Casseroles and Stews

Classic winter warmers, casseroles and stews will fill your kitchen with a welcome aroma on a cold day.

Beef, chicken, pork, sausages, lamb, even vegetables, all lend themselves brilliantly to casseroling, which also offers the advantage of being able to use cheap cuts of meat for slow-cooked succulence. The recipes are worldwide too - Lancashire Hotpot, Irish Stew, Hungarian Goulash, Mexican Chicken Chilli, Spanish Pork.

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a picture of a table set with a plate of irish stew and a glass of wine witih a fire glowing in the background

Irish Stew with Dumplings

Irish Stew is one of the best casserole dishes in the entire world. If you top it with dumplings, then b...

Irish Stew is one of the best casserole dishes in the entire world. If you top it with dumplings, then bake it in the oven so that they turn crusty and crunchy, you...

2 hours

A Provençal Winter Stew

To bring back memories of warmer, sunnier days here is something with a Provençal edge to it. In this re...

To bring back memories of warmer, sunnier days here is something with a Provençal edge to it. In this recipe I have cut down oil and fats in some recipes and discov...

2 hours 40 minutes

A vibrant green cabbage with light and dark shades

Stuffed Cabbage Leaves

This is an anglicised version of the Greek dolmades – stuffed vine leaves. The Delia Online Cookery Scho...

This is an anglicised version of the Greek dolmades – stuffed vine leaves. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to prepare garlic in our video. Just click the...

1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours

Beef and Tomato Stew

This is a good recipe for using up overripe tomatoes that are too soft for a salad. The Delia Online Coo...

This is a good recipe for using up overripe tomatoes that are too soft for a salad. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to skin and de-seed tomatoes in our v...

2 hours - 2 hours 30 minutes

Beef in Cider

This is an inexpensive dish, although special enough for a dinner party – quite simply a classic boeuf bour...

This is an inexpensive dish, although special enough for a dinner party – quite simply a classic boeuf bourguignon only made with cider and every bit as good. The D...

3 hours

Beef in Designer Beer

In the 1960s, every other restaurant was a bistro and every other bistro served carbonnade de boeuf à la fl...

In the 1960s, every other restaurant was a bistro and every other bistro served carbonnade de boeuf à la flamande, a traditional Flemish recipe that translates as beef...

2 hours 30 minutes

An earthenware bowl containing chilli beef with creme fraiche and avocado salsa on the top and a little parsley garnish

Black Bean Chilli

The now familiar chilli con carne has suffered from its fair share of convenience shortcut versions but whe...

The now familiar chilli con carne has suffered from its fair share of convenience shortcut versions but when it's made properly, with the right ingredients, it is stil...

3 hours

Boboutie

This just goes to show you can make something really special with ordinary minced beef. The recipe comes...

This just goes to show you can make something really special with ordinary minced beef. The recipe comes from Africa, but seems to me to have an interesting mixture...

45 minutes

Boeuf Bourguignon

If you learnt to cook in the 1960s, as I did, you will remember those precursors of our modern brasseries, ...

If you learnt to cook in the 1960s, as I did, you will remember those precursors of our modern brasseries, which were called bistros – candles in Chianti bottles, menu...

3 hours

Boeuf Bourguignon Easy

Such a cheat this one! In darkest winter, not only is this version better than having no boeuf Bourguign...

Such a cheat this one! In darkest winter, not only is this version better than having no boeuf Bourguignon at all but it also more than holds its own against the re...

3 hours

Boston Baked Beans

This is how baked beans should be – the real American sort and not a bit like the ones that come in tins. ...

This is how baked beans should be – the real American sort and not a bit like the ones that come in tins. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to prepare garl...

6 hours

Braised Beef Goulash

I've always loved goulash and would definitely list it among my top casserole recipes, but now, since the a...

I've always loved goulash and would definitely list it among my top casserole recipes, but now, since the advent of the spicy, deep-flavoured smoked pimentón from sout...

2 hours 30 minutes

Braised Lamb Shanks

This is delightfully simple as everything goes into one pot, no accompaniments are needed, and it provides ...

This is delightfully simple as everything goes into one pot, no accompaniments are needed, and it provides a complete menu for two people. It is also very good with...

3 hours

Braised Lamb with Flageolet Beans

Though neck fillet of lamb is quite an economical cut, it provides very sweet meat that responds perfectly ...

Though neck fillet of lamb is quite an economical cut, it provides very sweet meat that responds perfectly to long, slow cooking. And if you add pre-soaked dried gr...

2 hours 30 minutes

Braised Pheasants

Because older birds are not tender enough to be roasted, they are excellent slowly braised and tenderised i...

Because older birds are not tender enough to be roasted, they are excellent slowly braised and tenderised in a beautiful sauce. The advantage of a little age is, of...

Braised Pork with Apples

This is a hearty winter dish that can be left on its own for 3 hours if you plan to be out. You could al...

This is a hearty winter dish that can be left on its own for 3 hours if you plan to be out. You could also leave some braised red cabbage (see recipe below), in the...

3 hours

Braised Pork with Prunes

This is my version of a famous French classic with the addition of crisp potatoes on top, rather like a hot...

This is my version of a famous French classic with the addition of crisp potatoes on top, rather like a hotpot. The Delia Online Cookery School: Make sure you knive...

2 hours 20 minutes

Braised Steak in Red Wine

While the French classic steak au poivre, or peppered steak, is a wonderful idea, steak is expensive and in...

While the French classic steak au poivre, or peppered steak, is a wonderful idea, steak is expensive and in the winter the original recipe can be adapted to braising –...

2 hours

Chicken Cacciatora

This is my version of the famous Italian classic – best made in the autumn when there's a glut of red, ripe...

This is my version of the famous Italian classic – best made in the autumn when there's a glut of red, ripe, full-flavoured tomatoes, but it's still good in winter, as...

40 minutes

Chicken Paprika

This is nice served with some well buttered noodles or some nutty brown basmati rice and a crisp green sala...

This is nice served with some well buttered noodles or some nutty brown basmati rice and a crisp green salad with a sharp, lemony dressing, or instead, serve with gree...

1 hour 15 minutes

Chicken and Chickpeas

Chickpeas give an unusual flavour to a chicken casserole as well as making it more substantial. The Deli...

Chickpeas give an unusual flavour to a chicken casserole as well as making it more substantial. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to chop onions in our coo...

1 hour

A white oval dish with pieces of spiced cooked chicken, a pestle and mortar next to it with ground spices and a plate of rice

Chicken with Whole Spices

This tastes authentically Indian, but with an added 'home-made' freshness that is so often lacking in India...

This tastes authentically Indian, but with an added 'home-made' freshness that is so often lacking in Indian restaurants. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how...

Chorizo and White Bean Pepper Pot

We are all being urged to help pig farmers by buying only British pork. That said, I do have to plead gu...

We are all being urged to help pig farmers by buying only British pork. That said, I do have to plead guilty when it comes to things like salami, Parma ham, pancett...

40 minutes

Coq au Vin

A truly authentic coq au vin is made, obviously, with a cock bird, and some of the blood goes into the sauc...

A truly authentic coq au vin is made, obviously, with a cock bird, and some of the blood goes into the sauce which, by the time it reaches the table, is a rich, almost...