Three slow hours in the oven give Delia Smith’s celeriac soup its flavour, with no butter, no frying and no cream. Celeriac, celery and an …

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Three slow hours in the oven give Delia Smith’s celeriac soup its flavour, with no butter, no frying and no cream. Celeriac, celery and an …

There’s no chicken or lamb in Delia Smith’s mulligatawny soup, just marrow or courgettes, tomatoes and a potato with onions browned in butter, a pot …

Unlike most lentil soups, Delia Smith’s lentil soup isn’t blended, so whole green-brown lentils, smoked bacon and ribbons of cabbage stay in every spoonful. The …

On a grey summer’s day, Delia Smith’s watercress soup goes to the table hot, and on a sunny one it’s ladled into chilled bowls with …

After an hour of gentle, lidless simmering, Delia Smith’s parsnip soup is blended smooth and finished with a grated Bramley apple. The parsnips cook with …

Rolled round a dark paste of porcini and crisp pancetta, Delia Smith’s stuffed chicken breast is baked in foil parcels for just 20 minutes. First …

Eight big ripe tomatoes, hollowed out and filled with spiced rice, make Delia Smith’s stuffed tomatoes, the Turkish ones from her Vegetarian Collection. The rice …

A Thanksgiving dinner with American friends is where Delia Smith’s American stuffing began, and her version holds on to the mix of textures she liked …

Split lengthways and beaten flat with a rolling pin, the pork in Delia Smith’s stuffed pork tenderloin closes around a mushroom, lemon and herb stuffing. …

Leftover lamb, rice, currants and pine nuts fill Delia Smith’s Turkish stuffed peppers, her way of turning cold cooked lamb into a proper supper. The …