Christmas: Stuffings and Sauces

As Christmas Day approaches, make sure you have left some time to make the stuffing...

See our selection of Delia's recipes below, where we have traditional recipes such as Bread Sauce and Cumberland Sauce. 18th Century Stuffing and Pork, Sage and Onion Stuffing, and of course Perfect Gravy which you can watch being made in our Cookery School Video here, will all go with the turkey. For pudding, try Christmas Rum Sauce or Brown Sugar Brandy Butter (or even both), and if you aren't having a traditional Christmas Pudding, try Little Mincemeat Souffles served with Chilled Sabayon.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Brush up on your sauce skills with our video for Flour-based Sauces. Just click the recipe image to watch.

American Turkey Stuffing

American Turkey Stuffing: Left hand image This type of stuffing was first served to me at a deligh...

American Turkey Stuffing: Left hand image This type of stuffing was first served to me at a delightful Thanksgiving Dinner given by some American friends. Ame...

10 minutes

to cook

Brown Sugar Brandy Butter

Brandy Butter is excellent not only with mince pies but also with the Light or Traditional Christmas Puddin...

Brandy Butter is excellent not only with mince pies but also with the Light or Traditional Christmas Puddings or the Apple, Mincemeat and Nut Strudel. The Delia Onl...

Chilled Rum Sabayon

This whipped sauce made with egg yolks, sugar and alcohol is traditionally called sabayon by the French and...

This whipped sauce made with egg yolks, sugar and alcohol is traditionally called sabayon by the French and zabaglione by the Italians. Either way it's light and fl...

8 minutes

to cook

Christmas Rum Sauce

Christmas Rum Sauce - in the jug. An all-in-one version of a traditional sauce, this is best made not to...

Christmas Rum Sauce - in the jug. An all-in-one version of a traditional sauce, this is best made not too far ahead. A good rule of thumb is to make it when you put...

10 minutes

to cook

Cranberry, Sage and Balsamic Sauce

I love to serve this with traditional roast chicken. The Delia Online Cookery School. You can watch how ...

I love to serve this with traditional roast chicken. The Delia Online Cookery School. You can watch how to make The Best Roast Chicken in our video. Just click the ...

Cumberland Rum or Brandy Butter

This butter (seen in the ramekin) is excellent with the Mincemeat and Apple Jalousie. See related recipe be...

This butter (seen in the ramekin) is excellent with the Mincemeat and Apple Jalousie. See related recipe below. The Delia Onine Cookery School: Another lovely Chris...

Cumberland Sauce

This is, for me, one of the great classic English sauces, provided it's made with a good-quality redcurrant...

This is, for me, one of the great classic English sauces, provided it's made with a good-quality redcurrant jelly with a high fruit content; some of the commercial var...

10 minutes - 15 minutes

to cook

18th Century Chestnut Stuffing

Bottom image: This recipe is adapted from one I first came across in the cookery book written by the eighte...

Bottom image: This recipe is adapted from one I first came across in the cookery book written by the eighteenth-century writer, Hannah Glasse. Peeling chestnuts is ...

10 minutes

to cook

Horseradish and Mustard Sauce

For Delia's Fillet of Beef in Pastry with Wild Mushrooms and Red Wine Sauce if you want to serve it cold ...

For Delia's Fillet of Beef in Pastry with Wild Mushrooms and Red Wine Sauce if you want to serve it cold See the recipe below

Hot Punch Sauce

This is a wonderful, very boozy sauce which, once tasted, makes you wonder why we ever bother to put alcoho...

This is a wonderful, very boozy sauce which, once tasted, makes you wonder why we ever bother to put alcohol in puddings. The sauce can be made well in advance, as ...

Onion Gravy

If you don't have any meat juices, or you are a vegetarian, you can still make really good gravy. (True ...

If you don't have any meat juices, or you are a vegetarian, you can still make really good gravy. (True vegetarians don't eat fish or shellfish, if you are cooking ...

Vegetarian

Onion and Mustard Sauce

You can watch how to make Onion and Mustard Sauce in our Cookery School Video for Flour-based Sauces, just ...

You can watch how to make Onion and Mustard Sauce in our Cookery School Video for Flour-based Sauces, just click on the image to play.

Perfect Gravy

Want to find the perfect gravy recipe? Here Delia tells us about the history of gravy, and how to make it. ...

Want to find the perfect gravy recipe? Here Delia tells us about the history of gravy, and how to make it. The Delia Online Cookery School: You can watch how to mak...

Port and Sour Cherry Sauce

This sauce made with dried sour cherries is one of the nicest to serve with duck and can be made ahead and ...

This sauce made with dried sour cherries is one of the nicest to serve with duck and can be made ahead and gently reheated. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch h...

40 minutes - 45 minutes

to cook

Proper Custard

This is the ultimate custard, perhaps traditional British sauce. I offer it here as it has been made dow...

This is the ultimate custard, perhaps traditional British sauce. I offer it here as it has been made down the centuries - with thick double cream, but you can, if y...

Vegetarian

Reduction Gravy

You can now watch how to make a Reduction Gravy in our Cookery School Video, click the image to play

10 minutes - 12 minutes

to cook

Sausagemeat Stuffing

The traditional stuffing for turkey, it can be made in advance ready for the big day. The Delia Online C...

The traditional stuffing for turkey, it can be made in advance ready for the big day. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to chop onions in our video, press ...

Traditional Bread Sauce

Traditional bread sauce is one of the great, classic British sauces, but I think it has suffered from eithe...

Traditional bread sauce is one of the great, classic British sauces, but I think it has suffered from either not being made properly or – worst of all – being made fro...

Traditional Pork, Sage and Onion Stuffing

I firmly believe that the whole idea of stuffing a large bird like a turkey is to help counteract the dryin...

I firmly believe that the whole idea of stuffing a large bird like a turkey is to help counteract the drying-out process during the cooking. Pork sausagemeat is an ...

Turkey Giblet Stock

However unpromising the giblets look, they make a wonderful stock for the turkey gravy and the meat from th...

However unpromising the giblets look, they make a wonderful stock for the turkey gravy and the meat from them will provide a Christmas lunch for a deserving cat or dog...

1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours

to cook

Christmas: Stuffings and Sauces

American Turkey Stuffing

Brown Sugar Brandy Butter

Chilled Rum Sabayon

Christmas Rum Sauce

Cranberry, Sage and Balsamic Sauce

Cumberland Rum or Brandy Butter

Cumberland Sauce

18th Century Chestnut Stuffing

Horseradish and Mustard Sauce

Hot Punch Sauce

Onion Gravy

Onion and Mustard Sauce

Perfect Gravy

Port and Sour Cherry Sauce

Proper Custard

Reduction Gravy

Sausagemeat Stuffing

Traditional Bread Sauce

Traditional Pork, Sage and Onion Stuffing

Turkey Giblet Stock

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