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Egg Recipes
Now that official guidelines say that you don't need to restrict your egg intake for health reasons, there's no reason to hold back! Enjoy eggs in so many ways, from omelettes to breakfast and beyond.
Serves 6Quails’ Eggs with Cracked Pepper and Salt
Easy, elegant and bound to go down a treat with your guests, these little quail's eggs need nothing more than good salt and pepper to give them plenty of party pizazz!
Serves 6Poached Quail Egg Salad with Watercress and Tarragon Sauce
This lovely summery salad is extremely easy to make and looks really impressive when entertaining.
Serves 2-3Spinach Gnocchi with Four Cheeses
Little Italian dumplings made from potato, flour and egg are a great vehicle for carrying other flavours. Here, Delia has used spinach and cheese for a vegetarian version, but you can try other variations too.
Serves 2Egg and Lentil Curry with Coconut and Pickled Lime
This is one of my very favourite storecupboard recipes. If you always keep a stock of spices and lentils handy and a pack of creamed coconut stashed away in the fridge, you can whip this one up in no time at all. It also happens to be inexpensive and
Serves 1Gratinee of Eggs Basque
An ingenious little supper dish for one, this, but with plenty of colour and flavour. If you're less hungry, just use one egg.
Serves 1Scrambled Eggs with Bacon and Mushrooms
A filling and very satisfying supper dish for one, this jazzed-up version of scrambled eggs on toast combines all the wonderful flavours of a full English breakfast in one hit.
Serves 6Wild Mushroom Tartlets with Poached Quails' Eggs
One of the most brilliant first courses Delia has ever eaten... perfect for a special occasion meal and certain to be a success with all who eat it!
Makes 12Bacon and Egg Pies
Home-made individual bacon and egg pies, baked in patty tins or as a whole pie, make a very good and easily transportable picnic dish. Alternatively, they are nice served warm after the picnic if the weather wasn’t up to scratch. For a whole pie, use
Serves 2 as a starterEggs en Cocotte
The classic French name for this type of egg dish is oeufs en cocotte, and it is named after the dishes in which the eggs are cooked, which are called ramekins and look like mini soufflé dishes with enough space for baking one egg. The following reci
Serves 4Egg and Anchovy Salad
This is a nice dish for lunch on a hot summer's day with, maybe, a chilled soup to start with.
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