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A round-up of rapid recipes: Quick and easy
Whether you're looking for a no-fuss feast, a speedy supper or a marvellous meal that's made in minutes, this selection of Delia's rapid recipes is just for you. From Smoked Haddock with Crème Fraîche, Chive and Butter Sauce to Entrecôte Marchand de Vin, these delicious dishes save you time but still taste sublime!
Stir-fried Chicken with Lime and Coconut
It's hard to credit that a recipe as simple and as quick as this could taste so good, but I can assure you it's an absolute winner.
Spinach and Egg Kari with Fresh Tomato and Red Onion Chutney
Bengali hot and sour kari sauce is a new curry sauce in Sainsbury's which everyone here has given the thumbs up to.
Gnocchi Carbonara
My first ever cookery book was published in 1971. Called How To Cheat At Cooking, it was a book for people who didn't want or didn't have time to cook. Three decades later, there are still such people – you want to eat well, you want more than a straight ready meal, yet you would like your friends and family to think that you spend some time on the meals that you prepare.
Fried Skate Wings with Very Quick Homemade Tartare Sauce
People are scared of skate, one of the finest and most delicious fish of all. But don't be: the flesh slides away from those ribby, gelatinous bones with simplicity and ease, so do give it a try.
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 hint of garlic, chilli and olive oil.
Linguine with Gorgonzola, Pancetta and Wilted Rocket
This is a lovely combination of assertive flavours that harmonise together perfectly.
Smoked Haddock with Crème Fraîche, Chive and Butter Sauce
This is a great recipe, a) because it's the most wonderful combination of flavours, and b) because it takes only 12 minutes from start to finish. Serve it with spinach cooked in its own juices with a little butter, then drained well, and you'll have a sublime meal in no time at all.
Entrecôte Marchand de Vin
This classic French recipe has the simplest possible sauce for a fried steak. The red wine bubbles down and deglazes the pan so that all the lovely flavours of the steak are incorporated into the sauce.
Chicken Paprika
I recently hit upon this utterly lovely, very classy sauce called Tomato Frito – just pure ingredients melted together, which cuts out having to make a sauce from scratch when you simply have no time. I would serve this with some nutty brown basmati rice and a green salad with a sharp, lemony dressing.
Toffee-fudge Bananas with Toasted Nuts
The world record for making this recipe is not five minutes, but just three – it's quite simply the fastest dessert recipe I've ever come across. It's also amazingly good, and if it is conceivable that anybody on this earth does not love delectably thick Greek yoghurt, then you can make it just as well with whipped cream.
Strawberries in Raspberry Purée
This is one of the simplest and most delicious sweet dishes I know and proves it's not always necessary to spend hours in the kitchen to make something spectacular.
