One-pot recipes

One-pot recipes

There's something highly satisfying about chucking all the ingredients into one pot and leaving them to meld into something full of flavour! Less washing-up too...

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Angel-hair Pasta with Thai Spiced Prawns

Angel-hair pasta (capellini) is, as the name suggests, the very finest shreds of pasta, now available in la...

Angel-hair pasta (capellini) is, as the name suggests, the very finest shreds of pasta, now available in larger supermarkets. Large prawns also come in packs, peele...

Baked Lamb with Garlic

This recipe enables you to cook the meat and the potato together at the same time. I like to use an oval...

This recipe enables you to cook the meat and the potato together at the same time. I like to use an oval heatproof gratin dish for it – but a very small roasting ti...

Beef Curry Cooked in Yoghurt

A meat curry for one? Well, why not? By the time it's cooked, your kitchen will have a marvellous spicy ...

A meat curry for one? Well, why not? By the time it's cooked, your kitchen will have a marvellous spicy aroma, you'll be ravenous – and you'll really appreciate it....

1 hour 40 minutes - 1 hour 45 minutes

Beef and Tomato Stew

This is a good recipe for using up overripe tomatoes that are too soft for a salad. The Delia Online Coo...

This is a good recipe for using up overripe tomatoes that are too soft for a salad. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to skin and de-seed tomatoes in our v...

2 hours - 2 hours 30 minutes

Beef in Cider

This is an inexpensive dish, although special enough for a dinner party – quite simply a classic boeuf bour...

This is an inexpensive dish, although special enough for a dinner party – quite simply a classic boeuf bourguignon only made with cider and every bit as good. The D...

Beef in Designer Beer

In the 1960s, every other restaurant was a bistro and every other bistro served carbonnade de boeuf à la fl...

In the 1960s, every other restaurant was a bistro and every other bistro served carbonnade de boeuf à la flamande, a traditional Flemish recipe that translates as beef...

2 hours 30 minutes

Black Bean Chilli

The now familiar chilli con carne has suffered from its fair share of convenience shortcut versions but whe...

The now familiar chilli con carne has suffered from its fair share of convenience shortcut versions but when it's made properly, with the right ingredients, it is stil...

Boboutie

This just goes to show you can make something really special with ordinary minced beef. The recipe comes...

This just goes to show you can make something really special with ordinary minced beef. The recipe comes from Africa, but seems to me to have an interesting mixture...

Boeuf Bourguignon

If you learnt to cook in the 1960s, as I did, you will remember those precursors of our modern brasseries, ...

If you learnt to cook in the 1960s, as I did, you will remember those precursors of our modern brasseries, which were called bistros – candles in Chianti bottles, menu...

Boeuf Bourguignon Easy

Such a cheat this one! In darkest winter, not only is this version better than having no boeuf Bourguign...

Such a cheat this one! In darkest winter, not only is this version better than having no boeuf Bourguignon at all but it also more than holds its own against the re...

Braised Beef Goulash

I've always loved goulash and would definitely list it among my top casserole recipes, but now, since the a...

I've always loved goulash and would definitely list it among my top casserole recipes, but now, since the advent of the spicy, deep-flavoured smoked pimentón from sout...

2 hours 30 minutes

Braised Lamb Shanks

This is delightfully simple as everything goes into one pot, no accompaniments are needed, and it provides ...

This is delightfully simple as everything goes into one pot, no accompaniments are needed, and it provides a complete menu for two people. It is also very good with...

Braised Pheasants

Because older birds are not tender enough to be roasted, they are excellent slowly braised and tenderised i...

Because older birds are not tender enough to be roasted, they are excellent slowly braised and tenderised in a beautiful sauce. The advantage of a little age is, of...

Braised Pork with Prunes

This is my version of a famous French classic with the addition of crisp potatoes on top, rather like a hot...

This is my version of a famous French classic with the addition of crisp potatoes on top, rather like a hotpot. The Delia Online Cookery School: Make sure you knive...

2 hours 20 minutes

Braised Sausages with Borlotti Beans

You can use any beans in this recipe, but borlotti are the best of all. The smokiness of the pancetta is...

You can use any beans in this recipe, but borlotti are the best of all. The smokiness of the pancetta is also important, but if you can’t get it, use smoked bacon. ...

Braised Steak au Poivre

This is an adaptation of the famous French classic, but more economical because it's made with braising ste...

This is an adaptation of the famous French classic, but more economical because it's made with braising steak. It does take longer to cook but it will simmer happil...

1 hour 15 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes

Braised Steak in Red Wine

While the French classic steak au poivre, or peppered steak, is a wonderful idea, steak is expensive and in...

While the French classic steak au poivre, or peppered steak, is a wonderful idea, steak is expensive and in the winter the original recipe can be adapted to braising –...

Braised Steak in Madeira

This recipe, which uses thick braising steak, is really a very moveable feast. As written, it is perfect...

This recipe, which uses thick braising steak, is really a very moveable feast. As written, it is perfect for entertaining but, for an everyday family version, you c...

Braised Venison with Bacon

This casserole freezes extremely well and fits the bill perfectly at Christmas when you have had enough tur...

This casserole freezes extremely well and fits the bill perfectly at Christmas when you have had enough turkey. Because it’s braised slowly, there are lots of lovel...

2 hours 30 minutes

Butter Bean, Bacon and Parsley Soup

Butter beans, boiled on their own (as I remember them at school) tend to be dull, but they make a good, thi...

Butter beans, boiled on their own (as I remember them at school) tend to be dull, but they make a good, thick, creamy soup and have the great virtue of being able to a...

20 minutes - 30 minutes

Caribbean Pepperpot

We first encountered this delightfully warming dish in a restaurant in Bridgetown, Barbados, and we think o...

We first encountered this delightfully warming dish in a restaurant in Bridgetown, Barbados, and we think our version of it is extremely good. The Delia Online Cook...

2 hours 30 minutes

Cheese and Herb-crusted Cottage Pie

This recipe is part of a Mixed Double. I believe it is worth going to the trouble of making twice as muc...

This recipe is part of a Mixed Double. I believe it is worth going to the trouble of making twice as much mince filling as you need for this cottage pie (actually i...

Chicken Baked with Garlic

Before you cry off this one, remember that garlic, simmered gently for 1¼ hours, mellows deliciously, losin...

Before you cry off this one, remember that garlic, simmered gently for 1¼ hours, mellows deliciously, losing much of its pungency. I have to admit it’s probably not...

1 hour 25 minutes

Chicken Basque

The delicious combination of chicken and rice, olives and peppers is typical of all the regions around the ...

The delicious combination of chicken and rice, olives and peppers is typical of all the regions around the western Mediterranean but, to my mind, this Spanish version,...

50 minutes - 1 hour

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