British Recipes
The dishes that anchor a British table — written the way they are actually cooked, with exact ingredients, honest timings and steps you can follow while your hands are full.
59 recipes
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Parkin Cake
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease a deep 22cm/9in square cake tin and line with baking parchment. Beat…
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Creamy Tomato Soup
Put the oil, onions, celery, carrots, potatoes and bay leaves in a big casserole dish, or two saucepans. Fry…
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Classic Christmas pudding
Get everything for the pudding prepared. Chop the almonds coarsely. Peel, core and chop the cooking apples…
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Chicken Ham and Leek Pie
Heat the chicken stock in a lidded saucepan. Add the chicken breast and bring to a low simmer. Cover with a…
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Chicken & mushroom Hotpot
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the butter in a medium-size saucepan and place over a medium heat. Add…
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Bread and Butter Pudding
Grease a 1 litre/2 pint pie dish with butter. Cut the crusts off the bread. Spread each slice with on one…
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Blackberry Fool
For the biscuits, preheat the oven to 200C/180C (fan)/Gas 6 and line two large baking trays with baking…
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Beef Wellington
Put the mushrooms into a food processor with some seasoning and pulse to a rough paste. Scrape the paste into…
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Treacle Tart
First make the short crust pastry: measure the flour into a large bowl and rub in the butter with your…
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Three Fish Pie
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 (180C fan). Put the potatoes into a saucepan of cold salted water. Bring…
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Sticky Toffee Pudding
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Butter a wide shallow 1.7-litre/3-pint ovenproof dish. Put the…
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Spotted Dick
Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the suet, currants, sugar, lemon and orange zest. Pour in 150ml milk…
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Smoky Lentil Chili with Squash
Begin by roasting the squash. Slice it into thin crescents and drizzle with a little oil and sprinkle with…
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Salmon Avocado Salad
Season the salmon, then rub with oil. Mix the dressing ingredients together. Halve, stone, peel and slice the…
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Lancashire hotpot
Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Heat some dripping or butter in a large shallow casserole dish, brown the…
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English Breakfast
Heat the flat grill plate over a low heat, on top of 2 rings/flames if it fits, and brush sparingly with…
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Christmas Pudding Trifle
Peel the oranges using a sharp knife, ensuring all the pith is removed. Slice as thinly as possible and…
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Broccoli & Stilton soup
Heat the rapeseed oil in a large saucepan and then add the onions. Cook on a medium heat until soft. Add a…
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Baked salmon with fennel & tomatoes
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Trim the fronds from the fennel and set aside. Cut the fennel bulbs in…
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Apple & Blackberry Crumble
Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Tip the flour and sugar into a large bowl. Add the butter, then rub into…
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Vegetarian Chilli
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Cook the vegetables in a casserole dish for 15 mins. Tip in the beans and…