The ease and simplicity of this recipe belie its excellent depth and flavour - definitely one of those reci. They need to be inspiration to you the new owner and used to create the master pieces their authors intended.

And even if you don't, there is always Delia's The Last-Minute Christmas - a chapter for those who leave things to the eleventh hour. This weekend I assembled the ingredients and made the mincemeat in preparation for the trays of mince pies I will eat, but mostly give away, over the festive season.With beautiful photography, Delia's Happy Christmas book guides you through all the recipes you need to take you from Christmas Eve to New Year. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

This Christmas book doesn’t disappoint, and it has brought us right up to date from the original book first published in 1990. Her role at the club has attracted varying media attention, from positive when she "saved" the club from bankruptcy, to negative, when making a controversial on-pitch announcement in 2005. Also hella idiosyncratic, what with recipes that begin: “All you do to start off with is place all the compote ingredients (except for the almonds) in a medium casserole. A book leaves our collection of over seven million titles and begins a new chapter every two seconds, enabling more goods to be reused.For some reason my family has always used dried pears instead of fresh, using half the amount of dried, and halving the simmering time. The only thing about making your own mincemeat is you realise what is making it so yummy is all the fat and sugar you add!

To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Towards the end of the decade Delia commenced work on a new major project - Delia's How to Cook, publishing three separate volumes and the accompanying TV series. This new book is great, really inspiring, and makes me feel totally secure and equipped to cope with any type of Christmas catering.

There are also ideas for festive occasions from drinks parties to dinner parties, with dishes such as Roast Goose with Potato, Sage and Apple Stuffing, Caramelized Orange Trifle, and a Terrine with Four Cheeses. She shows you how to organise yourself so that you've got plenty of time when the family and friends arrive. I make Chicken (Turkey) Flan with Leeks and Cheese all year round (pg 214); and I have never stuffed a Turkey with anything other than Delia's American Turkey Stuffing (pg. She gives lots of unusual ideas for Christmas parties from fork buffets to drinks parties, including Cheese Tartlets with Wild Mushrooms, Quails Eggs and Hollandaise and Iced Christmas Pudding topped with glace fruits marinated in Madeira. I took a few liberties with this soup so not sure how far the flavour has strayed from the original, but it is really good, earthy and tasty with a touch of sweet.