Boeuf Bourguignon | Recipes | Delia Smith - Delia Online
WEBMethod. Bring 1¼ tablespoons of the oil to sizzling point in the casserole or pan and sear the beef, a few pieces at a time, to a rich, dark brown on all sides. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the meat to a plate as it browns. Next add the sliced onion to the casserole and brown that a little too. Now return the meat to the casserole or pan ...
Proper Custard | Recipes | Delia Smith - Delia Online
WEBPlace the cream in a pan over a gentle heat and heat it to just below simmering point, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. While the cream is heating, use a balloon whisk to whisk together the egg yolks, sugar and cornflour mixture and the vanilla in a medium bowl with a cloth underneath to steady it. Then, whisking the egg mixture all ...
How to prepare and serve a mango | How to Cook | Delia Smith
WEBRemember there is a large flat stone in the centre, so take a sharp knife, hold the mango in a vertical position, then slice it lengthways either side of the stone. Now hold each slice, flesh-side up, and this time, using a small knife, cut a criss-cross pattern into the flesh right down to the skin but being careful not to cut through the skin.
Classic Fresh Tomato Sauce | Recipes | Delia Smith - Delia Online
WEBMethod. Roughly chop the tomatoes then heat the oil in the casserole, then add the onion and garlic and let them gently cook for 5-6 minutes, until they are softened and pale gold in colour. Now add the chopped tomatoes with about a third of the basil, torn into pieces. Add some salt and freshly milled black pepper, then all you do is give ...
Oven-baked Lamb Chops with Onion and Rosemary Sauce
WEBMeanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt the butter and sweat the onions over a very gentle heat for 5 minutes. While that's happening, bruise the rosemary leaves with a pestle and mortar to release their oil, then chop them very, very finely and add them to the onion. Then continue to cook gently, uncovered, for a further 15 minutes without ...
Traditional Braised Red Cabbage with Apples | Recipes | Delia Smith
WEBDec 7, 2023 · Now pour in the wine vinegar, lastly add dots of butter on the top. Put a tight lid on the casserole and let it cook very slowly in the oven for 2-2½ hours, stirring everything around once or twice during the cooking. Red cabbage, once cooked, will keep warm without coming to any harm, and it will also re-heat very successfully.
How to boil an egg | How to Cook | Delia Smith - Delia Online
WEBFirst of all have a small saucepan (or the right sized saucepan depending on how many eggs you need) filled with enough water to cover the eggs by about 1cm. Bring it up to the boil and when large bubbles are breaking on the surface quickly but gently lower the eggs (from room temperature) into the water, one at a time, using a tablespoon.
Old-fashioned Rice Pudding | Recipes | Delia Smith - Delia Online
WEBMethod. This is simplicity itself, place the rice and sugar in the ovenproof dish, pour in the milk and the evaporated milk and give it all a good stir. Grate the whole nutmeg all over the surface (it may seem a lot but it needs it), then, finally, dot the butter on top in little flecks. Next just carefully pop the dish in the oven on the ...
Hard-boiled Eggs | Recipes | Delia Smith - Delia Online
WEBMethod. The method is as follows: Place the eggs into a saucepan that is the right size so that they sit comfortably and don’t crash into one another (and as an extra precaution, to prevent cracking you can prick the round end of the shell with a pin) then and add enough cold water to cover them by about 1cm. Bring the water up to boiling ...
Shortcrust Pastry | Recipes | Delia Smith
WEBThe case for shortcrust - not fashionable, not clever, not over-rich, but for my money the humble shortcrust is one of the best pastries of all. What it provides is a light crisp, melting crust, which has all the important flavours of the wheat - all that you imagine home-made pastry to be. It is made, quite simply, from flour, fat and water, with nothing else added. But a well-made, thinly ...