Eggs recipes

Enjoy eggs in so many ways, from omelettes to breakfast and beyond.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Eggs are such a staple ingredient we have a whole Cookery School Term devoted to them. Start with the basics, and watch how to make soft and hard boiled eggs in our video. Just click the image to play.

Alpine Eggs

Did you know that Delia has been showing us how to cook for over 40 years? Proof that Delia's recipes ar...

Did you know that Delia has been showing us how to cook for over 40 years? Proof that Delia's recipes are timeless is this easy supper dish, her very first televise...

12 minutes - 15 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Bacon, Leek and Potato Omelette

This is a flat omelette, finished off under the grill, so it shouldn’t be folded – just simply cut in half ...

This is a flat omelette, finished off under the grill, so it shouldn’t be folded – just simply cut in half or in quarters. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch ho...

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...

5 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Chorizo Hash with Peppers and Paprika

This, if you like, is a more sophisticated version of Corned-beef Hash with Fried Eggs, using red peppers a...

This, if you like, is a more sophisticated version of Corned-beef Hash with Fried Eggs, using red peppers as well as onion and potato. It's brilliant, but only wort...

Cold Poached Egg Salad with Watercress Sauce

This is a kind of variation on the egg mayonnaise theme, but I think extremely attractive and even more del...

This is a kind of variation on the egg mayonnaise theme, but I think extremely attractive and even more delicious. The Delia Online Cookery School: You can watch ho...

Vegetarian

Corned-beef Hash with Fried Eggs

I love New York and, in particular, New York delis, where I always order a hot pastrami sandwich on rye bre...

I love New York and, in particular, New York delis, where I always order a hot pastrami sandwich on rye bread and my husband always orders corned-beef hash with a frie...

Curried Egg Patties

This is good for an unexpected meal, provided you have half a dozen eggs in the house. The Delia Online ...

This is good for an unexpected meal, provided you have half a dozen eggs in the house. The Delia Online Cookery School: For perfect hard boiled eggs, watch our vide...

Easy Omelette Arnold Bennett

This is an adaptation of a famous omelette created by a chef at The Savoy Hotel for the novelist Arnold Ben...

This is an adaptation of a famous omelette created by a chef at The Savoy Hotel for the novelist Arnold Bennett, who wrote an entire novel, Imperial Palace, while stay...

Egg and Anchovy Salad

This is a nice dish for lunch on a hot summer's day with, maybe, a chilled soup to start with. The Delia...

This is a nice dish for lunch on a hot summer's day with, maybe, a chilled soup to start with. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make a Basic Vinaigrett...

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

to cook

Eggs Benedict

Can there be anybody who doesn't drool at the thought of Eggs Benedict? Soft, squidgy, lightly toasted b...

Can there be anybody who doesn't drool at the thought of Eggs Benedict? Soft, squidgy, lightly toasted bread, really crisp bacon and perfectly poached eggs which, w...

Eggs Mayonnaise

Not the kind you get in help-yourself salad bars and cafés – this is the real thing. Eggs, boiled – not ...

Not the kind you get in help-yourself salad bars and cafés – this is the real thing. Eggs, boiled – not hard, but with a bit of squidge at the centre – anointed wit...

Vegetarian

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

to cook

Vegetarian

Eggs en Cocotte

I love to make this with dried morels, which are available from specialist food shops, but dried porcini wi...

I love to make this with dried morels, which are available from specialist food shops, but dried porcini will also be excellent. The Delia Online Cookery School: Eg...

15 minutes - 18 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Eggs with Cheese and Spinach Sauce

This is very colourful to look at and quite filling served with rice and a green salad. The Delia Online...

This is very colourful to look at and quite filling served with rice and a green salad. The Delia Online Cookery School: For perfect hard boiled eggs, watch our vid...

Vegetarian

Folded Omelette

'Eggs may be dressed in a multiplicity of ways, but seldom more relished in any form than in a well made, e...

'Eggs may be dressed in a multiplicity of ways, but seldom more relished in any form than in a well made, expeditiously served omelette.' So says Victorian cookery ...

Fried Eggs

A perfectly fried egg is a glory to behold – crispy edges and a wobbly, pinkish yolk. How do you like yo...

A perfectly fried egg is a glory to behold – crispy edges and a wobbly, pinkish yolk. How do you like your eggs? When considering a recipe for fried eggs, this is t...

1 minute

to cook

Vegetarian

Fried Eggs on Chorizo Hash

This is brilliant, but only worth making if you get genuine chorizo at deli counters and specialist food sh...

This is brilliant, but only worth making if you get genuine chorizo at deli counters and specialist food shops. You can now watch how to make Fried Eggs with Choriz...

Gratin of Asparagus with Cheese and Poached Eggs

Softly poached eggs, a mild and melting cheese sauce, a sprinkling of Parmesan and a quick flash under the ...

Softly poached eggs, a mild and melting cheese sauce, a sprinkling of Parmesan and a quick flash under the grill. If you have some of your favourite bread to hand (...

15 minutes - 20 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Gratin of Eggs with Cauliflower Cheese

Vegetarians may like to know there is a vegetarian 'style' parmesan cheese from Bookham and Harrison Farms ...

Vegetarians may like to know there is a vegetarian 'style' parmesan cheese from Bookham and Harrison Farms Ltd You can watch how to cook hard-boiled eggs in our Coo...

Vegetarian

Gratin of Eggs with Peppers and Chorizo

This is a variation on oeufs sur le plat meaning, literally, eggs cooked on a plate, and a plate can indeed...

This is a variation on oeufs sur le plat meaning, literally, eggs cooked on a plate, and a plate can indeed be used, provided it's heatproof. Best, though, are shal...

12 minutes - 15 minutes

to cook

Hard-boiled Eggs

Some people hate soft-boiled eggs and like to eat them straight from the shell, hard boiled. You n...

Some people hate soft-boiled eggs and like to eat them straight from the shell, hard boiled. You now watch how to hard boil eggs in our Cookery School Video, ...

9 minutes - 10 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Hollandaise and Foaming Hollandaise

This great classic butter sauce from France can be tricky if it gets too much heat, so great care is in ord...

This great classic butter sauce from France can be tricky if it gets too much heat, so great care is in order here. However, since the advent of blenders and proces...

Vegetarian

Homemade Mayonnaise

Another one of the world's greatest sauces is Homemade Mayonnaise. This does take practice, but onc...

Another one of the world's greatest sauces is Homemade Mayonnaise. This does take practice, but once you've mastered it, and tasted it, you'll never want ...

Vegetarian

Eggs recipes

Alpine Eggs

Bacon, Leek and Potato Omelette

Basic Pancakes

Chorizo Hash with Peppers and Paprika

Cold Poached Egg Salad with Watercress Sauce

Corned-beef Hash with Fried Eggs

Curried Egg Patties

Easy Omelette Arnold Bennett

Egg and Anchovy Salad

Eggs Basque

Eggs Benedict

Eggs Mayonnaise

Eggs en Cocotte with Leeks

Eggs en Cocotte

Eggs with Cheese and Spinach Sauce

Folded Omelette

Fried Eggs

Fried Eggs on Chorizo Hash

Gratin of Asparagus with Cheese and Poached Eggs

Gratin of Eggs with Cauliflower Cheese

Gratin of Eggs with Peppers and Chorizo

Hard-boiled Eggs

Hollandaise and Foaming Hollandaise

Homemade Mayonnaise

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