Grandma’s English Recipes

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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8oz Rough Puff Pastry
1 Egg White, beaten
6fl.oz. Double Cream
2 teasp Caster Sugar
2-3 drops Vanilla Extract
12 teasp Strawberry Jam

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2 tbsp Golden Syrup
6oz Self-Raising Flour
3oz Shredded Suet
2oz Caster Sugar
1 Egg
approx 6 tbsp Milk
Butter or Margarine for greasing

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1lb Strawberries
2 teasp Icing Sugar
1 sachet Gelatine
10fl.oz. Double Cream, whipped

1. Reserve a few strawberries for decoration and rub the remainder through a sieve with a wooden spoon into a mixing bowl. Add the icing sugar and mix well.

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2 lbs english spinach
3 tablespoons rose water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 pinch powdered ginger
4 ounces butter
6 egg yolks or 4 whole large eggs
3 ounces currants
1 pinch powdered cinnamon
1 pinch salt

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2 tb super fine sugar
2 lb cabbage
1/2 ts celery seed
1 cup Mayonnaise
1/2 ts salt
1/2 cup sour cream
pinch white pepper
2tb vinegar

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10 slices cucumber
1/4 lb. butter
8 black olives
4 slices white bread or Sally Lunn bread

Spread 1 oz. of s butter over each slice of bread. Top with layers of cucumbers. Cut each sandwich into 4 triangles. Decorate each triangle with an olive, secured by a toothpick.

1/2 cups seltzer
1 beer
2 tablespoons frozen limeade
2 lemon wedges

Combine seltzer, beer and limeade. Pour into glasses and garnish with lemon wedges.

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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4 cups scalded milk
2/3 cup pearl or 1/3 cup minute tapioca
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter

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