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Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love

'Ottolenghi's test kitchen under a railway arch, where he and his team conjure up new recipes, has always felt like my version of Dahl's chocolate factory, and its spirit inhabits Ottolenghi's Instagram account. At a time when everyone and their pug is doing Insta-cookalongs, his is still something special'

You could cook out of this for years and never eat a dull meal.

In this guide to making the most of what you have, it's inspiration that shines, rather than fancy ingredients.

Relaxed, flexible home cooking from Yotam Ottolenghi and his superteam. 
 
Whether they're conjuring up new recipes or cooking for themselves at home, the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen team do what we all do: they raid their kitchens. But then, they turn whatever they find into approachable creations with an 'Ottolenghi' twist. 
 
This instinct is in perfect sync with recent times, when we've all been standing in front of our kitchen shelves, our cupboards and our fridges, wondering what to cook with what we've got; how to put a can of chickpeas or a bag of frozen peas to good use, instead of taking an extra trip to the shops. 
 
For the first time, the team welcome us into their creative space. These dishes pack all the punch and edge we expect from Ottolenghi, but offer more flexibility to make them our own, using what we've got to hand. There's the ultimate guide to creamy dreamy hummus, a one-pan route to confit tandoori chickpeas and a tomato salad that rules them all. 
 
This book is all about feeding ourselves and our families with less stress and less fuss, but with all the 'wow' of an Ottolenghi meal. It's a notebook to scribble on and add to, to take its ethos and absolutely make it your own. 
 
This is how to cook, the OTK way.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Noor Murad

Ottolenghi Test Kitchen

It is astonishing that after all these years of producing the most inventive cookbooks around, Yotam Ottolenghi never seems to run out of ideas. His secret is partly that he has such a good team behind him: the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen (OTK) ... This is the second book he has co-authored with Noor Murad, a young Bahraini chef, and it's one of the OTK's best.

The second book from the OTK team, bursting with colour, flavour and so many recipes you'll want to cook - everyone a winner.

Plenty of enticing recipes, which can be taken to the next level with home-made sauces, salsas, chutneys, oils and sprinkles.

More joyful vegetables and clever salads [...] ingenious, as always.

Ottolenghify every meal. 
 
Flexible, flavour-packed dishes that all lend a little something 'extra' to your next meal. 
 
It's harissa butter on a roasted mushroom, then tossed with steamed veg or stuffed into a baked potato. It's tamarind dressing on turmeric fried eggs, then drizzled over a steak the next day. Rounded off with a chapter on the 'one basics' of desserts for you to perfect and then adapt with your favourite flavour combinations, such as a basic mousse transformed into coffee mousse with tahini fudge. 
 
This is cooking it forward, Ottolenghi style, filling your cupboards with adaptable homemade ingredients to add some oomph to every mealtime. 
 
Praise for Ottolenghi Test Kitchen Shelf Love: 
 
'I absolutely love this book!' - Nigella Lawson 
 
'You could cook out of this for years and never eat a dull meal.' - Diana Henry, Telegraph 
 
'In this guide to making the most of what you have, it's inspiration that shines, rather than fancy ingredients.' - Observer Books of the Year

Noor Murad

Praise for Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things

'Ottolenghi's test kitchen under a railway arch, where he and his team conjure up new recipes, has always felt like my version of Dahl's chocolate factory, and its spirit inhabits Ottolenghi's Instagram accou ...

It is astonishing that after all these years of producing the most inventive cookbooks around, Yotam Ottolenghi never seems to run out of ideas. His secret is partly that he has such a good team behind him: the Otto ...

The second book from the OTK team, bursting with colour, flavour and so many recipes you'll want to cook - everyone a winner.

'Ottolenghi's test kitchen under a railway arch, where he and his team conjure up new recipes, has always felt like my version of Dahl's chocolate factory, and its spirit inhabits Ottolenghi's Instagram accou ...

It is astonishing that after all these years of producing the most inventive cookbooks around, Yotam Ottolenghi never seems to run out of ideas. His secret is partly that he has such a good team behind him: the Otto ...

The second book from the OTK team, bursting with colour, flavour and so many recipes you'll want to cook - everyone a winner.

'Ottolenghi's test kitchen under a railway arch, where he and his team conjure up new recipes, has always felt like my version of Dahl's chocolate factory, and its spirit inhabits Ottolenghi's Instagram accou ...

It is astonishing that after all these years of producing the most inventive cookbooks around, Yotam Ottolenghi never seems to run out of ideas. His secret is partly that he has such a good team behind him: the Otto ...

The second book from the OTK team, bursting with colour, flavour and so many recipes you'll want to cook - everyone a winner.

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