Traditional British cuisine: the best recipes

British cuisine is often criticized by gourmets and lovers of delicious dishes. Englishmen appreciate practicality, and therefore rarely pay attention to both the form and the content of lunches and dinners. However, some of the national dishes of the United Kingdom are widely known and popular throughout the world. Today we want to tell you about the peculiarities of British cuisine, and also to offer you some simple but rather interesting recipes.

Nutrition regimen in UK

The English are very conservative, and therefore the traditional schedule of breakfasts, lunches and dinners is preserved for centuries. How does the regime of the day of the average citizen of Queen Elizabeth look like?

It is known for certain that modern British people like to have a cup of coffee still in bed. This ritual helps them to fully awake, and also prepare for the hardships of the coming day. After that they go to the kitchen to make breakfast. Thanks to Russian films about Sherlock Holmes, a stereotype emerged that in the mornings the English eat only porridge (and oatmeal). However, this statement corresponds to the truth only partially. Oatmeal can indeed be present on the tables of British citizens, but most often in their houses they serve eggs for breakfast with bacon, sausages, toasted bread slices, tea or coffee.

Between the first and second breakfast, the English, as a rule, drink tea. And most often it is diluted with thick cream or cow's milk. It is interesting that the British call the tea with lemon a "Russian drink" and consider it somewhat strange. To tea, of course, serve cookies or any other pastry. For lunch (we unknowingly can call it lunch), modern Britons often eat sandwiches or hot dogs. Often working citizens during the break are sent to refresh themselves in the nearest fast food institution.

It is impossible to imagine the ration of the English without the traditional "fayf-o-cloak," or five-hour tea drinking. At this time, children and adults enjoy a freshly brewed drink, which is usually served with muffins, cakes, biscuits and sweet rolls. For those who are very hungry, they often prepare sandwiches with vegetables, sour cream and greens. English dinner usually starts after seven in the evening. Meat, stewed vegetables, soups and broths are served on the table.

What popular dishes of British cuisine can you recommend to Russians? Next we will offer you some interesting recipes.

Yorkshire pudding

British national cuisine is often associated with us precisely with this dish. Many people think that pudding is a sweet dessert, decorated with chocolate or nuts. In fact, there are many types of popular English product. Puddings are made from cereals, dairy products, fat, dried fruits, meat and even fish. The recipe for the famous Christmas pudding includes 16 ingredients, and it is prepared several months before the holiday. It is his custom to pour rum while serving and set fire right on the festive table.

Fortunately, the British cuisine (recipes that can sometimes cause a shock to an unprepared cook) knows the recipe for a simple, but very tasty pudding from Yorkshire. This dish is prepared from dough and served to the table along with meat dishes. Famous chef and showman Demi Oliver offers to cook it from the following products:

• Wheat flour and milk - one glass each.
• Egg.
• Olives without pits - five pieces.
• Salt - one pinch.
• Vegetable oil.

The recipe for Yorkshire pudding is very simple:

• First, turn on the oven and put the cupcake into it.
• Sift in a bowl of flour and mix it with salt. Pour in the milk and beaten egg, and then whisk all the products with a whisk.
• Cut olives in half rings and put them in the resulting mass.
• Grease the preheated oil with a silicone brush. Pour the dough into them and send the billets.

Ready puddings can be served for tea, as well as with the first or second dishes.

English pie with meat

What else can traditional British cuisine surprise gourmets and culinary experts? Of course, we are talking about classic meat pies! In the UK they are the indispensable attribute of holidays, picnics or Sunday dinners.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 500 grams.
• Smoked bacon - 100 grams.
• Salt - two teaspoons (one for the dough, and the second for the filling).
• Butter - 25 grams.
• Fat - 75 grams.
• Flour - 240 grams.
• Eggs - two pieces (one for dough, and the other for lubrication).
• Gelatin - six grams.
• Meat broth - 250 grams.
• Herbs (basil, thyme) - one teaspoon.
• Ground black pepper - half a teaspoon.
• Nutmeg - a third of a teaspoon.
• Water - 100 ml.

Recipe

• Cut the meat and bacon into cubes, then mix the products with salt, herbs and spices.
• Melt the frying pan and butter, and then pour in water and add salt.
• In a separate bowl, combine the sifted flour with the egg. Pour hot liquid from the pan into the bowl. Mix the food with a spoon, and then knead the dough with your hands. Put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
• Take a baking dish with high sides and oil it. Divide the dough into two pieces. Large roll out, lay out on the bottom of the dishes and form the sides.
• Lay the filling on the base, and from a small piece of dough make a "pie cap". Protect the edges, make a hole on top and lubricate the baking surface with a beaten egg. Bake the cake in the oven for 45 minutes.
• Dissolve the gelatin in a hot meat broth. When the cake is ready, pour the liquid through the hole in the lid.

You can serve refreshments to the table after it cools down.

Sandwiches with tuna (British cuisine)

The English gladly snack with sandwiches during lunch, prepare them for breakfast or for a traditional five-hour tea party. Also this snack is often taken on a picnic or prepared for children in school. Here is the list of required products:

• Bread for sandwiches - eight pieces.
• Canned tuna is 300 grams.
• Eggs - four pieces.
• Cheese cheddar cheese - four slices.
• Tomatoes - two pieces.
• Red onion.
• Salad - four leaves.
• Mayonnaise - 80 grams.
• Capers - one tablespoon.
• Anchovies - two pieces.

The recipe for a snack

• Boil the eggs, peel them and cut them into rings.
• Remove the bulb from the husks and cut into strips.
• Tomatoes are also cut into slices.
• Open the jar with the fish, drain the liquid, and mix the contents with a fork.
• Anchovies and capers chop, and then mix with mayonnaise. If desired, you can add a little mustard.
• Lubricate the bread with sauce. Half the pieces put canned food and prepared vegetables. Cover the work pieces with the remaining pieces.

Heat the sandwiches in the sandwich, and cut them diagonally before serving.

Stuffed Goose

An indispensable attribute of a festive English table is a bird stuffed with fruits, vegetables, nuts and herbs.

Ingredients:

• A goose is two kilograms.
• Onions - one and a half kilograms.
• White bread is one kilogram.
• Milk - two glasses.
• Salt - three teaspoons.
• Ground black pepper - half a teaspoon.
• Nutmeg - two pinch.
• Sage - two or three twigs.

Recipe for a festive dish

• First you need to treat the bird, wash it and dry it with paper towels. After that, cut off the goose and remove the inner fat.
• Rub the goose with salt and pepper, and then send the carcass to the refrigerator for two hours.
• Bake unbaked onion in the oven, peel it from the peel and chop it.
• Bread first, soak in milk, then wring it and mix with onions. Add half a spoonful of salt, herbs and spices to the products.
• Fill the goose with the mixture and sew it. If you want the finished bird to be rosy, then peel the skin with lemon juice.
• Pour a little water in a deep baking tray, put a bird in it.

Bake a festive treat for two hours at a temperature of 180 degrees.

Conclusion

We hope that the British cuisine (photos and recipes of some dishes you have already studied in our material) will cause you genuine interest. The peoples who live in the territory of the United Kingdom contribute to its development and prosperity. Each region of the country is famous for its special dishes and recipes. So, in England you can taste blood sausage, in Scotland beef scar, and in Ireland the cochannon is made from wiped vegetables. After the colonization of India, spices and spices were widely spread in Britain. In recent years, dishes sold in fast food chains have become very popular. Thus, by studying the national cuisine of this amazing country, one can trace the history of entire nations, learn many new and interesting things.