Notes about Recipes in this book

• Risotto with chicken livers and mushrooms

  • consortiumlibrary on October 14, 2016

    Delicious, as modified. It's unclear from title, but recipe is for simply flavored risotto topped with separately cooked chicken livers. Didn't like Delia's risotto technique; standard method is better. Used dried porcini instead of fresh mushrooms, and added chopped mushrooms + soaking liquid to risotto (recipe doesn't add mushrooms to livers - might add next time in addition to risotto mushrooms). Cooked extra bacon to use as garnish; perfect. Added minced garlic to livers. Added white wine and stock to livers; we wanted more sauce than was in recipe. Seasoned with rosemary instead of Delia's tomato paste and dried basil; perfect flavor for livers. Next time would cut liver into smaller pieces.

  • kiwijan on November 23, 2016

    I agree with tasteslike's comments. Think this sauce also better suited to pasta than risotto.

• Moussaka

  • Sue21 on January 20, 2011

    I add 4 large / 6 small cinnamon sticks which really enhances the flavour

• Creamed chicken with avocado

  • veronicafrance on April 28, 2013

    The only reason I cooked this was because I was on a fridge-emptying mission and couldn't believe that I found a recipe that included cooked chicken and avocado. It confirmed my suspicion that cooking avocado is never a good idea -- not that I've ever tried it before.

• Eggs en cocotte with soured cream and asparagus

  • veronicafrance on May 02, 2013

    Not bad. Sadly, I discovered we had no cheese of any sort, and I had to make do with UHT cream instead of sour cream or (better) crème fraîche. Easy to do anyway.

• Lancaster lemon tart

  • veronicafrance on November 07, 2014

    This is a nice alternative to Bakewell tart. I found the topping a little dry; I recommend serving lukewarm with chilled custard.

• Pavlova

  • LisaR12 on March 09, 2013

    i use this recipe for meringue all the time...fool proof

• Special cottage pie

  • LisaR12 on February 21, 2013

    My go to recipe for cottage pie. I now make it in a pressure cooker which makes it even quicker. Then finish it off in the oven sometimes or otherwise just serve it as mince and mash

• A risotto for spring

  • dawnelizabethtaylor on March 13, 2015

    tasty mid week meal. used home grown veg. I used brown risotto rice and added touch crème fraiche before finishing in individual dishes under the grill. tasty and healthy!

• Spiced pilau rice

  • dawnelizabethtaylor on February 14, 2015

    I use brown basmati therefore dish takes 40 mins rather than 15 mins. And use chicken stock for extra flavour. All other ingredients same. A great accompaniment to my Saturday night spicy dishes!

• Cheese and onion quichelets

  • dawnelizabethtaylor on June 09, 2015

    p369 in my old copy of this book. These are gorgeous! Made 4 - in my Yorkshire pudding tin, increasing flours to 75g each and using same quantity butter. I used cream in the filling. Really tasty and easy to make. Will make a note that these make a great mid week tea.

• Spinach and cream cheese quiche

  • dawnelizabethtaylor on March 05, 2015

    I used swiss chard from the garden - cooking the stalks first, then adding the leaves; no problem with excess water as you'd get with spinach. I increased pastry to 100 g each wholemeal and SR flour, plus 100 g butter - no cheese; my quiche tin is about 27cms. Probably also used little more parmesan in filling. This was a GORGEOUS quiche - and probably now our favourite - using swiss chard/acelga. The squeeze of lemon juice is really tasty. Definitely 5 stars!

• Basic pancakes

  • Chefdeedee on February 21, 2015

    The best pancakes ever!

• Spaghetti with anchovies, mushrooms and olives

  • Lbarlow on December 18, 2023

    Very tasty. I added a few extra olives and anchovies. I also added a pinch of red chilli.