Delia's Classic Christmas

[@dragonflydance9204]

When the original 6 part series came out in 1990 I was a young mum, who enjoyed cooking and baking traditional British food. I bought the book, and have used it ever since. The pages are covered in blots and stains from food being made from Christmases past, rips where they had got stuck together, and brings back lots of memories every time I open it. This is the 1st time I have seen this version, and it's just as inspiring, for me as an oldie now, as I hope it was for the younger generation. Delia is always by my side at this time of year 🎄😄🎄

[@honeyb1286]

Yes my first Christmas cook book too as I was a young mum with 4 children and extended family to feed over Christmas. Following Delia everything went perfectly … added to wonderful Christmas memories.

[@dragonflydance9204]

@@honeyb1286 I still watch the original series to this day 🎄

[@erinvictoriamakeupartist1323]

Thats so lovely. I discovered Delia when I was a young new mum and had realised quickly, if I didn't learn to cook, I wouldn't eat. My son is now 12 and I start early each year but still love reading Delia's recipes.

[@dragonflydance9204]

@erinvictoriamakeupartist1323 she's brilliant, isn't she. I made her steamed pud at the weekend, not a crumb was left 😄🤤

[@erinvictoriamakeupartist1323]

@dragonflydance9204 I've got to try it. This is the best part of the festive period to me

[@lamarbuckner7110]

I find watching this to be very calming.

[@rachelhele7827]

I watch this every year. Can’t beat the classics.

[@edanabrown9061]

Same!

[@fancyplants2045]

Agreed! Balm for the stressed out soul.

[@pamelatorres156]

Beef in pastry? So it's basically beef Wellington. It's crazy and sad though that thanks to inflation, it's way too expensive to get a quarter of the ingredients, especially all that alcohol!

[@andynewport3465]

Its the audiovisual equivalent of valium

[@hegekristiansen1859]

How can one not love this lady...🥰 She's been a constant inspiration throughout the years, and there's no Christmas without Delia! ❤

[@davidhammond3033]

Delia always communicates so well. Clear, articulate, no fuss or faff, and easy to listen to.

[@bridgetillingworth979]

This is making me feel so Christmassy what a fantastic cook 👩‍🍳

[@XmasDreams]

Time to jump-start xmas season by watching Delia's cooking this feast. :) It always gets me in the festive mood. Have a wonderful holiday season to all. :)

[@sofiagaravito6667]

I learnt to cook British food with Delia Smith. Her classic book ‘Complete cookery Course’ is my Bible!

[@irishinusa1615]

Me too 👍😊

[@Trav-ij]

It’s not officially the holiday season until I’ve watched Delia. Happy Holidays 2024!!

[@wendywilliams9893]

Have always rated Delia. She's just remarkable and inspirational

[@roseofmercy]

And lovely 😊

[@lornabolger4186]

Delia is the best TV cook .I always remember what she said once.Nothing is bad for you ,everything in moderation ❤

[@judihopewell2499]

Beloved delia. Pulls christmas off every year with mood inducing christmas cheer and traditions with delicious recipes that always wor…

[@carolvenables3970]

She's English through and through ❤

[@tricia9559]

This is my absolute favourite, I adore this series, I got the book, and it has been my ‘bible’ for years and I’ve passed it down to the next generation

[@margmckay3257]

My favourite cook👏 And I love the Xmas programme best of all🥳⭐️🧤

[@georgiadominick861]

I love Delia and her delicious recipes. Eat well everybody and happy Christmas!

[@DenisKeenan]

I loved watching Delia on telly when I was young, and still do. Her videos could officially be classed as ASMR. Just bliss watching her.

[@normabyde4766]

Delia is the best. Lovely to see this again

[@melanieatkinson5114]

My aunty made all the Christmas cakes for the family. She started in August/September. Every month she added a bit of booze to keep it moist !!

