Grandma’s English Recipes

There are over 700 different cheeses produced in Britain. Cheese can be made from lots of different types of milk, such as buffalo milk, sheeps’ milk and goats’ milk. Most of the cheese eaten in the UK is made from cows’ milk. To make cheese, milk has to be separated into curds which are the […]

1 Large Jar Pickled Onions 45 days 15 min prep
2 lbs pickling onions, peeled
1 1/2 pints malt vinegar or pickling vinegar
2 tablespoons ready-mixed pickling spices (OR 2 tablespoons of your your own mix using — green, white and black peppercorns, coriander seeds,)

I have often seen friends make a perfectly good roast beef meal and then spoil it by opening a can of gravy or a pre packged gravy mix. The secret to a delicious gravy is simply using the pan drippings from the meat. That’s where all the flavor is and what gives real gravy its […]

The Sunday roast is perhaps the most common feature of English cooking. The Sunday dinner traditionally includes roast potatoes accompanying a roasted joint of meat such as roast beef, lamb , or a roast chicken and assorted vegetables, themselves generally roasted or boiled and served with a thick gravy. Yorkshire pudding and gravy is now […]

4 cups plain flour
1/2 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons dried yeast
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 pint warm water
1 1/2 cups lard
2 tablespoons crushed sugar cubes
1/4 tablespoon each nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice
1 tablespoon currants
1 tablespoon sultanas
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