Gravy, sauces, dressings and stock

Traditional sauces, think parsley with fish, Cumberland with cold cuts, bread sauce with poultry and game, and not forgetting Delia's recipe for gravy on a Sunday roast

The Delia Online Cookery School: You can watch how to make Perfect Gravy Onion Gravy and a Reduction Gravy in our video lesson. Just click the image to play.

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

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.

Vegetarian

Beef Stock

Butchers will chop up and sell you marrowbones for just a few pence, or they can sometimes be bought pre-pa...

Butchers will chop up and sell you marrowbones for just a few pence, or they can sometimes be bought pre-packed in supermarkets. For a light beef stock use the same...

4 hours

to cook

Blue-cheese Dressing (low-fat)

Blue-cheese Dressing: Bottom right image Yes, this does contain cheese, but very little gives a lot of f...

Blue-cheese Dressing: Bottom right image Yes, this does contain cheese, but very little gives a lot of flavour! The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to pre...

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...

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...

Vegetarian

Chicken Giblet Stock

Fresh stocks are now available in tubs from supermarkets, but if you need a large quantity these can be exp...

Fresh stocks are now available in tubs from supermarkets, but if you need a large quantity these can be expensive. Here's how to make chicken stock, which can be us...

1 hour

to cook

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

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

to cook

Vegetarian

Classic Bechamel Sauce

This is the classic way of making a white sauce, using a mixture of butter and flour that the French call a...

This is the classic way of making a white sauce, using a mixture of butter and flour that the French call a roux. The Delia Online Cookery School: Brush up on your ...

Coriander and Lime Tartare Sauce

This will keep in a clean screw-top jar in the fridge for up to a week. It is lovely with Californian Gr...

This will keep in a clean screw-top jar in the fridge for up to a week. It is lovely with Californian Grilled Fish. The Delia Online Cookery School: If you've ne...

Vegetarian

Cucumber Raita

This is a side dish for curries. This idea is that the coolness of the yoghurt and the cucumber will cou...

This is a side dish for curries. This idea is that the coolness of the yoghurt and the cucumber will counteract the hotness of the curry and so it does - much more ...

Cucumber with Soured Cream

Dill goes well with all cucumber or soured cream recipes. This combines both, and is a marvellous vegeta...

Dill goes well with all cucumber or soured cream recipes. This combines both, and is a marvellous vegetable accompaniment to fish. It is also good made with some sm...

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

Baked Apple Sauce

I would not have believed apple sauce could be so much improved by following Eliza Acton's recipe from her ...

I would not have believed apple sauce could be so much improved by following Eliza Acton's recipe from her book published in 1845. I sometimes leave the peel on the...

35 minutes

to cook

English Parsley Sauce

Yes, it's old-fashioned nursery food, but I sometimes think that things like this need a revival. I love...

Yes, it's old-fashioned nursery food, but I sometimes think that things like this need a revival. I love it with baked cod cutlets and creamy mashed potatoes, and i...

5 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Fatless White Sauce

Okay, so you don't get the buttery flavour, but you do get a lovely, creamy-smooth, milky white sauce which...

Okay, so you don't get the buttery flavour, but you do get a lovely, creamy-smooth, milky white sauce which is most helpful for those needing to cut the fat content of...

Goose (Pheasant or Duck) Giblet Stock

It is perfectly all right to use duck or pheasant giblets instead of goose giblets in this recipe, although...

It is perfectly all right to use duck or pheasant giblets instead of goose giblets in this recipe, although you will only need 1 pint (570 ml) water if you do. The ...

1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours

to cook

Ham Bone Stock

There are times – after Christmas for example, or after a party – when you may well have a ham bone to spar...

There are times – after Christmas for example, or after a party – when you may well have a ham bone to spare. Don't miss the chance to make this stock which will gi...

1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours

to cook

Gravy, sauces, dressings and stock

All-in-One White Sauce

Almost Mayonnaise

Almost Vinaigrette (Low-fat)

American Blue-cheese Dressing

Basic Vinaigrette Dressing

Beef Stock

Blue-cheese Dressing (low-fat)

Brown Sugar Brandy Butter

Cheese Sauce

Chicken Giblet Stock

Chilled Rum Sabayon

Christmas Rum Sauce

Classic Fresh Tomato Sauce

Classic Bechamel Sauce

Coriander and Lime Tartare Sauce

Cucumber Raita

Cucumber with Soured Cream

Cumberland Rum or Brandy Butter

Cumberland Sauce

Baked Apple Sauce

English Parsley Sauce

Fatless White Sauce

Goose (Pheasant or Duck) Giblet Stock

Ham Bone Stock

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