british food specialities

British specialities

Bubble and squeak

Ingredients:

 Desirée or Romano potatoes (this should be 3 evenly sized potatoes weighing about 5 oz/150 g each)

3 oz (75 g) spring greens or green cabbage (trimmed weight)

 2 oz (50 g) mature Cheddar, coarsely grated

 1 level tablespoon plain flour

1 oz (25 g) butter

 1 dessertspoon olive oil

 salt and freshly milled black pepper

Haggis

Ingridients:

1 sheep's stomach bag

1 sheep's pluck - liver, lungs and heart

3 onions

250g beef Suet

150g oatmeal

salt and black pepper

a pinch of cayenne

150mls of stock/gravy

Scones                                                                         

                                         Ingridients:

          2 c. all purpose flour

       1/3 c. sugar

       1 t. baking powder

        1/4 t. baking soda

         1/2. t. salt

          1 stick unsalted butter, frozen

                                                                    1/2 c. dried currants

                                                                    1/2 c. reduced fat sour cream

                                                                    1 large egg or 1/4 c. egg substitute

                                                                    2 T. milk

                                                                   1t. sugar

Shepherd`s pie

Ingridients:       1 tbsp sunflower oil

                        1 large onion , chopped

2-3 medium carrots , chopped

500g pack minced lamb

2 tbsp tomato purée

large splash Worcestershire sauce

500ml beef stock

900g potatoes , cut into chunks

85g butter

3 tbsp milk

Apple crumble:      

                                     

Ingridients:

8 eating apples , peeled, cored and cubed

6 tbsp Carnation caramel cream (this comes in a can or a squeezy tube)

50g plain flour

50g porridge oats

50g cold butter , diced

Yorkshire pudding:                        

Ingridients:

½ pint plain flour

½ pint milk

6 eggs

a good pinch of salt

groundnut oil or sunflower oil

Welsh rarebit:                   

 Ingridients:

125ml milk

 1 tbsp flour

400g farmhouse cheddar , grated

175g fresh white breadcrumbs

1 heaped tsp English mustard powder

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce (go for Lea &Perrins)

120ml ale , cider or Guinness (thelast will give a stronger flavour)

 1 egg , plus 1 yolk

6-8 slices, toasted crusty bread

Syllabub:

Ingridients:

284ml carton double cream

4 tbsp icing sugar

200ml Champagne