Delia's Complete How to Cook

Here you have all the three of the How To Cook Book One, Two & Three books together.

Delia de-mystifies cooking, sharpens up your skills and teaches you how to have confidence in your own kitchen.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Yes - it’s the book with the boiled egg on the cover. You can watch how to soft and hard boil eggs in our video. Just click the image to play.

Mexican Enchiladas

What are enchiladas? Well, they're Mexican wheat-flour pancakes that can be spread with some spicy salsa...

What are enchiladas? Well, they're Mexican wheat-flour pancakes that can be spread with some spicy salsa and stuffed with almost anything you have handy – in this c...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Classic Sponge Cake

This sponge cake could also be made in a 7 inch (18 cm) tin (just use two eggs and 4 oz/115 g each of flour...

This sponge cake could also be made in a 7 inch (18 cm) tin (just use two eggs and 4 oz/115 g each of flour, sugar and butter). It can then be filled with jam and ...

30 minutes - 35 minutes

to cook

Souffle Omelette with Three Cheeses

Though making a soufflé proper can be a stressful experience, particularly if you've had no practice, makin...

Though making a soufflé proper can be a stressful experience, particularly if you've had no practice, making a soufflé omelette is a doddle. It takes no more than f...

5 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

A Very Chocolatey Mousse

This was the chocolate recipe of the 1960s, but it has now, sadly, been eclipsed by other eras and their eq...

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...

Chilled Almond Soup

My friend Neville, who has a house in Andalusia surrounded by almond trees, gave me this supremely wonderfu...

My friend Neville, who has a house in Andalusia surrounded by almond trees, gave me this supremely wonderful recipe for Chilled Almond Soup, generously laced with garl...

Vegetarian

Alain's Passion Fruit Brûlée

My thanks to Alain Benech, our very French chef at the football club, whom I persuaded to part with his del...

My thanks to Alain Benech, our very French chef at the football club, whom I persuaded to part with his delicious recipe for you all to make. Whenever it goes on th...

Aligot

Aligot: top image. I first ate this mashed potato with cheese in southwest France, in the Tarn regi...

Aligot: top image. I first ate this mashed potato with cheese in southwest France, in the Tarn region, and it was, quite simply, the best mashed potato I've ev...

All-in-One White Sauce

All you need is a balloon whisk (or a coil wire or rotary whisk) and a wooden spoon. It is suitabl...

All you need is a balloon whisk (or a coil wire or rotary whisk) and a wooden spoon. It is suitable for all sauces except those where a vegetable has to be 's...

Almost Mayonnaise

This is adapted from Eliza Acton’s recipe for English Salad Sauce, written in the 1840s. While hers used...

This is adapted from Eliza Acton’s recipe for English Salad Sauce, written in the 1840s. While hers used double cream, the recipe below uses eight per cent fat from...

Almost Vinaigrette (Low-fat)

Almost Vinaigrette: Left image A low-fat version of a classic dressing. The Delia Online Cookery Scho...

Almost Vinaigrette: Left image A low-fat version of a classic dressing. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make a basic vinaigrette dressing in our vi...

Vegetarian

American Blue-cheese Dressing

I love American salad dressings, and especially this one. The blue cheese can be Roquefort, if you want ...

I love American salad dressings, and especially this one. The blue cheese can be Roquefort, if you want to splash out, or Gorgonzola, which crumbles particularly we...

Vegetarian

American Chef's Salad

A chef's salad is so named because it is supposed to be an innovative way of using whatever you happen to h...

A chef's salad is so named because it is supposed to be an innovative way of using whatever you happen to have handy to create a main-course salad. Ham, salami, chi...

Anchoïade with Goats' Cheese Croutons

It's true that, because of overkill, everybody is tired of sun-dried tomatoes, but now we can buy semi-drie...

It's true that, because of overkill, everybody is tired of sun-dried tomatoes, but now we can buy semi-dried tomatoes, called mi-cuit or sun blush, which are more squa...

