Corned beef and cabbage is everyone’s favorite meal from across the Atlantic. Beef brisket is brined in spices and many flavorings then cooked with carrots, onions and cabbage.
Bread and butter pudding is one of the most popular and simple, old-fashioned British desserts. Layered of bread slices are bathed in a vanilla custard, sprinkled with raisins, dusted with delicious nutmeg and baked until golden brown.
Mince and dumplings is the perfect winter dish to warm you up. Minced beef is cooked with vegetables and beef stock, and topped with soft, pillowy dumplings. This is real British comfort food.
Mince pies are one of the best British, Christmas traditions. They are individual mini pies with sweet filling of fruit and spices known as mincemeat, encased in a buttery pastry.
Spotted dick is a lovely, spongy lemony pudding ‘spotted’ with currants. Steamed on the stovetop in a water bath, this is classic British dessert is served with warm English custard. A warming and comforting dessert for those cold winter nights.
Fish pie is one of the great British pies. It may be beige, but it’s not lacking in flavor. This comforting pie made with flaky fish, shrimp and peas in a bath of a warm creamy parsley sauce, topped with mashed potato.
Mulligatawny soup is a curry-based Indian influenced, thick and vibrantly flavored soup. With chicken, vegetables, basmati rice and Indian spices, this soup is a delicious blend of East meets West.
A traditional British Shandy is a refreshing mix of lager beer and carbonated lemonade. It is the perfect refreshing summer beer drink that goes down very easy.
Lemon posset is an easy and a wonderfully light custard-like dessert. The addition of fresh lemon makes this a perfect chilled dessert to serve all summer.
Cauliflower cheese is a comforting side dish of cooked cauliflower in a white Parmesan cheese sauce that gets an added zing from English mustard powder. It is then transferred to the broiler until bubbly and brown.
Fairy cakes (also known as butterfly cakes) are light, fluffy vanilla cupcakes with the top cut off. They’re filled with strawberry jam, topped with buttercream frosting, and the top is replaced in the shape of wings.