Category Archives: English

Yorkshire Pudding For The Christmas Roast

Yorkshire puddings are a type of traditional English dish, presented mainly as a side to accompany roast meat and served with drippings of gravy to eat them and the roast with. It is such a rooted part of English traditions … Read more

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Medieval Chicken With Rice & Ground Almond

‘Blawmanger. Tak the two del rys, the thridde pert of almoundes; wash clene the rys in leuk water & turne & seth hem til thay breke & lat it kele, and tak the melk & do it to the rys … Read more

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Yummy Baked Scones With Herbs & Loads Of Cheese

I used to drool at the variety of scones available at the Tesco and Sainsbury’s supermarkets in Durham – cheese, cranberry, sultana, plain, herbs etc. They came in all shapes and sizes too – round, hexagonal, triangular and sometimes squarish … Read more

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Good Old English Carrot Cake With Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

We were tired from all the climbing during the hike, so our tour leader decided to call for a break at a forest shelter. He set down his picnic basket and whipped out many things from the rattan chest: one … Read more

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Crumble Crumble Potato And Leek Filo Pie

Filo pastry sheets are amazing. You can get them to do almost anything for you – baked to become fanciful and crispy containers for appetisers; piled in layers on a tray to pack in a whole load of stew and … Read more

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