Cuisine

British Food

Traditions shared across the UK: baking, puddings, pies and the Sunday roast.

Some dishes don't belong to one nation. Scones, Victoria sponge, crumble and the roast dinner are eaten and argued over across the whole of the UK. This hub collects those shared traditions.

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Home-baked fruit scones cooling on a wire rack

British Baking

Sponges, scones, shortbread and bakes, with the tins and tools they need.

Traditional British Puddings

Steamed, baked and set puddings, and the custard that goes with them.

British Comfort Food

Pies, stews and oven bakes for cold evenings.

Recipes

British Food recipes

Scones split and topped with clotted cream and strawberry jam

Recipe · 30 min

Classic British Scones

Tall, light scones for afternoon tea or a cream tea, ready in about 30 minutes.

Recipe · 2 hr 45 min

Cornish Pasty

Beef skirt, potato, swede and onion, baked raw inside a crimped pastry case: the traditional way.

Roast potatoes served with roast duck, parsnips and broccoli

Recipe · 1 hr 25 min

Crispy Roast Potatoes

Fluffy inside and shatteringly crisp outside: the essential Sunday roast side.

Recipe · 30 min

Cucumber Sandwiches

The essential afternoon tea sandwich: thin, crisp and never soggy.

Recipe · 1 hr 30 min

Lemon Drizzle Cake

A soft lemon loaf soaked with a crunchy sugar-and-lemon drizzle while still warm.

Recipe · 4 hr 30 min

Traditional Christmas Cake

A rich, dark fruit cake baked weeks ahead and fed with brandy until Christmas.

Recipe · 1 hr 15 min

Victoria Sponge

The classic two-layer sponge with jam and buttercream, named after Queen Victoria.

Recipe · 20 min

Welsh Rarebit

A savoury sauce of cheese, ale and mustard, spread on toast and grilled until bubbling and golden.

Recipe · 1 hr 5 min

Yorkshire Puddings

Tall, crisp Yorkshires: a simple batter, very hot fat, and an oven door kept shut.

Part of British Isles cuisine.