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Get the sauce right and the whole dish will follow suit: avoid lumpy, floury sauces with Delia's selection of the very best, from classics to more recent finds.
Serves 8Hot Buttery Rum Sauce
A runnier, more liquid offering than rum butter, this is the sauce of choice in Delia's home at Christmas - and who are we to argue?
Serves 6-8Custard
Who doesn't love custard, especially when it's this creamy, with flecks of real vanilla seed - just the job with any wintry dessert such as a crumble, apple pie or steamed treacle pud.
Serves 8Christmas Easy: Traditional Bread Sauce
Creamy bread sauce is an essential part of your Christmas repertoire and is so easy to make. Roast turkey wouldn't be the same without it!
Serves 8 (with the Souffléd Arbroath Smokie Creams)Christmas Easy: Foaming Hollandaise
This is Delia's chosen version of Hollandaise these days: it's lighter, goes further, doesn't curdle and, unlike a classic Hollandaise, can be reheated or even frozen.
Serves 4Foaming Hollandaise
If you want an utterly foolproof recipe for Hollandaise Sauce, look no further. This one even freezes and if you're nervous about curdling, don't be as it just won't happen!
Serves 6Spiced Fig Pudding with Cumberland Rum Butter
Those who aren't too keen on a traditional rich, dark Christmas pud may find this lighter, spicier version more to their liking.
Serves 4Steamed Raisin Pudding with Port Wine Sauce
This lovely steamed pudding is made without sugar - so is ideal for diabetics. The sweet element is provided by the plump raisins, while the sauce adds the finishing touch.
Serves 8Port and Sour Cherry Sauce
Port, dried cherries, sugar and vinegar combine to make the most wonderful sauce that's perfect with duck and other game.
Serves 2Grilled Plaice Fillets with Shrimp Sauce
This sumptuous fish dish tastes a million dollars yet can be assembled and cooked in just 10 minutes - who says special-occasion food demands all day in the kitchen?
Serves 6Delia's Classic Christmas pudding with Brandy Sauce
For 40 years, the nation has been making this pudding, which tastes even better if you prepare it a few weeks before Christmas then leave it in a cool place to mature. Serve with traditional brandy sauce.
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