Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics

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Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics

It's all about simple pleasures and dishes that bring Ina Garten pure joy. She starts with giant crinkled chocolate chip cookies, kielbasa with mustard dip and cheddar and chutney grilled cheese.

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Season 19
Ina Garten is all about comforting weeknight dinners, starting with all-in-one skillet-roasted chicken and potatoes. She also makes shells with broccoli rabe and pancetta, seared salmon with spicy red pepper aioli and her ultimate tuna melts.
Season 18
Ina Garten showcases incredible desserts, and there's something for everyone. For chocolate lovers, a decadent and glamorous chocolate cake with mocha frosting has a real wow factor. On the fruit front, there's sophisticated, French-inspired prunes in Armagnac. Finally, a crazy-delicious salted caramel Sundae with peanut-c...
It's all about oranges as Ina Garten shares some favourite recipes with this magic ingredient. They unleash the flavour in her amazing roast duck breast with dried cherries and port, and make dainty orange French lace cookies super special. Oranges add another dimension to wild rice salad, and the citrus in fig and goat ch...
Ina Garten unlocks her liquor secrets and easy techniques that take red wine-braised short ribs, fennel soup gratin and an awesome fresh apple spice cake to the next level. Plus, she shares some incredible tips for wines and liqueurs, and it is cocktail hour at the barn as Ina puts the fizz into mimosas, kir and raspberry ...
Ina turns ordinary vegetables into extraordinary dishes. She transforms everyday cauliflower into amazing cauliflower toasts, the perfect anytime bite. Then Ina elevates humble zucchini and frozen spinach into fabulous baked spinach and zucchini, and eggplant steps into the limelight in wonderful spiced lamb-stuffed eggpla...
Ina has all the tricks for cooking French at home, with secrets to a showstopping summer filet of beef with bearnaise mayonnaise, an endive, orange and roquefort salad that tastes as good as it looks and an elegant, easy bistro-style prune armagnac clafouti.
Ina Garten celebrates Jeffrey's favourite foods, starting with fried chicken sandwiches, perfect for kick-starting the weekend, and an incredible canape of salmon cured with dill and pernod.
Tomatoes are one of Ina’s favourite ingredients, and they star in her Easy Provencal Lamb that has a real wow factor, as well as her over-the-top good Penne Arrabiata, the spiciest pasta in town. Ina uses canned and crushed in her updated Stewed Lentils and Tomatoes, and beautiful heirloom tomatoes speak for themselves in ...
Ina shares her best-in-class dishes with the volume turned up. She revamps a breakfast favourite - lemon ricotta pancakes with figs, then combines two winners in Caesar-roasted swordfish.
Season 17
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Ina is sharing new ways to cook with pork - and she’s putting bacon, sausage, kielbasa and tenderloins in the spotlight. She begins by making sausage and mushroom strudels for appetisers and follows them with hearty lentil and kielbasa salad. Baked farro and butternut squash works as a main dish or side with Ina’s quick he...
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Ina Garten is sharing recipes and pro tips for putting together a gorgeous seasonal brunch. She starts with shakshuka with feta, the perfect way to serve eggs to a crowd, and bakes a batch of make-ahead morning glory muffins. Smoked salmon tartines with gravlax sauce turn the volume up on a brunch staple, and Ina shares he...
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Ina is entertaining, and she's taking the pressure off with all make-ahead dishes. She starts with two easy appetisers - mustard and gruyere batons and warm dates with blue cheese and prosciutto. Her main course is Moroccan lamb tagine with steamed couscous, and she whips up a decadent chocolate cake for dessert. Ina also ...
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Some like it hot, so Ina serves up some of her favourite spicy dishes. She starts with an exotic lamb and chickpea curry made with a fragrant mix of spices, and her lobster corn fritters are paired with creamy sriracha sauce. Ina also makes sweet potato empanadas with chipotle chilli for kick, and her sauteed shishito pepp...
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Ina is giving traditional Thanksgiving dinner dishes a modern twist. To start, it's out with the big bird and in with Tuscan turkey roulade, which is easy to make and carve. For side dishes, Ina is preparing chipotle smashed sweet potatoes and one-pan roasted vegetables. Finally, her dazzling holiday dessert is pumpkin fla...
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Ina is turning up the volume on flavour, starting with the creamy hummus she pairs with her chunky Israeli vegetable salad. Plus, her chicken marbella is a dinner party classic made over.
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This week Ina is sharing all her secrets and pro tips for Italian dishes. She starts with a fabulous twofer, tomato eggplant soup, and the leftovers become baked pasta with tomatoes and eggplant. Ina then makes flounder Milanese topped with arugula salad and lemon vinaigrette for a modern twist on a classic.
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Store-bought ingredients pass the test for Ina Garten as she makes sweets, treats and more. Ready-made shortcuts wow in her raspberry baked Alaska with fresh raspberry sauce, and she takes turkey sandwiches with brussels sprouts slaw to the next level.
Season 16
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Ina Garten is cooking with her favourite herbs and sharing tips for turning up the flavour. dill, chives, and basil shine in her heirloom tomatoes with herbed ricotta. Ina also incorporates rosemary, oregano, and mint in her pork souvlaki with radish tzatziki and pitas for an easy dinner.
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Ina Garten is fired up and sharing her advice for grilling and barbecuing like a pro. To start, hot coals work their magic on her Tuscan grilled Cornish hens, and she amps up the flavour on foolproof ribs with barbecue sauce. Her flame-grilled smoky eggplant dip features yogurt and mint, and her husband Jeffrey can't resis...
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