Delia's How To Cook

Season 1

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In this simple-to-follow cookery course for people of all ages and abilities, Delia returns to the very roots of cooking to look at the techniques and the staple ingredients which underline the best traditions of British cookery.

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10 Episodes

  • All About Eggs
    E1
    All About EggsThis week's edition concentrates on eggs, from boiling, poaching and scrambling them to using them in such recipes as egg and lentil curry and wild mushroom tartlet with poached quail's eggs.
  • The Art of the Omelette
    E2
    The Art of the OmeletteIn this week's edition she looks at more ways to cook eggs. She gives advice on how to create the perfect omelette and produces eggs en cocotte with morel mushrooms for a dinner party.
  • Separate Ways with Eggs
    E3
    Separate Ways with EggsIn this week's edition she demonstrates the technique of separating egg yolks from whites and reveals the secrets behind custards that won't curdle and souffles that won't sink.
  • Rediscovering Bread
    E4
    Rediscovering BreadIn this week's edition she shows how to prepare a variety of breads, from wholemeal loaves to a goat's cheese, onion and potato bread. Plus the art of creating a steamed panettone pudding and an authentic Italian pizza.
  • First Steps in Pastry
    E5
    First Steps in PastryThis week she reveals the art of making pastry. She uses shortcrust, flan and flaky pastries to bake a smoked fish quiche, her own version of pumpkin pie, and caramelised mincemeat ravioli.
  • Cakes and Biscuits for Beginners
    E6
    Cakes and Biscuits for BeginnersShe makes cakes and biscuits, with recipes for a sponge with passion-fruit filling, an Irish whiskey Christmas cake, and a spiced-apple muffin cake from America.
  • Flour-based Sauces and Batter
    E7
    Flour-based Sauces and BatterThis week Delia has recipes for white sauce and its variations, Canadian buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup and traditional toad-in-the-hole. Plus news of a flour for sauces which needs no fat at all.
  • Real Potatoes
    E8
    Real PotatoesDelia prepares creamy mash and crunchy-skinned jacket potatoes with various fillings. Plus roast potatoes with saffron, warm new potatoes in a roquefort salad and two types of gnocchi, the classic Italian potato dish.
  • Pasta Revisited
    E9
    Pasta RevisitedThe week Delia is focusing on pasta and preparing classic tomato, and garlic and chilli sauces, plus linguine with gorgonzola, a souffled macaroni cheese, a spinach lasagne and stuffed cannelloni.
  • All Kinds of Rice
    E10
    All Kinds of RiceProblem-free rice provides this week's focus as she prepares pilau rice, Chinese stir-fry rice and a risotto carbonara.

 

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