British Recipes

Roasts, pies and steamed puddings from the British kitchen.

A dark brown stoneware bowl of Cullen skink on a grey-blue painted table: a pale ivory, milky soup with large flakes of white smoked haddock, soft potato cubes, onion, chopped parsley and chives and a knob of melting butter, beside a slice of buttered crusty bread and a spoon on a linen napkin

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Cullen Skink: Scottish Smoked Haddock and Potato Soup

4 servings · 50 min

Three squares of dark Yorkshire parkin with a sticky top and an oat-flecked crumb on a blue and white striped plate on a dark oak table, the rest of the slab in a parchment-lined tin behind, with a mug of tea and a piece of fresh ginger

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Yorkshire Parkin: Oatmeal, Treacle and Ginger Bonfire Cake

16 squares · 1 hr 20 min

A traditional British Christmas cake on a white porcelain cake stand, covered in white royal icing swirled into snowy peaks, with a slice cut from the front and set on a small white plate to show the very dark, fruit-packed crumb with currants, raisins, golden sultanas, a red glacé cherry and almond slivers under a thin layer of marzipan, beside a fork, with holly and a bowl of dried fruit behind

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Traditional British Christmas Cake, Baked Low and Slow

1 cake, 8 inches (20 cm) round; 20 slices · 16 hr 10 min

A square of sticky toffee pudding in a shallow stoneware bowl, toffee sauce pooling around it and a pour of cold cream running down one side, a cream jug and the baking pan behind

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Sticky Toffee Pudding with Dates and Warm Toffee Sauce

9 servings · 1 hr 10 min