Cuisine
English Food
Roasts, pies, puddings and regional bakes from Yorkshire to Cornwall.
English cooking is regional at heart. Yorkshire puddings, Bakewell tart from Derbyshire, Eccles cakes from Lancashire, and the Devon-versus-Cornwall cream tea question. Here you will find the classics and where they come from.
Recipes
English Food recipes
Recipe · 2 hr 30 min
Beef Wellington
Practise this Advent Sunday and it will be perfect for Christmas: beef fillet wrapped in mushrooms, ham and golden puff pastry.
Recipe · 3 hr 30 min
Beef and Ale Pie
Tender beef braised in dark ale under a golden puff pastry lid: a proper pub classic at home.
Recipe · 6 hr 40 min
Christmas Pudding
Today is Stir-up Sunday, the traditional day to make it: everyone stirs and makes a wish, and the pudding matures until Christmas.
Recipe · 2 hr 45 min
Cornish Pasty
Beef skirt, potato, swede and onion, baked raw inside a crimped pastry case: the traditional way.
Recipe · 1 hr
Gingerbread Biscuits
Crisp, warmly spiced biscuits that hold their shape for cutting, icing and hanging on the tree: the Christmas bake to do with children.
Recipe · 3 hr 20 min
Homemade Mincemeat
Make it this week and it will be mellow and ready for your first mince pies: spiced fruit, apple, suet and a splash of brandy.
Recipe · 2 hr 25 min
Honey and Mustard Glazed Gammon
Simmered until tender, then roasted with a sticky honey-mustard glaze: a Sunday centrepiece that also gives you ham for the week.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Mince Pies
Crisp, buttery pastry and a spoonful of spiced mincemeat: make a batch now, freeze them, and bake fresh all December.
Recipe · 2 hr 10 min
Roast Beef
A beef joint roasted to your liking and rested well, with the timings, temperatures and gravy for a proper Sunday lunch.
Recipe · 1 hr 55 min
Roast Chicken with Bread Sauce
A simple lemon-and-thyme roast chicken with the very British side of creamy, clove-scented bread sauce.
Recipe · 2 hr 35 min
Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce
A leg of lamb roasted with garlic and rosemary, rested until juicy and served with sharp, homemade mint sauce.
Recipe · 2 hr 10 min
Roast Pork with Crackling and Apple Sauce
A pork loin roasted with salted, scored skin for crisp crackling, served with sharp homemade apple sauce.
Recipe · 3 hr 35 min
Roast Turkey for Christmas Dinner
A juicy, golden Christmas turkey without the guesswork: butter under the foil, a meat thermometer to tell you when it is done, and a proper rest before carving.
Recipe · 1 hr 10 min
Sausage Rolls
Flaky puff pastry wrapped round herby pork sausagemeat: the essential party and Bonfire Night bake.
Recipe · 1 hr 20 min
Shepherd's Pie
Lamb mince in a rich gravy under a golden, fork-ridged mashed potato crust: a British family classic.
Recipe · 1 hr
Toad in the Hole
Sausages baked in a tall, crisp Yorkshire pudding batter and served with onion gravy.
Recipe · 45 min
Toffee Apples
Crisp apples on sticks, dipped in a glassy red toffee shell: the classic treat for Halloween and Bonfire Night.
Recipe · 1 hr 25 min
Treacle Toffee
Dark, brittle and wonderfully bitter-sweet: the traditional bonfire toffee of the north of England, and a perfect homemade gift.
Recipe · 1 hr 20 min
Yorkshire Parkin
Dark, sticky oatmeal gingerbread made with black treacle and golden syrup: the traditional cake for Bonfire Night.
Recipe · 1 hr
Apple Crumble
Soft Bramley apples under a buttery, golden crumble: the easiest and best-loved British pudding.
Recipe · 1 hr 40 min
Bakewell Tart
Crisp shortcrust, a layer of raspberry jam and a soft almond sponge topped with flaked almonds.
Recipe · 30 min
Classic British Scones
Tall, light scones for afternoon tea or a cream tea, ready in about 30 minutes.
Recipe · 30 min
Cucumber Sandwiches
The essential afternoon tea sandwich: thin, crisp and never soggy.
Recipe · 1 hr
Sticky Toffee Pudding
A soft date sponge soaked in hot toffee sauce: one of the best-loved British puddings.
Guides
Know-how
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Part of British Isles cuisine.