Stock up on your cranberries - Delia Smith is to host her first Christmas special for almost 20 years, it has been announced.
She will guide BBC2 viewers through techniques such as achieving the perfect glossily bronzed turkey and creating a panettone trifle.
And the cookery guru - who sparked a national cranberry shortage in 1995 - will again tickle the nation's tastebuds with a recipe featuring the fruit.
The 60-minute special, Delia's Classic Christmas, will be Smith's first seasonal special since 1990.
Delia's Classic Christmas will see her explaining how to tackle planning and timing the meal with the emphasis on preparing as much as possible ahead of the big day. She will serve up classic Christmas dishes garnished with a few more modern twists.
Her menu for the BBC2 special includes home-made mincemeat, a traditional Christmas pudding and a turkey with all the trimmings. She will also serve up chocolate and sour cherry crumble, as well as cranberry and orange relish, scallops in the shell and an indulgent panettone trifle.
A BBC spokeswoman said: "Delia is a firm believer that the festive period of cooking and feasting should be cherished, not feared. But in a season which can be fraught with panic, Delia is here to allay our worries."
National institution Smith will also be celebrated by the BBC with a five-part series looking back at her 40 years in cookery.
BBC2's Delia Through The Decades explores her career and the way she has affected the UK's eating habits.
During the programmes she selects some of her defining recipes from each decade and reinvents some of them with a contemporary twist. Fans such as Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood and Sir David Attenborough also offer their thoughts and praise.
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