20 minutes

to cook

Antipasti

This is my favourite Italian first course. If you can buy the meats and cheese from a specialist Italian...

This is my favourite Italian first course. If you can buy the meats and cheese from a specialist Italian deli, so much the better; alternatively, counters at superm...

Anya Potato Salad

I love the consistently good flavour of Anya potatoes. If you can’t get them, try to buy other good-flav...

I love the consistently good flavour of Anya potatoes. If you can’t get them, try to buy other good-flavoured salad potatoes for this. The Delia Online Cookery S...

30 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Apple and Almond Crumble

This is a moveable feast because absolutely any fruit can be used. I love it with peaches or apricots in...

This is a moveable feast because absolutely any fruit can be used. I love it with peaches or apricots in summer, in spring it's good with rhubarb, and in autumn I u...

35 minutes - 40 minutes

to cook

Apple and Raisin Parcels

This is yet another version of a good old apple pie, but the great thing about this recipe is that it bakes...

This is yet another version of a good old apple pie, but the great thing about this recipe is that it bakes into individual portions, so it's much easier when you come...

50 minutes

to cook

Apricot Galettes with Amaretto

Galettes are very thin discs of flaky pastry which have no sides, the pastry is barely there, yet it gives ...

Galettes are very thin discs of flaky pastry which have no sides, the pastry is barely there, yet it gives a light, very crisp background to all kinds of toppings, bot...

10 minutes - 12 minutes

to cook

Austrian Coffee and Walnut Cake

This is unashamedly rich and luscious. Firstly, coffee and walnuts have a great affinity; secondly, so d...

This is unashamedly rich and luscious. Firstly, coffee and walnuts have a great affinity; secondly, so do coffee and creaminess; and thirdly, because the cake is so...

Vegetarian

Baked Apple Meringues

This is the perfect dessert for someone watching their waistline. I'm quite proud of the fact this taste...

This is the perfect dessert for someone watching their waistline. I'm quite proud of the fact this tastes so sublime without any fat or sugar, but, depending on you...

55 minutes - 1 hour

to cook

Baked Cannelloni

I have discovered that the best way to make this excellent supper dish is to buy fresh sheets of lasagne th...

I have discovered that the best way to make this excellent supper dish is to buy fresh sheets of lasagne that don't need pre-cooking. The Delia Onion Cookery School...

40 minutes

to cook

Pizza Dough

Pizza dough is made in almost the same way as white bread – by hand or using a food processor, except that ...

Pizza dough is made in almost the same way as white bread – by hand or using a food processor, except that you add olive oil and a little sugar to the flour mixture an...

10 minutes - 12 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Beef Curry Dopiaza

The word dopiaza means double onion, and because I really love thick, spicy onions, it's what I always orde...

The word dopiaza means double onion, and because I really love thick, spicy onions, it's what I always order in Indian restaurants. My recipe is not authentic, but ...

2 hours

to cook

Bloody Mary Soup

More of a Virgin Mary really, but there's nothing to stop you adding a shot of vodka if you have the mind t...

More of a Virgin Mary really, but there's nothing to stop you adding a shot of vodka if you have the mind to. Honestly, though, it won't need it because it has a lo...

Delia's Complete How to Cook

Mexican Enchiladas

Classic Sponge Cake

Souffle Omelette with Three Cheeses

A Very Chocolatey Mousse

Chilled Almond Soup

Alain's Passion Fruit Brûlée

Aligot

All-in-One White Sauce

Almost Mayonnaise

Almost Vinaigrette (Low-fat)

American Blue-cheese Dressing

American Chef's Salad

Anchoïade with Goats' Cheese Croutons

Antipasti

Anya Potato Salad

Apple and Almond Crumble

Apple and Raisin Parcels

Apricot Galettes with Amaretto

Austrian Coffee and Walnut Cake

Baked Apple Meringues

Baked Cannelloni

Pizza Dough

Beef Curry Dopiaza

Bloody Mary Soup

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