Pasta for a winter’s day

Find your favourite pasta dish for a cold winter's day.

The Delia Online Cookery School: A big favourite for the winter is a baked pasta dish. Make in advance then heat up when you get home, and you can watch Delia’s Baked Pasta recipes in our video. Just click the image to play.

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...

16 minutes

to cook

Baked Cannelloni

I have discovered that the best way to make this excellent supper dish is to buy fresh sheets of lasagne th...

I have discovered that the best way to make this excellent supper dish is to buy fresh sheets of lasagne that don't need pre-cooking. The Delia Onion Cookery School...

40 minutes

to cook

Perfect Pasta

You can now watch How to Cook Perfect Pasta in our Cookery School Video, just click the image to play. T...

You can now watch How to Cook Perfect Pasta in our Cookery School Video, just click the image to play. To read more about pasta take a look at Delia's Study No...

8 minutes - 12 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Lasagne al Forno

My first lasagne recipe is clearly in need of an update and that's simply because we are now able to buy mo...

My first lasagne recipe is clearly in need of an update and that's simply because we are now able to buy more authentic ingredients. I have also discovered f...

Linguine with Mussels

For me, mussels are still a luxury food that cost very little money. I don't think anything can match th...

For me, mussels are still a luxury food that cost very little money. I don't think anything can match their exquisite, fresh-from-the-sea flavour. In this recipe ev...

Macaroni Cheese with Courgettes and Bacon

I like this made with penne, but wholewheat macaroni makes a good alternative. The courgettes can be rep...

I like this made with penne, but wholewheat macaroni makes a good alternative. The courgettes can be replaced with leeks, broad beans or broccoli sprigs and, for a ...

Meatballs Braised in Goulash Sauce

This recipe is a bit of a movable feast. Some like it hot as they say, but some don’t. I have taken the ...

This recipe is a bit of a movable feast. Some like it hot as they say, but some don’t. I have taken the medium route here, so add a bit more or a bit less paprika w...

1 hour 30 minutes

to cook

Pappardelle Pie

This is exquisite and pappardelle which are wide flat ribbons work well but any dried pasta can be used. ...

This is exquisite and pappardelle which are wide flat ribbons work well but any dried pasta can be used. If you want to make this a true vegetarian dish you can buy...

20 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Pasta Puttanesca

In Italian, a puttanesca is a 'lady of the night', which is why at home we always refer to this recipe as t...

In Italian, a puttanesca is a 'lady of the night', which is why at home we always refer to this recipe as tart's spaghetti. Presumably the sauce has adopted this na...

40 minutes

to cook

Pasta with Three Cheeses

This is so quick and easy, but oh so good. Pappardelle is an egg pasta that works very well with the rec...

This is so quick and easy, but oh so good. Pappardelle is an egg pasta that works very well with the recipe, and Filotea is of particularly high quality (but other ...

Pasta with Tomato and Mozzarella

Once you have made your fresh tomato sauce – a stage that can be done a day or two ahead – then this is a d...

Once you have made your fresh tomato sauce – a stage that can be done a day or two ahead – then this is a delightfully easy dish to make for lunch or supper. A gree...

Vegetarian

Pasta with Walnut Sauce

So simple but so, so good is how best to introduce this recipe. I’ve used orecchiette (‘little ears’) he...

So simple but so, so good is how best to introduce this recipe. I’ve used orecchiette (‘little ears’) here but any small pasta shapes will do. It’s very rich, so it...

Vegetarian

Penne with Leeks and Bacon

I think this is nicest made with the larger type of pasta called penne, but macaroni is almost as good. ...

I think this is nicest made with the larger type of pasta called penne, but macaroni is almost as good. You can vary this by using all kinds of different ingredient...

30 minutes - 40 minutes

to cook

Ragu Bolognese

Fill up your freezer with Delia's Ragu Bolonese. You can also watch how to make it in our Cookery School...

Fill up your freezer with Delia's Ragu Bolonese. You can also watch how to make it in our Cookery School Video, just click the image to play.

3 hours

to cook

Spaghetti with Olive Oil, Garlic and Chilli

This one is pure pasta eaten and savoured for its own sake with the minimum amount of adornment – just a hi...

This one is pure pasta eaten and savoured for its own sake with the minimum amount of adornment – just a hint of garlic, chilli and olive oil. The Delia Online Cook...

Vegetarian