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Season 1

  • S01E01 All About Eggs

    • October 13, 1998
    • BBC Two

    This week's edition concentrates on eggs, from boiling, poaching and scrambling them to using them in such recipes as egg and lentil curry and wild mushroom tartlet with poached quail's eggs.

  • S01E02 The Art of the Omelette

    • October 20, 1998
    • BBC Two

    In this week's edition she looks at more ways to cook eggs. She gives advice on how to create the perfect omelette and produces eggs en cocotte with morel mushrooms for a dinner party.

  • S01E03 Separate Ways with Eggs

    • October 27, 1998
    • BBC Two

    In this week's edition she demonstrates the technique of separating egg yolks from whites and reveals the secrets behind custards that won't curdle and souffles that won't sink.

  • S01E04 Rediscovering Bread

    • November 3, 1998
    • BBC Two

    In this week's edition she shows how to prepare a variety of breads, from wholemeal loaves to a goat's cheese, onion and potato bread. Plus the art of creating a steamed panettone pudding and an authentic Italian pizza.

  • S01E05 First Steps in Pastry

    • November 10, 1998
    • BBC Two

    This week she reveals the art of making pastry. She uses shortcrust, flan and flaky pastries to bake a smoked fish quiche, her own version of pumpkin pie, and caramelised mincemeat ravioli.

  • S01E06 Cakes and Biscuits for Beginners

    • November 17, 1998
    • BBC Two

    She makes cakes and biscuits, with recipes for a sponge with passion-fruit filling, an Irish whiskey Christmas cake, and a spiced-apple muffin cake from America.

  • S01E07 Flour-based Sauces and Batter

    • November 24, 1998
    • BBC Two

    This week Delia has recipes for white sauce and its variations, Canadian buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup and traditional toad-in-the-hole. Plus news of a flour for sauces which needs no fat at all.

  • S01E08 Real Potatoes

    • December 1, 1998
    • BBC Two

    This week focusing on the potato. Delia prepares creamy mash and crunchy-skinned jacket potatoes with various fillings. Plus roast potatoes with saffron, warm new potatoes in a roquefort salad and two types of gnocchi, the classic Italian potato dish.

  • S01E09 Pasta Revisited

    • December 8, 1998
    • BBC Two

    The week Delia is focusing on pasta and preparing classic tomato, and garlic and chilli sauces, plus linguine with gorgonzola, a souffled macaroni cheese, a spinach lasagne and stuffed cannelloni.

  • S01E10 All Kinds of Rice

    • December 15, 1998
    • BBC Two

    Problem-free rice provides this week's focus as she prepares pilau rice, Chinese stir-fry rice and a risotto carbonara.

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