Pastry

Pastry

'If you can't make pastry, or don't even know how to start, the very first thing to is forgive yourself and not feel guilty." These are Delia's words in her book Complete How To Cook... Read more

...but going one better than showing you how to make pastry in book form, she devoted three lessons of our Online Cookery School to pastry and their recipes. Her Quick Flaky and Shortcrust pastry lessons are in an easy to follow format, and you can stop and start the videos as you go along at your own speed.

Shortcrust pastry is used for English Apple Pie and Spiced Apple and Raisin One-crust Pie. Quiches and tarts include Quiche Lorraine, Thick Onion Tart, English Custard Tart and Thick Lemon Tart. Quick Flaky Pasty lives up to its title and really is quick to make, a versatile pastry, it can be made into batches and frozen and is used here for Traditional Lancashire Eccles Cakes, Salmon en Croute and Sausage Rolls.

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The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make Quick Flaky Pasty in our Cookery School video. Just click the mage to play.

Apple and Blackberry Pie

This is best of all made with wild brambles, which seem to have twice as much flavour as the cultivated kin...

This is best of all made with wild brambles, which seem to have twice as much flavour as the cultivated kind. If you want a larger pie to serve eight people, use a ...

40 minutes - 45 minutes

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

Chicken Feuilletes

This is good, homely, comfort food but, served in individual portions, it's elegant enough to serve at a su...

This is good, homely, comfort food but, served in individual portions, it's elegant enough to serve at a supper party. It's also incredibly easy to make, especially...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

Cranberry and Orange One-Crust Pies

I seem to have a craze at the moment for cooking everything in individual portions. I love individual st...

I seem to have a craze at the moment for cooking everything in individual portions. I love individual steamed puddings and now I'm into making individual pies as we...

15 minutes - 20 minutes

Croquembouche

So light it almost floats, choux pastry is one of the simplest things to make – and one of the most versati...

So light it almost floats, choux pastry is one of the simplest things to make – and one of the most versatile. This recipe guarantees perfect choux buns then transf...

Easy Mince Pies

I tried very hard on this one to short-circuit the pastry-making by using ready-rolled shortcrust. Altho...

I tried very hard on this one to short-circuit the pastry-making by using ready-rolled shortcrust. Although I have to say it's okay if you roll it thinly enough, pa...

20 minutes - 25 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

Feta Cheese Galettes

Feta Cheese, Spinach and Pine Nut Galettes: Bottom image. Galettes are very thin discs of flaky pastry w...

Feta Cheese, Spinach and Pine Nut Galettes: Bottom image. Galettes are very thin discs of flaky pastry which have no sides, the pastry is barely there, yet it gives...

10 minutes - 12 minutes

Flaky Fish Pie

This is a wonderful recipe that transforms the humble haddock, cod or whiting into something really special...

This is a wonderful recipe that transforms the humble haddock, cod or whiting into something really special. The Delia Online Cookery School: Have you seen Delia's ...

Individual Pecan Pies

Once on a holiday in New England, I found it very hard to order any dessert other than pecan pie. Since ...

Once on a holiday in New England, I found it very hard to order any dessert other than pecan pie. Since then I have loved to try out all the different variations of...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

Lancaster Lemon Tart

This is a first cousin of a Bakewell tart, using home-made lemon curd instead of jam, which I think goes ve...

This is a first cousin of a Bakewell tart, using home-made lemon curd instead of jam, which I think goes very well with the flavour of almonds. The Delia Online Coo...

40 minutes - 45 minutes

Lemon Millefeuille

This wispy, light, lemony cake (or is it a pudding?) is perfect for spring and simplicity itself to make. ...

This wispy, light, lemony cake (or is it a pudding?) is perfect for spring and simplicity itself to make. The millefeuille – literally 'thousand leaves' in French –...

Lucy's Tarte Tatin

Lucy Crabb, former Executive Chef at our restaurant at Norwich City Football Club, makes the very best Tart...

Lucy Crabb, former Executive Chef at our restaurant at Norwich City Football Club, makes the very best Tarte Tatin (Caramelised Apple Flan) I've ever tasted. She in...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

Mini Boeufs en Croute

If you want luxury, think fillet steak, and if you want to turn a 6 oz (175 g) fillet into a man-sized port...

If you want luxury, think fillet steak, and if you want to turn a 6 oz (175 g) fillet into a man-sized portion, encase it with a wild-mushroom stuffing in the very thi...

20 minutes - 30 minutes

Old-fashioned Raised Pork Pies

These were originally raised by hand using old-fashioned wooden pie moulds but, in the 21st century, deep m...

These were originally raised by hand using old-fashioned wooden pie moulds but, in the 21st century, deep muffin tins make everything so much simpler. The most famo...

50 minutes - 55 minutes

Parma Ham, Pecorino and Rosemary Crisps

This recipe would be perfect for serving something home-made with pre-dinner drinks, and you can ring the c...

This recipe would be perfect for serving something home-made with pre-dinner drinks, and you can ring the changes with the type of cheese you use. Unfortunately sin...

12 minutes - 15 minutes

Pork Pie

The reason this pie is great for a picnic is that it stays beautifully moist and is so easy to slice and se...

The reason this pie is great for a picnic is that it stays beautifully moist and is so easy to slice and serve. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to prepar...

Plum and Soured Cream Flan

Since I've been writing recipes, this is one I've found to be most popular with everyone who makes it. T...

Since I've been writing recipes, this is one I've found to be most popular with everyone who makes it. The Delia Online Cookery School: For more summer dessert idea...

Poached Pear Galettes

These are exceptionally pretty to look at, and I like to serve them as a sweet ending to a special meal. ...

These are exceptionally pretty to look at, and I like to serve them as a sweet ending to a special meal. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch Delia introduce her ...

10 minutes - 12 minutes

Pumpkin Pie

This recipe uses another version of shortcrust pastry that is used for sweet open-faced flans and tarts. ...

This recipe uses another version of shortcrust pastry that is used for sweet open-faced flans and tarts. It's richer than shortcrust, but very crisp, and the eggs g...

Quick Flaky Pastry

Quick Flaky pastry is really a cheat's version, because it doesn't involve the turning, rolling, resting al...

Quick Flaky pastry is really a cheat's version, because it doesn't involve the turning, rolling, resting all the palaver that go into the real thing. The adv...

Richmond Maids of Honour

Rumour has it that these delectable little curd cheese tarts were named after the maids of honour who serve...

Rumour has it that these delectable little curd cheese tarts were named after the maids of honour who served at Richmond Palace in the 16th century. True or not, t...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

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