[@hegekristiansen1859]

I adore Delia! She is my main source of inspiration in the kitchen! 🥰🌿

[@saschasash]

I Can’t Stop, Watching This. This is so heartwarming❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stevenpryer5880]

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[@sorayajaffarian7880]

Love the house and the garden outside .she is a fantastic cook .God bless. Wish I was invited 🎉👏👏

[@josephcollins6033]

EXCITING and encouraging! Love that kitty!!!

[@LadyJKnightsbridge]

Happy memories 🎉

[@magsk6721]

I must say I remember when she taught me to do the basics way back in the 80’s I was married in 1985 , taught me so much . Mum had me prepared but Delia expanded my cookery horizon . Passed my Food and nutrition o’Level so had basic knowledge . Now they fling everything in a microwave lol 😅better than Bill Gates wanting us to eat crickets ! Nutter !

[@auntiedough2488]

Back again for my annual viewing of Delia’s Christmas recipes. Her voice is so calming and inspiring. A hard no to bread sauce, though 😉🥰

[@ily.sprayz6410]

I love these videos.. I watch every Christmas

[@greenboxdetox]

This is Bible in my house every year whilst trimming the tree

[@sammyb1651]

It's not Christmas until you're trimming your bush to Delia.

[@suzettehosein6855]

9⁹ee😊​@@sammyb1651

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

Love Delia.... never had a failed recipe, but I totally disagree on one point, which seems tiny but actually matters a lot imho. That is, never, ever, ever use foil to cover any steamed pudding, be it Christmas, suet, sponge or whatever. . Instead, cover the pud with buttered greaseproof paper first, pleating to allow any expansion, then cover with pleated muslin cloth, tie with string, then steam. When steamed and cold, change for clean coverings and store. Believe me, it really does taste better, and for some reason, suet puds and sponges are fluffier and just.... nicer! Honest!😊

[@maryearll3359]

Definitely use greaseproof paper - thin foil tarnishes the tast. Sorry D. ❤

[@annetteherrera2813]

This IS Christmas

[@magsk6721]

Hope you have a blessed one Annette👍love and blessings from Scotland 🙏

[@grahamday1582]

Good old Christmas 🎄 😌 days x

[@lillianwilliams5510]

Wonderful video!!

[@alpetterson9452]

Dear old Delia. Is she still with us? One of my favourite COOKS. I don't do 'chefs'.

[@madabbafan]

She is still with us, yes

[@JacquelineIthell-t7s]

BEEN A DELIA FAN FOR YEARS NEVER HAD A NOT BAD ALWAYS A GOD THAT WAS GREAT , MOST IMPORTANT ALWAYS AFFORDABLE ❤️

[@buntybunny]

Oh the days when we could afford to have the stove on for eight hours :)

[@BelindaNeal66]

She is one of my idols...

[@eliemai12]

Love Etty's sausage rolls

[@StevenBirkett-m6o]

My favourite TV girl, absolutely gorgeous ❤

[@AR-mu4zq]

The pudding under the bed 😅 Im sorry but it was already dark inside that bowl.

[@fluffyfour]

Trying to get scallops with corals, which are delicious, is almost impossible these days. Terrible shame, as they are delicious.

[@URFUTUREUK]

Making a Christmas pudding in the cost of living will break the bank.

[@karlstewart2220]

This is when things were still done properly in the 90s

[@caspianblue4141]

That was quite grand, wasn't It!

[@christiner302]

It's not Christmas until I've watched both Delia's Christmas programmes. I recorded them off TV and set aside some time to revel in Delia's skill.

[@magsk6721]

No I don’t do currants and peel so gritty , instead I add a few chopped dates and orange zest ! . guess everyone has their own ingredients Mixed spice and nutmeg 2 eggs a grated apple some brandy , mix and leave over night .Next day add flour and steam for 6-8 hours .Always moist and Christmassy ❤,Delias recipes are so good ,a tweak is allowed 🎉she’s the queen of versatility 😊

[@AudreySmallcombe]

Oh, to have money! 😢

[@scottanthony6269]

What lucky guests to be invited to a Delia's party and being cooked for

[@1020-k8z]

If I could make Christmas pudding without the suet, raisins, sultanas, currents and peel/candied fruit, I would. A nice spicy, apple and nut pudding with alcohol and orange rind sounds infinitely better to me.

