Grandma’s English Recipes

1 1/8 cups butter
1 1/3 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups raisins
1/2 cup brandy

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1/2 cup unsalted butter, plus extra butter for greasing pan
2 tablespoons light corn syrup, plus extra for serving
1/2 cup superfine sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
2 tablespoons milk
1 grated lemon rind

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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 often served as an accompaniment to the main course, although it was originally served first as a “filler”. (The practice of serving a roast dinner on a Sunday is related to the elaborate preparation required, and to the housewife’s practice of performing the weekly wash on a Monday, when the cold remains of the roast made an easily-assembled meal).A particularly elaborate roast dinner is eaten at Christmas, with almost every detail rigidly specified by tradition. Since its wide-spread availability after World War II the most popular Christmas roast is turkey, superseding the goose of Dickens’s time. Game meats such as venison which were traditionally the domain of higher classes are occasionally also eaten by those wishing to experiment with a wider choice of foods, due to their promotion by Celebrity Chefs, such as Antony Worrall Thompson, although it is not generally eaten regularly in the average household.

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6 cooking apples, large and regular in shape
3 tablespoons brown sugar
enough sultanas to fill the centres of the apples
shortcrust pastry

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6 oz rich sweet shortcrust pastry
4 oz unsalted butter
8 tablespoons golden syrup
2 eggs, beaten
4 tablespoons double cream (or single cream if you prefer)
finely grated zest of 2 lemons

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10-12 Ladyfingers
Strawberry Preserves
2 C. Fresh (or Frozen) Strawberries
1 Envelope Bird’s Dessert Custard mix (or instant pudding)
1/2 cup Cream Sherry
3 T. Sugar
2 1/2 cup Milk (whole or 2%)
1 cup. Heavy Cream
Slivered Almonds for garnish

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4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
2 ounces salted butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1/2 cup warm whole milk
1/2 teaspoon salt (dissolved in the milk)

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2 1/3 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Enriched Corn Meal
1 ts Salt (optional)
1/3 c Margarine or butter; plus
2 tb Margarine or butter
1/3 c Vegetable shortening
6 oz Shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c Ice water
8 c Peeled, sliced apples (about 8 medium apples)
2/3 c Sugar
3/4 ts Cinnamon

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1 Cup sifted cake flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
1 cup honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup of your favourite jam

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3oz) margarine
(3oz) white sugar
(4oz) self raising flour
2 medium eggs
Milk
salt

1. Place the margarine and sugar into a bowl, mix together well until margarine is soft and no sugar remains in bowl.
2. Place the eggs in a separate bowl, and beat well.
3. Add the beaten egg a little at a time to margarine and sugar, mix together well.
4. Sieve the flour into the mixture, add the salt and fold well.
5. Add enough milk to make mixture into a soft dropping consistency.
6. Spoon into greaseproof baking cases and bake in a pre-heated oven at (160°C), (325°F),(Gas Mark 3) for 20-25 minutes.
7. When golden remove from bake and place on wire tray to cool, do not remove from cases until cool.
Can be served plain, or topped with icing or chocolate. Often served plain with fresh cream and strawberry Jam.