These are simplicity itself and the filling comes from the supermarket. The croustades are made in mini tartlet tins, which are available in trays of 12; what they are essentially are croutons made into...
This is a famous Italian casserole: shin of veal cooked in white wine with tomatoes. Try to buy the pieces of shin about 2 inches (5 cm) thick.
This is a perfect recipe for entertaining and wouldn't need anything to go with it other than a simple green salad. The fish can be varied according to what's available as long as you have 2¼ lb (1 kg)...
This ratatouille recipe is from Delia's Vegetarian Collection book and is the basis of the related recipe below, Oven-roasted Ratatouille and Mozzarella Strudel with Parmesan and Pecans
This recipe is a Greek classic, but the little hint of Italy I've added in the shape of ricotta cheese makes the very best moussaka topping I've tasted. Also, roasting the aubergines is much less tiresome...
This recipe for roast lamb can be served with gravy or Rosemary and Onion Sauce, which is also good with lamb chops, or served with bangers and mash.
I was served this memorable dish at the house of a Champagne producer in Rheims, and this is my version.
If the winter weather is getting you down or you're feeling grey or sad, I'm certain a steamed treacle sponge will put you right in no time at all. It takes moments to prepare, will steam away happily...
This famous French classic has always been a favourite of mine and I love to serve it with the grapes well chilled, which beautifully complements the warm rich sauce. However, if you prefer you could add...
I have been making carrot cake for years, and each time it seems to improve with a little tinkering here and there. A few years ago I attempted a low-fat version rather reluctantly, not believing it was...
This butter (seen in the ramekin) is excellent with the Mincemeat and Apple Jalousie. See related recipe below.
This was the chocolate recipe of the 1960s, but it has now, sadly, been eclipsed by other eras and their equally fashionable recipes. So time for a revival, I think, because it's certainly one of the simplest...
This combination of fresh, ripe peaches, and the luscious flavour of Marsala wine make a supremely good summer dessert that has the added advantage of being made well in advance. Mascarpone cream cheese...
The absence of high street fishmongers nowadays always poses problems, so it's important to point out that this recipe can be made using all frozen shellfish and any variety of white fish. However, what...
This is dark, rich and luscious and needs lots of fluffy mashed potato to absorb all the exquisite sauce. It's perfect, too, for entertaining as it braises slowly in the oven so you can forget all about...
This recipe comes from our former Executive Chef, Lucy Crabb, at the football club, and it's been served both at large banquets and in the restaurant to great acclaim. A rocket and chicory salad is a good...
This is the perfect main course salad for lunch, with perhaps some rice salad to go with it.
Here is a revolution in the best way to roast a small chicken. The flavourings can vary in any way you like - crushed chopped rosemary leaves, sage leaves or thyme can be used, or a mixture of herbs, and...
It is always useful to have a recipe made up of ingredients you can have standing by in your store cupboard and freezer. Seafood Lasagne fits the bill for when you are very busy, or want to make something...
Oven-roasted Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary: In the dish on the right In keeping with the principle that outdoor eating needs to be gutsy, these little potatoes are just that. They're easy too - they...
Yes, it is possible to make an extremely good Greek-style moussaka without meat, and even non-vegetarians will admit it tastes every bit as good. Serve it with a large bowl of crunchy salad along with...
If you have some Thai Red Curry Paste to hand, these little fish cakes make a wonderfully different first course, especially if the rest of the meal has a spicy theme.
This recipe is weekend stuff. You assemble the ingredients, whack them into a cooking pot, then leave them in the oven while you go and do other things: relax, go back to sleep, read the papers, watch...
This really is one of the most luxurious and delicate soups imaginable. It is very easy to prepare and cook, but perfect for a special occasion. Crisp, golden croutons are lovely sprinkled over the top...
After 40 years of recipe writing about other more elegant ways of serving duck I have now returned to this, the original recipe. If you think halfway to Chinese this is what it's like, moist flesh, lots...