[@Chloepickle15]

Same here!

[@maryearll3359]

​@@Chloepickle15 or dried apricots, fresh chestnuts , pine nuts ❤

[@Foxystoat-oi9os]

@@maryearll3359great idea 🎄

[@uneqejam]

That's not Christmas pudding at that point, you remove the dried fruits and the suet, and instead add nuts and fresh fruits, and alcohol - that's a cake, not a pudding anymore!!!...

[@sarahlouise7163]

take out all the ingredients that make it a christmas pudding? 😆

[@teresaspensley5640]

Oh no no no , it has to be Royal icing🙋🏻‍♀️

[@fluffyfour]

This isn't a traditional Christmas Cake, it's a Creole one. Also - I wouldn't DARE criticise Delia, or tell her she's doing anything 'wrong'. To say she's been a guru for 50-odd years is an understatement 🙂

[@teresaspensley5640]

@@fluffyfour-i haven’t said she’s wrong,nothing is wrong if you like it,i just wouldn’t eat it unless it’s royal icing. I think Delia is fab and I love watching her she’s very calming but if I gave my husband that icing, the cake would be in the bin. He’s stuck in his ways. Certain things go with certain things imo.

[@DancingPony1966-kp1zr]

Here in America, tose are “adult”Christmas treats.

[@บุดสาวันหัด-ค6ฟ]

ร้านเค้กที่ซื้อ ทานในวันนั้น. กับร้านกาแฟหน้า. บ้าน. ใต้สะพาน. รองเท้าใต้บันได.

[@moniquemcgill2467]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@rosemariemann1719]

JohnKing : I noticed that every ingredient has been prepared....the "mis en place " would take "ages"...plus the calories, (lots, quite often), and the booze ( expensive) . Plus, the "time-lapse" makes it look easy... Imho, it all adds up to quite a palava ...🤔😊. Will do the red cabbage recipe...looks good 😊👍, and not pricey ingredients... no quantities given here : clever ! 😊🦉: Have to buy the book ! (L.O.L.😊). Happy New Year to all. 🇬🇧🌟😊🌹 🇬🇧💙🎉🎼🌈🌹🇬🇧

[@sarahlouise7163]

all that faffy food, and nobody to feed it to

[@washington9347]

You said the braised red cabbage was cooked in oven, but picture seemed to show a saucepan on stove top?

[@angelaratzay9034]

The word hour is one syllable.

[@luciabriseno4065]

Where can I get the Complete RECIPE?🤔🤔🤔🤔👩🏼‍🍳😋👌🏼

[@orion8835]

This isn't her actual house. Hilarious. Delia has been a informative cook for many many many many years. This isn't her house though. She might own it though. Like the football club she played with for decades.

[@ausomeaspie]

A mass produced Turkey?!

[@whippetsuk7898]

Me also.

[@satyris410]

you also what, you need to click reply!

[@magdamundt9483]

8 hours cooking a pudding?!???

[@manmaje3596]

Yes it is a slow steamed pudding. That's what makes it so amazing! Plus the ageing/maturing.

[@catzkeet4860]

It's hardly work. You put it on and every few hours you check to make sure it hasn't boiled dry. If the water is low, add more, making sure its boiling.

[@magdamundt9483]

Amazing!! I'm speechless.

[@xr6lad]

@@catzkeet4860there is a cost of living crisis. She does come across a bit of a Marie Antoinette.

[@scottrobinson8189]

@@xr6ladno she doesn’t.

[@jonathanh2605]

Ive never had a dry turkey.........

[@DancingPony1966-kp1zr]

What are “sultans?”

