Summer

Here comes summer! All the ingredients for long, lazy lunches and dining al fresco are included on our recipes here

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A Summer Soup of Lettuce, Cucumber and Peas

An excess of home-grown cucumbers and what to do with them forth a delightful fresh, green summer soup, whi...

An excess of home-grown cucumbers and what to do with them forth a delightful fresh, green summer soup, which we enjoy served hot during a chillier snap, but it's equa...

Vegetarian

Summer Trifle with Raspberries

This is a moveable feast, because any combination can be used - all strawberries, or strawberries and raspb...

This is a moveable feast, because any combination can be used - all strawberries, or strawberries and raspberries mixed, or even a few redcurrants would be a great add...

A Terrine of Summer Fruits

This one is a stunner. It's also dead easy to make and slices like a dream – a lovely, fresh-tasting, su...

This one is a stunner. It's also dead easy to make and slices like a dream – a lovely, fresh-tasting, summer dessert. It's important to have two tins because the te...

Chilled Almond Soup

My friend Neville, who has a house in Andalusia surrounded by almond trees, gave me this supremely wonderfu...

My friend Neville, who has a house in Andalusia surrounded by almond trees, gave me this supremely wonderful recipe for Chilled Almond Soup, generously laced with garl...

Vegetarian

American Chef's Salad

A chef's salad is so named because it is supposed to be an innovative way of using whatever you happen to h...

A chef's salad is so named because it is supposed to be an innovative way of using whatever you happen to have handy to create a main-course salad. Ham, salami, chi...

Asparagus and Gruyere Feuilletés

In this recipe, asparagus is encased in very thin, crisp parcels of puff pastry with melted cheese. A lo...

In this recipe, asparagus is encased in very thin, crisp parcels of puff pastry with melted cheese. A lovely main course for a summer's lunch or supper party or you...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Char-grilled Squid with Chilli Jam

We have a tradition with some close friends that involves always having Easter Sunday lunch at Yetman's res...

We have a tradition with some close friends that involves always having Easter Sunday lunch at Yetman's restaurant, in Holt in Norfolk, where Alison and Peter Yetman c...

1 minute - 2 minutes

to cook

Chicken Puttanesca

I have long been a fan of the Italian puttanesca sauce for serving with various kinds of pasta. What I'v...

I have long been a fan of the Italian puttanesca sauce for serving with various kinds of pasta. What I've now discovered, though, is this variation. This lovely gut...

40 minutes - 45 minutes

to cook

Chilled Yoghurt and Cucumber Soup with Mint

This cool, light and subtle soup is incredibly easy and quick to make. However it does need some fresh s...

This cool, light and subtle soup is incredibly easy and quick to make. However it does need some fresh summer cucumbers in season for the best flavour of all.

Vegetarian

Courgette Soup with Watercress and Pecorino Pesto

This light summer soup is perfect for late summer when courgettes are cheap and plentiful. Serve each bo...

This light summer soup is perfect for late summer when courgettes are cheap and plentiful. Serve each bowl with a spoonful of the watercress and Pecorino pesto zigz...

22 minutes - 25 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Courgette and Potato Cakes

These quite brilliant little courgette cakes used to have to be fried. However, we then tried baking the...

These quite brilliant little courgette cakes used to have to be fried. However, we then tried baking them in the oven, which worked a treat, making them particularl...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

A picture of Delia's Dairy Cream with a Compote of Blueberries in Marsala recipe

Dairy Cream with Blueberries in Marsala

This has all the flavours of the dairy in one lovely, fluffy cloud, and the partnership of crème fraîche an...

This has all the flavours of the dairy in one lovely, fluffy cloud, and the partnership of crème fraîche and Greek yoghurt is a delight. The whole thing is very sof...

English Gooseberry Creams

I hadn’t fully appreciated the Englishness of gooseberries until I met a very snooty publisher in New York,...

I hadn’t fully appreciated the Englishness of gooseberries until I met a very snooty publisher in New York, who did not want to publish my Summer Collection. ‘What’...

A picture of Delia's Foil-baked Whole Fresh Salmon with Green Herb Mayonnaise recipe

Foil-baked Whole Salmon

The way I cook a salmon is extremely slowly, wrapped in foil in the oven. I cannot recommend this method...

The way I cook a salmon is extremely slowly, wrapped in foil in the oven. I cannot recommend this method highly enough. With skin and bones, head and tail intact th...

1 hour 30 minutes - 3 hours

to cook

Fresh Shelled Pea Soup

This soup is a lovely dark green colour and has all the wonderful ingredients and flavours of peas à la Fra...

This soup is a lovely dark green colour and has all the wonderful ingredients and flavours of peas à la Française – peas, spring onions, lettuce and bacon – blended in...

10 minutes - 15 minutes

to cook

Gambas De Queso with Majorcan Tomato Bread

You may remember the tapas from last summer’s recipe collection. They are well worth revisiting and make...

You may remember the tapas from last summer’s recipe collection. They are well worth revisiting and make a perfect summer starter for two. The preparation is quite ...

5 minutes

to cook

Gooseberry Yoghurt Fool

I now find that lusciously thick genuine Greek yoghurt makes the best fruit fool of all, as it allows the f...

I now find that lusciously thick genuine Greek yoghurt makes the best fruit fool of all, as it allows the full flavour of the fruit to dominate. If you're ser...

20 minutes - 30 minutes

to cook

Squid with Lemon, Garlic and Olive Oil

Close your eyes when you eat your first mouthful of this one and in your mind you'll be right there on some...

Close your eyes when you eat your first mouthful of this one and in your mind you'll be right there on some lovely Greek island – it's one of those very simple things ...

15 minutes

to cook

Green Herb Soup

This soup adapts to any combination of fresh herbs - mint, sage, tarragon, thyme, rosemary, sorrel or any o...

This soup adapts to any combination of fresh herbs - mint, sage, tarragon, thyme, rosemary, sorrel or any others that are available.

10 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Herb Butter

You can serve this with chops, steaks or fish or simply swirl it around some hot cooked vegetables such as ...

You can serve this with chops, steaks or fish or simply swirl it around some hot cooked vegetables such as carrots, new potatoes, courgettes or cauliflower. You cou...

Vegetarian

Hot and Sour Pickled Prawns

This is an ace of a first course for busy people. It is dead easy to prepare and, as it needs at least 4...

This is an ace of a first course for busy people. It is dead easy to prepare and, as it needs at least 48 hours to pickle the prawns and allow the flavours to devel...

Kidneys in Fresh Tomato Sauce

I first had these served al fresco on a flowery terrace in Tuscany on a warm summer evening. They are si...

I first had these served al fresco on a flowery terrace in Tuscany on a warm summer evening. They are simplicity itself, yet really fresh tasting. Lovely with a pil...

20 minutes

to cook

Lazy Summer Soup

Serve in ice-cold bowls, which will be wonderfully refreshing if the weather is hot. Please note: ...

Serve in ice-cold bowls, which will be wonderfully refreshing if the weather is hot. Please note: Delia's how To Cheat at Cooking was written in 2008, however...

20 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian