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Rumbledethumps

Cooks have been dreaming up ways to use up leftover potatoes and vegetables in different parts of Britain since the humble spud was first mashed.
South of the border we English fry up ours to make bubble and squeak. Across the Irish sea, they make colcannon and in Scotland, they have the curiously named rumbledethumps.

afternoon tea

The Great British Afternoon Tea

We British do like our traditions and you can’t get anything more quintessentially British than afternoon tea. Whether it is the full experience at the Savoy or Fortnum & Masons, or sitting quietly in the garden with a mug of Earl Grey and a slice of Victoria sponge, three o’clock is tea time.

butter chicken with red peppers

Sharwoods Butter Chicken Plus

Sometimes when I come home from work I don’t want to make a curry from scratch so I cheat and use a shop-bought sauce

smoked welsh rarebit

Fishy Welsh Rarebit

A great alternative version of the classic Welsh rarebit with lovely smoked haddock.

Catch It and Cook It – Razor Clams

Razor clams are an edible species of shellfish which gets their common name from their resemblance to an old fashioned cut-throat razor.

Tottenham cake

Tottenham Cake

Tottenham Cake is a well-known North London delicacy, sold country-wide. It is a tray-baked sponge cake topped with very sweet, pink icing.

eccles cakes

Eccles Cakes

Eccles cakes sometimes known as squashed-fly cakes are traditional puff pastry wrapped pies similar to turnovers, filled with currants and topped with coarse brown sugar.

bakewell tart

Bakewell Tart

A cup of tea and a slice of Bakewell tart, sitting in the garden in the afternoon sunshine. What more do you need?

beef wellington sliced on a serving tray

Beef Wellington

When it comes to cooking beef wellington you can’t do better than to use Gordon Ramsey’s recipe. It is his signature dish after all.