Delia's Vegetarian Collection

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The pastry is quite involved, I often just make some shortcrust pastry with a teaspoon of mustard in.

I would rather have a vegetarian cookery book not include cakes and biscuits though as they are nearly always vegetarian so it seems a bit pointless, I would rather see them in a book of just cakes and biscuits but that's a personal preference. All recipes, photos, reviews and opinions are copyright of Becky Gregory of Veghotpot {unless otherwise stated}. With over 250 dishes, Delia's Vegetarian Collection illustrates how versatile vegetarian food can be and offers the reader the ultimate collection of recipes. When you take the butter out of the freezer, open it up and use some of the foil to hold the end with.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. Divide the mixture into two balls and roll each ball out into a long sausage shape about 1 1/2 – 2cm in diameter. Delia does seem to make recipes overly complicated sometimes, once I've tried them I often find corners I can cut, or ingredients like egg that are fine left out. Brush the beaten egg along one edge, then fold the pastry over and seal it as carefully as possible. Verdict: Much like Delia’s ‘Quick and Easy Wholemeal Bread’ this recipe makes quite a dense and worthy bread.

Place the tin on the highest shelf of the oven for 30-40 minutes or until the vegetables are toasted brown at the edges. And what other vegetarian and vegan party foods would you recommend for those looking to reduce or cut out the meat this year?

The first, represented here by Christmas queen Delia Smith, though also favoured by the likes of Gary Rhodes and Prue and Peta Leith, relies on cheese. Place the rolls on a flat baking tray lined with baking parchment, then make two light slices with a sharp knife on the top of each roll and brush with a little milk. The obvious solution, of course, is to use a plant-based meat substitute, and Mob Kitchen recommends a pea, rice and soy protein-based brand for their recipe, which is mixed with sage, onion, chopped chestnuts and apricots, and nutmeg to produce something that looks much more like the fillings with which I’m familiar. Use your hands to form the dough into a ball and chill in the fridge for at least half an hour, although you can make this up to 24 hours in advance.

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.But here are Crepes Suzettes, Bananas Baked in Rum, Crème Brûlé and Strawberry and Balsamic Vinegar Ice Cream to remind us that some of the best things to eat have always been meatless. Delia Smith has tossed the odd crumb to non-meat eaters in previous books: in Delia's Vegetarian Collection, finger on the pulse as always, she pulls the best of those together, tops them up with a selection of new ones, and presumably has herself and the BBC another bestseller. Filled with mouth-watering dishes, even meat-lovers will give a second glance at this beautifully presented and illustrated recipe book. The same goes for the vegan sausage roll from my favourite local bakery, the Sunflour on north London’s Caledonian Road, which also seems to contain leek, plus shredded carrot and possibly potato, plus garlic: it’s very tasty, but it’s not festive. Used bought puff pastry and for filling down the middle I put cooked onion,garlic,peppers,mushrooms,herbs,cheese and a small amount of drained tinned tomatoes so it wasn’t too dry.