispy eclairs, the reality is that an Australian classic takes pride and place at her dinner table.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraphon Saturday, Nigella revealed that she often celebrates Christmas day by enjoying a humble pavlova.
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Sweet treat! Celebrity cook Nigella Lawson (pictured) revealed her favourite Christmas recipe on Saturday... and you'll be surprised at how easy it is to follow
'Funnily enough I love a pavlova at Christmas,' the British celebrity told the publication.
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'(I also love something) my great aunt used to make called Australian Christmas pudding which was ice cream with all the dried fruits found in a traditional Christmas pudding.'
Nigella, who visited Australia this year to appear on shows like MasterChef, says she loves the country and even confessed that one of her signature dishes - spaghetti and marmite - tastes better if it's done with the national spread, Vegemite.
An Australian classic:'Funnily enough I love a pavlova at Christmas,' the British celebrity said
The cook is about to embark on a month-long speaking tour and between meeting and greeting fans she said she will spend her time enjoying the best the country has to offer.
'I plan on eating wonderful food, drinking wonderful wine and gazing at that wonderful expansive sky,' she said.
Nigella recently finished her UK 20-year anniversary tour of the publication of her first book How To Eat.
Seductive stir: Nigella recently finished her UK 20 year anniversary tour of the publication of her first book How To Eat
Meanwhile, the TV personality revealed she struggled financially following her much publicised split from advertising boss Charles Saatchi after 10 years of marriage
In an interview with Noble Rot, she said: 'I had to start my life again at 53, get a mortgage at an age when you're supposed to be paying it all off.
'I do have to work. But I only do a TV programme every other year. It's not like I'm there all the time.'
The An Evening With Nigella Lawson stage show will kick off in Adelaide on January 27 before hitting Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne and Brisbane.
NIGELLA'S PRODIGIOUS PAVLOVA
FOR THE BASE
8 egg whites (from large organic eggs)
500g caster sugar
4 teaspoons cornflour
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
FOR THE TOPPING
650ml double cream
10 passionfruit
10 fresh or canned lychees, drained if canned
300g raspberries (frozen are fine)
25g icing sugar
❄ Preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and draw a rough 25cm diameter circle on it; I pencil round a cake tin that size.
❄ Whisk the egg whites until satiny peaks form, then whisk in the sugar, a tablespoonful at a time, until the meringue is stiff and shiny.
❄ Sprinkle the cornflour, vinegar and vanilla extract over the egg whites, and fold in lightly with a metal spoon. Mound the meringue on to the baking parchment within the circle and, using a spatula, flatten the top and smooth the sides.
❄ Put in the oven and immediately reduce the heat to 120C/gas mark ½. Cook for an hour. Then turn off the oven and leave to cool completely. Once it’s cool, take the meringue disc out – and you can keep it in an airtight container for a couple of days or freeze for a month.
❄ When you are ready to assemble the pavlova, invert the cooled meringue disc on to a large plate or a stand you can serve it on, and peel off the baking parchment.
❄ Whip the cream until thickened but still soft, and pile on to the meringue – on the squidgy part that was stuck to the baking parchment – spreading it to the edges in a swirly fashion.
❄ Cut the passionfruit in half, and scoop out the seeds, and any pulp and juice, into a bowl. Peel the fresh lychees (if using) over the bowl to catch any juice, then remove the stones, tear the lychees into pieces and let them drop into the passionfruit. Tear the drained, canned lychees (if using) likewise, and drop them in, too.
❄ Leave the passionfruit and lychees sitting in their bowl for a moment, while you liquidise the raspberries with the icing sugar in a blender.
❄ Dollop the cream-topped pavlova with the passionfruit and lychees, and their juices, then zig-zag some red, red, red raspberry sauce over the top, putting the rest in a small jug for people to add to their slices as they eat.
MAKES 14 GENEROUS SLICES
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Big gig: The An Evening With Nigella Lawson stage show will kick off in Adelaide on January 27 before hitting Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne and Brisbane