Since this recipe was given to me many years ago by the proprietor of the Sign of the Angel in Lacock, it has become really popular with readers, as I know from their many letters.
This classic potato dish is, quite rightly, seen as the perfect partner to roasts, casseroles, sausages and braised dishes.
I have to admit I don't do heat very well. I absolutely love the fact that we're having a proper summer - the kind I remember as a child when it seemed we were outside for the whole of the school holidays....
I have to thank Larkin Warren, a wonderful American chef, for her original recipe, which I have adapted. It is quite simply one of the most brilliant hot puddings ever invented. It's so simple but so good...
This cool, light and subtle soup is incredibly easy and quick to make. However it does need some fresh summer cucumbers in season for the best flavour of all.
In the normal scheme of things, cheats don't do canapés. Far too fiddly and fussy. However, now you can buy cocktail blinis (bite-sized buckwheat pancakes), all this actually involves is a quick assembly...
Serve in ice-cold bowls, which will be wonderfully refreshing if the weather is hot. Please note: Delia's how To Cheat at Cooking was written in 2008, however many supermarkets stopped sellling their ingredients...
Another supremely good version of mashed potato, this is based on the Irish recipe for Colcannon potatoes, which was originally served in a fluffy pile with a sort of well in the centre that was filled...
There isn't a classic recipe for tiramisu as such, as there are many varying versions both in Italy and around the world, but the following one is, I think, the nicest I've come across. For lovers of strong...
This is a classic English version of a fruit cobbler, but speeded up with the aid of a food processor - which makes it one of the fastest baked fruit desserts imaginable.
Celeriac comes in difficult sizes for a recipe for four people, so I have used two small ones, which will make enough for everyone to have seconds. Feel free to make the soup the day before and reheat...
Braised sausages seem to have turned up many times in my books over the years, and because I love them so much, here is yet another version - a lovely, comforting, warm, winter supper dish that needs copious...
This delightful combination of flavours makes a very attractive first course. I love to serve the peppers on a faded antique plate that I have, which shows off their outstanding colour. The dish needs...
We often joke in our house about how, when the Christmas book was first published, the shops sold out of cranberries and for ages the press annoyingly referred to me as the Cranberry Queen. So, for old...
This traditional English recipe is fragrant, soft, moist, wobbly beneath, and toasted and crunchy on top. I would go the whole hog and serve it with some chilled, untreated Jersey cream.
The optimum word here is 'fresh'. If you've ever suffered cakes made with dry, dull desiccated coconut, let me transport you to a different world. Fresh coconut (you'll only need one) is very moist and...
I now find that lusciously thick genuine Greek yoghurt makes the best fruit fool of all, as it allows the full flavour of the fruit to dominate. If you're serving this to someone who doesn't like yoghurt,...
This is a helpful recipe for gardeners whose summer crop of vegetables threatens to overwhelm them. If you like, you can serve this soup cold in chilled bowls in really hot weather. Either way, it's a...
Let me explain the appeal of this delightfully unfashionable, totally forgotten delicacy. First, collar of bacon has more flavour than the leaner, middle-cut gammon. Secondly, I'm sure many people have...
Pancakes make brilliant cannelloni - lighter, I think, than pasta. The cannelloni can also be served as a starter in individual heatproof gratin dishes with two pancakes per person, in which case bake...
As the title suggests, this is a warming, fragrant and very inviting supper dish that will do wonders to cheer up the long winter nights. Serve it with clouds of fluffy mashed potato which will absorb...
The way I cook a salmon is extremely slowly, wrapped in foil in the oven. I cannot recommend this method highly enough. With skin and bones, head and tail intact there is not only a captured concentration...
This recipe is part of my 1960s revival menu. In those days it used to be something simple but really luscious, yet over the years it has suffered from some very poor adaptations, not least watery prawns...
Since I've been writing recipes, this is one I've found to be most popular with everyone who makes it.