Mains

Mains

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The main event... whether you are cooking for the family, entertaining or for the very first time, here are some of Delia's recipes you could use for a main course

Greek Lamb with Lemon and Garlic

How something so simple can taste so good may be difficult to understand, but it does! NOTE: This recipe...

How something so simple can taste so good may be difficult to understand, but it does! NOTE: This recipe is from the book Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking, which was...

Greek Lamb on the Bone with Aubergines

Bone-in leg slices of lamb, cooked Greek style, slowly in the oven with vegetables, provide one of the simp...

Bone-in leg slices of lamb, cooked Greek style, slowly in the oven with vegetables, provide one of the simplest and easiest supper dishes for entertaining. Serve th...

1 hour 30 minutes

Italian Baked Fish

Four pieces of any white fish can be used for this dish, though my own personal choice is cod steaks on the...

Four pieces of any white fish can be used for this dish, though my own personal choice is cod steaks on the bone. An interesting variation on this recipe is to add ...

Lambs' Kidneys in Red Wine

This goes very well with some basmati rice cooked with onion, or else with some very creamy mashed potato. ...

This goes very well with some basmati rice cooked with onion, or else with some very creamy mashed potato. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch Delia introduce he...

Lambs' Kidneys with Two Mustards

This is a lovely light recipe for summer, when lambs' kidneys are at their plump best. I like to keep th...

This is a lovely light recipe for summer, when lambs' kidneys are at their plump best. I like to keep the mustard flavour quite subtle, but if you like it more pron...

10 minutes - 13 minutes

Liver Casserole

This is a recipe for summer when English lambs’ liver is plentiful. The Delia Online Cookery School: Wat...

This is a recipe for summer when English lambs’ liver is plentiful. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch our video of Delia explaining why she wanted to launch he...

1 hour 30 minutes

Liver with Fried Onions

Nothing is nicer with liver than some crispy deep-fried onions – and for this recipe, buy the liver from a ...

Nothing is nicer with liver than some crispy deep-fried onions – and for this recipe, buy the liver from a helpful butcher who’ll slice it very thinly for you. The ...

Lobster Risotto

This one is so classy that no-one will ever suspect it’s a bit of a cheat. Waitrose sells squat lobster ...

This one is so classy that no-one will ever suspect it’s a bit of a cheat. Waitrose sells squat lobster tails in brine, but you can also use cooked dressed lobster,...

Moroccan Baked Chicken

My Chicken Basque recipe is such a huge hit because, I imagine, everything needed for a meal for four peopl...

My Chicken Basque recipe is such a huge hit because, I imagine, everything needed for a meal for four people is cooked in one large cooking pot with no extra vegetable...

Navarin of Lamb

This is an excellent way of serving middle neck of lamb. I like it best made in the summer with new pota...

This is an excellent way of serving middle neck of lamb. I like it best made in the summer with new potatoes, but it can be made in the winter using chunks of old p...

1 hour 30 minutes

New Potatoes with Bacon and Onion

Serve this with fresh fried eggs and you have a very quick and simple supper dish. The Delia Online Cook...

Serve this with fresh fried eggs and you have a very quick and simple supper dish. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make fried eggs in our video. Just ...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

Oven-baked Chicken in Barbecue Sauce

Although the chicken does take about 50 minutes to cook, there is actually very little work involved here. ...

Although the chicken does take about 50 minutes to cook, there is actually very little work involved here. You can, if you like, brush the chicken pieces with the o...

Oven-baked Pork Chops

Sorry about the long list of ingredients in this sauce, but it really does take only 5 minutes to make, the...

Sorry about the long list of ingredients in this sauce, but it really does take only 5 minutes to make, then cooks into a heavenly, sticky, spicy goo.

Oven-roasted New Potatoes in Rosemary Vinaigrette

This is an ideal recipe for making use of new potatoes that are getting a bit on the big side. The Delia...

This is an ideal recipe for making use of new potatoes that are getting a bit on the big side. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to prepare garlic in our v...

30 minutes - 40 minutes

Pasta Puttanesca

In Italian, a puttanesca is a 'lady of the night', which is why at home we always refer to this recipe as t...

In Italian, a puttanesca is a 'lady of the night', which is why at home we always refer to this recipe as tart's spaghetti. Presumably the sauce has adopted this na...

Peppered Liver

This is more or less the same as steak au poivre but quite a bit cheaper and – if you like liver – every bi...

This is more or less the same as steak au poivre but quite a bit cheaper and – if you like liver – every bit as good. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to ...

2 minutes - 3 minutes

Poached Chicken Breasts with Morel Mushrooms

This is lovely made with dried morel or chanterelle mushrooms and has a wonderful, light, creamy sauce! ...

This is lovely made with dried morel or chanterelle mushrooms and has a wonderful, light, creamy sauce! Dried porcini (cep) are also excellent but you will need to ...

Poor Man's Stroganoff with Wild Mushrooms

This is so called because the most expensive fillet steak was traditionally used. In this version giving...

This is so called because the most expensive fillet steak was traditionally used. In this version giving it slow instead of fast cooking enables you to use a cheape...

Pork Braised in Sherry

A Year in My Kitchen was a series of recipes Delia wrote for the website, each week she would share a recip...

A Year in My Kitchen was a series of recipes Delia wrote for the website, each week she would share a recipe she had made and eaten at home. Here is her recip...

Pork Chops Baked with Wild Mushrooms

This is quite simply the best recipe I've ever done for pork chops. Years ago I had to make do with just...

This is quite simply the best recipe I've ever done for pork chops. Years ago I had to make do with just cultivated mushrooms and double cream, which always tended ...

Pork Chops with a Confit

This is a great recipe. The confit goes equally well with crispy roast duck, and is brilliant served wit...

This is a great recipe. The confit goes equally well with crispy roast duck, and is brilliant served with a rough pork-based pâté. Click here for Coarse Country Pat...

Pork and Apple Rissoles

These can be made with leftover cooked pork from a joint or the ready minced raw pork which is now wideley ...

These can be made with leftover cooked pork from a joint or the ready minced raw pork which is now wideley available. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to ...

10 minutes - 14 minutes

Pork with Apples and Calvados

There are some luxuries in the kitchen that really do help to perk up certain dishes, and one of these is a...

There are some luxuries in the kitchen that really do help to perk up certain dishes, and one of these is a bottle of Calvados because it seems to have within it all t...

Smoked Fish Creams

Serve these light, puffy little creams garnished with plenty of watercress and accompanied by some Foaming ...

Serve these light, puffy little creams garnished with plenty of watercress and accompanied by some Foaming Hollandaise Sauce. A delicious first course for a special...

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