[@jeanwilson9925]

Dried green grapes

[@magsk6721]

Sultanas ! Not sultans , raisins and currants are all at different stages of drying

[@abenawilliams6623]

Delicious 😊

[@josephlenehan4461]

Joseph and today 😀

[@74quo]

Prefer fanny craddock myself Cant beat a bit of fanny at xmas😉

[@YASMIN-hn1hx]

If you don't eat PORK then, really, FYI you'll have a dry tutkey!!!

[@magsk6721]

Your point?

[@احلامالابراهيم-ز8ل]

Cristmas is afest

[@InFltSvc]

Who is she?

[@cliffarroyo9554]

I can't help but think this would be improved by a silent and seemingly terrified assistant moving things around for her....

[@FJB6544]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Delia doesn't seem the type to need a Sarah like Fanny Cradock did!!!!!!

[@jakecavendish3470]

RIP

[@scottrobinson8189]

She’s not dead!

[@jakecavendish3470]

@@scottrobinson8189 I know but she might be soon so just getting in early in case I'm busy when it happens

[@user-md5wt1xh8b]

Yuk, felt sick with those ingredients

[@Liz-lr1ch]

This is appalling. We used to watch this!

[@magsk6721]

Appalling means awful! Do you mean appealing ?

[@agenttruecrime399]

Home cooking is cheaper? Has she seen how much it costs to buy all the ingredients to make a Christmas cake? Its cheaper to buy one

[@brendawood6712]

Good Lord , I know this would be fabulous but no way do we need all those calories, heart attack food!

[@Knappa22]

It’s only once a year though.

[@sunmoonstars3879]

Not at all, I and my family have eaten this way at Christmas all our lives (I’m 50 and they’re in their 70’s). We are all slim, fit, healthy active people on zero medication. It’s a special time,of year to gather with friends and family and eat delicious home cooked food. I’ve just spent the evening making delias bread sauce, red cabbage and cranberry and orange sauce that I will freeze and use on Christmas Day. I’ll be making Christmas cakes tomorrow, mum makes the Christmas puddings. If I had to choose my last supper this meal would be it, heaven on a plate.

[@laurieshouse]

Oh, for goodness sakel It's Christmas!

[@pamelatorres156]

It's not all bad. You get enough leftovers to last into the New Year.

[@sarahlouise7163]

ok Brenda love

[@mur1234]

take jewellery off ya fingers cause its unsanitary and not food safe.

[@johnking5174]

Delia is a great cook, but she lives in a world of her own. A sort of upper middle class, wealthy, posh world. This show has "easy" or "simple" receipes according to her, but for most of us, they are difficult and very expensive to make. She is sort of preaching to the wealthy, upper middle class and beyond, and lets the rest of us settle for Jamie Oliver etc.

[@manmaje3596]

Poor assessment. I'm not wealthy and manage her recipes just fine.

[@johnking5174]

@@manmaje3596 You are one person. Just look at her ingredients and the time to make the food. She is preaching to a certain audience demo that is most certainly not working class mothers at home and have little money to spend on food.

[@catzkeet4860]

Just exactly how many budget Christmas cookery shows do you know of? Cos I can tell you there aren't any. You adapt things. If you don't have all the ingredients, you substitute.

[@lenoregorman4688]

Jamie Oliver does have a Christmas pudding video, I quit when he mentioned "suet", I don't know if there's a substitute for it.

[@janeeden919]

@@johnking5174so what? Does it matter?

[@xr6lad]

That Beef En Croute was disgustingly raw in the middle. 🤮. Sorry Delia if you served that to me, you’d be getting the plate back with it untouched.

[@mikeyd946]

Talk too much. Grocery is so expensive

[@TermiteVideo]

But food is life. How little do you want to spend on staying alive and healthy?

[@pamelatorres156]

@@TermiteVideo What about all that booze she uses? That's an entirely separate grocery list! :O

[@MeBeingAble]

Im not sure about the “vegetarian” roulade. You said use vegetarian parmesan but you put in cheese & egg? Youre a very calming person to watch but i think some things need a bit more care/clarity xx

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

vegetarian - not vegan.

[@sarahlouise7163]