Delia Online Cookery School

Delia Online Cookery School

Delia created our Online Cookery School to help anyone who is unsure, or nervous of cooking, so if you would like to hone you skills in the kitchen this is the place to start.

Here you will find all the recipes included in the Cookery School, and if you click on them you will come across videos and techniques to help you improve and get better with practice.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Who better to introduce our Cookery School than Delia herself. Click the image to see her explain why she wants to teach you how to cook.

Apple, Prune and Armagnac Clafoutis

Delia wrote this recipe specially for the Delia Online Cookery School, click the image to watch how it's ma...

Delia wrote this recipe specially for the Delia Online Cookery School, click the image to watch how it's made Prunes are soaked overnight in Armagnac and then added...

35 minutes - 40 minutes

Baked Macaroni Pie

Developed by Delia for her Online Cookery School, you can watch this recipe being made. Just click th...

Developed by Delia for her Online Cookery School, you can watch this recipe being made. Just click the image to play.

30 minutes - 40 minutes

Basic Pancakes

No winter cookbook would be complete without a pancake recipe - even though Pancake Day usually heralds the...

No winter cookbook would be complete without a pancake recipe - even though Pancake Day usually heralds the end of a long winter and we can look forward again to sprin...

Basic Vinaigrette Dressing

Watch how to make a Basic Vinaigrette Dressing, and other dressings, in our Cookery School Video, just clic...

Watch how to make a Basic Vinaigrette Dressing, and other dressings, in our Cookery School Video, just click the image to play.

Brown Rice Salad

Brown Rice Salad is included in our Cookery School, and you can watch Delia's video showing how to make it....

Brown Rice Salad is included in our Cookery School, and you can watch Delia's video showing how to make it. Just click the image to play.

40 minutes - 45 minutes

Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil

Bruschetta is a very special type of toasted bread, pronounced brusketta. When I first tasted the...

Bruschetta is a very special type of toasted bread, pronounced brusketta. When I first tasted the real thing in Tuscany, it was one of the most memorable eat...

Cheese Sauce

Vegetarians may like to know you can buy a vegetarian style Parmesan from Bookham and Harrison Farms Ltd. ...

Vegetarians may like to know you can buy a vegetarian style Parmesan from Bookham and Harrison Farms Ltd. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how easy it is to m...

Chinese Stir-fried Chicken

If you can't get purple sprouting broccoli this recipe can be made with broccoli. The Delia Online Cooke...

If you can't get purple sprouting broccoli this recipe can be made with broccoli. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make this recipe, just click on the ...

Chinese Stir-fried Rice

The golden rule of stir-frying rice successfully is to always make sure the cooked rice is absolutely cold....

The golden rule of stir-frying rice successfully is to always make sure the cooked rice is absolutely cold. In other words, you can't boil it and stir-fry st...

Chocolate Creme Brulee

What chocolate mousse had been to the 1960s, creme brulee was to the 1990s, suddenly appearing on almost ev...

What chocolate mousse had been to the 1960s, creme brulee was to the 1990s, suddenly appearing on almost every restaurant menu. It's truly a great British classic t...

Christmas Stollen

At Christmas time in Austria, Germany and parts of France they traditionally serve something called st...

At Christmas time in Austria, Germany and parts of France they traditionally serve something called stollen: it is a rich fruity yeast bread filled with almond ic...

Classic Fresh Tomato Sauce

It was once said that the greatest wines of Montrachet should be drunk kneeling with head bowed as a sign o...

It was once said that the greatest wines of Montrachet should be drunk kneeling with head bowed as a sign of reverence. Well, this is how I feel about this v...

1 hour 30 minutes - 1 hour 45 minutes

Classic Risotto Milanese

This is my version of the great Italian classic, and the best accompaniment of all to Ossobuco. ...

This is my version of the great Italian classic, and the best accompaniment of all to Ossobuco. The traditional risotto method demands your full attention, ...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

Classic Sponge Cake

This is where it all begins: what I am aiming to do here is get you started on cake making. Once y...

This is where it all begins: what I am aiming to do here is get you started on cake making. Once you have mastered the art of the classic sponge cake you can ...

Coffee and Walnut Sponge Cake

This is a revised, more contemporary, version of one of the original sponge cakes in the earlier book. I...

This is a revised, more contemporary, version of one of the original sponge cakes in the earlier book. I am still very fond of it and have continued to make it regu...

Creme Caramel

Over the years I've experimented with what should be the best creme caramel, using double cream, creme frai...

Over the years I've experimented with what should be the best creme caramel, using double cream, creme fraiche and half and half of these in the mixture. Now...

Crepes Suzette

This is a qualifier for my 1960s recipe revival. There was a time when this recipe was certainly ...

This is a qualifier for my 1960s recipe revival. There was a time when this recipe was certainly overexposed, but now that it has become a forgotten rarity, ...

Damson (or Plum) Muffins

It’s not easy to buy damsons, but it’s worth searching in farm shops and markets at the end of August. H...

It’s not easy to buy damsons, but it’s worth searching in farm shops and markets at the end of August. However, if they’re not forthcoming, you can still make these...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

Easy White Loaf

A good, old-fashioned, English, white, crusty loaf, soft inside and lightly textured, is still hard to beat...

A good, old-fashioned, English, white, crusty loaf, soft inside and lightly textured, is still hard to beat - it's my favourite for soldiers to go with softly boiled e...

Eggs Basque

This recipe has a Basque element, as the eggs are baked on a base of onions, garlic, peppers and chorizo sa...

This recipe has a Basque element, as the eggs are baked on a base of onions, garlic, peppers and chorizo sausage. The whole thing is topped with bubbling che...

4 minutes - 5 minutes

Eggs en Cocotte with Leeks

This works well with other ingredients such as steamed asparagus tips or slices of mushroom, smoked salmon ...

This works well with other ingredients such as steamed asparagus tips or slices of mushroom, smoked salmon or any other ingredient you feel like using. The Delia On...

15 minutes - 18 minutes

English Apple Pie

The Delia Online Cookery School: You can now watch how to make English Apple Pie in our Cookery School Vide...

The Delia Online Cookery School: You can now watch how to make English Apple Pie in our Cookery School Video for Shortcrust Pastry. Just click on the image to play.

45 minutes - 50 minutes

English Custard Tart

This old-fashioned English Custard tart needs a thick wobby filling so I've used a round tin which gives a ...

This old-fashioned English Custard tart needs a thick wobby filling so I've used a round tin which gives a good depth. The nutmeg is very important to the flavour, ...

Etty's Sausage Rolls

Etty is my mum and for me Christmas without her sausage rolls would not be complete. They are the ultima...

Etty is my mum and for me Christmas without her sausage rolls would not be complete. They are the ultimate canape to serve with drinks, or with pickled shallots and...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

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