English Recipes

americantrotter · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:13 pm

Apologies if this has been done before.

I do the cooking in the household and I'd like to try to cook more English meals. I generally find most British stuff here to be Irish or a poor imitation of what I want. When i search online I can't even find a pasty recipe that isnt Cornish. (I can make a dry pasty just fine thank you)

Anyone got some recipes to share or could someone point me to a decent English recipe site?

Verbal · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:15 pm

Steak & Kidney pudding is always a winner, especially topped with extravagant amount of gravy.

Prufrock has a good recipe for that.

lovethesmellofnapalm · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:32 pm

you could try this Medieval English dish
http://medievalcookery.com/recipes/mawmeny.html

Lord Kangana · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:36 pm

BBC Food

BBC Good Food

Are good websites

Look up recipes for:

Oldham Parkin
Bury Simnel Cake
Scouse (Lob)
Lancashire Hotpot
Eccles Cakes
Sticky Toffee pudding
Rag Puddings
Suet Pastry
Steak and Kidney (as mentioned)
Treacle Toffee
Chorley Cakes
Milk Loaf
GingerBread

Many old fashioned British recipes contained offal, so they are falling/have fallen out of fashion.

You'll probably want to buy some books though, as much vaunted as the internet is, it doesn't scratch the surface of the world's books. Particular favourites include:

Rhubarb and Black Pudding (Paul Heathcoat - from Bolton of all places).
Nose to Tail Eating (Fergus Henderson).

If youve got an Amazon account, look here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ ... Caps%2C318

BWFC_Insane · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:12 pm

Can't beat parkin!

Little Green Man · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:16 pm

Pea and Ham Soup
Spiced Parsnip Soup
Potted Shrimps

Toad-in-the-Hole
Beef Stew and Dumplings
Minted Lamb Stew
Shepherd's Pie
Kedgeree

Lemon Posset
Summer Pudding
Sherry Trifle
Rhubarb Crumble
Bread and Butter Pudding
Lemon Meringue Pie

CrazyHorse · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:18 pm

This is pretty much the only English recipe you need:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/stres ... glis_67721
Chef's top tip: Jazz it up with a couple more rounds of toast and a mug of steaming hot tea.

americantrotter · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:34 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:

This is pretty much the only English recipe you need:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/stres ... glis_67721
Chef's top tip: Jazz it up with a couple more rounds of toast and a mug of steaming hot tea.

I never miss a chance to get a full english breakfast, but proper bacon and proper suasage are expensive here in the states. they have their own cut of bacon and style of sausage that I enjoy but falls short of what you are used to.

Thanks everyone for the replies, especially the bbc bit. had no idea they had a food website.

Abdoulaye's Twin · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:39 pm

americantrotter wrote:

CrazyHorse wrote:

This is pretty much the only English recipe you need:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/stres ... glis_67721
Chef's top tip: Jazz it up with a couple more rounds of toast and a mug of steaming hot tea.

I never miss a chance to get a full english breakfast, but proper bacon and proper suasage are expensive here in the states. they have their own cut of bacon and style of sausage that I enjoy but falls short of what you are used to.

Thanks everyone for the replies, especially the bbc bit. had no idea they had a food website.

Make your own. Really easy, especially the bacon. You can order the supplies on the t'interweb

TANGODANCER · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:20 pm

How can you discuss English menus without cod and chips and Roast beef, roast spuds, carrots, peas and gravy?

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:28 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:

Lancashire Hotpot

Benefits (I know, as if it could be?) with the addition of black pudding. Wonderful stuff. Nom nom nom

Andy Waller · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:09 am

1. Take barm cake.
2. Take pie.
3. Butter ingredient 1.
4. Insert ingredient 2 into ingredient 1.
5. Garnish to taste.
6. Close ingredient 1.

Andy Waller · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:11 am

TANGODANCER wrote:

How can you discuss English menus without cod and chips and Roast beef, roast spuds, carrots, peas and gravy?

Where's the Yorkshire Pudding you savage?

bobo the clown · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:42 pm

I think the Brit's underestimate what a good roast actually achieves. Because it is pretty simple we presume it not to be worth referring to.

Roast Rib of beef is as good as anything can be.

Slow roasted pork, which almost shreds as you cut it !!!

Belly pork, cooked at a v low oven temperature for hours ... amazing

Then out use of shellfish is good also, though many people are not 'into shellfish', it is superb, proerly dealt with. Simple too, for the most part.

TANGODANCER · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:52 pm

Andy Waller wrote:

TANGODANCER wrote:

How can you discuss English menus without cod and chips and Roast beef, roast spuds, carrots, peas and gravy?

Where's the Yorkshire Pudding you savage?

Oh, and with Yorkshire puds of course. :oops:

Andy Waller · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:15 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:

Andy Waller wrote:

TANGODANCER wrote:

How can you discuss English menus without cod and chips and Roast beef, roast spuds, carrots, peas and gravy?

Where's the Yorkshire Pudding you savage?

Oh, and with Yorkshire puds of course. :oops:

Phew!

CAPSLOCK · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:12 pm

Lump of pork or ham

Bag of dried peas

Few carrots

Couple of onions

3 pints of water

Salt n pepper

All in the slow cooker - 8 hours later, wonderful stuff and farting for days

Annoyed Grunt · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:51 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:

BBC Food

BBC Good Food

Are good websites

Look up recipes for:

Oldham Parkin
Bury Simnel Cake
Scouse (Lob)
Lancashire Hotpot
Eccles Cakes
Sticky Toffee pudding
Rag Puddings
Suet Pastry
Steak and Kidney (as mentioned)
Treacle Toffee
Chorley Cakes
Milk Loaf
GingerBread

Many old fashioned British recipes contained offal, so they are falling/have fallen out of fashion.

You'll probably want to buy some books though, as much vaunted as the internet is, it doesn't scratch the surface of the world's books. Particular favourites include:

Rhubarb and Black Pudding (Paul Heathcoat - from Bolton of all places).
Nose to Tail Eating (Fergus Henderson).

If youve got an Amazon account, look here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ ... Caps%2C318

Got a very good recipe for that....used for years.

thebish · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:57 pm

1 Big Pie
4 and 20 blackbirds (modern measurement - 24 blackbirds)

bake birds in the pie.

yum!

jaffka · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:14 pm

Black peas?

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