66 british recipes

Mexican mince from Marguerite Patten combines ground beef with kidney beans, sweetcorn, tomatoes, and chili powder. A British wartime-era spin on chili served over rice or pasta.

Red dragon pie is a vegetarian British-style shepherd's pie with adzuki beans and brown rice braised in tomato and herbs, blanketed with mashed potatoes and baked until the top browns. Hearty, meatless, freezer-friendly comfort food.

British tea loaf with raisins and sultanas steeped overnight in cold tea, baked with brown sugar and self-rising flour. A no-butter fruit bread that's moist and dense.

Traditional British raised pork pie with a hand-molded hot water crust pastry filled with seasoned diced pork and finished with jellied stock. A proper bakery-style meat pie.

Salmon jacket potatoes stuffed with canned salmon, anchovies, mushrooms, and pesto, baked until hot and served with a fresh tomato-basil-garlic sauce. A British-style loaded baked potato.

Grandma Thorpe's currant pancakes are griddled rolled biscuit-style pancakes studded with dried currants, buttered hot, and dusted with sugar. A British-Welsh heritage breakfast or tea-time treat.

Slow-braised pork belly and kidneys with orange zest, celery, garlic, and rosemary, made a day ahead so the surface fat lifts off cleanly. Old-school British casserole craft.

Tender sliced pears baked beneath a rich cocoa batter with dark brown sugar and golden syrup. This British-style chocolate pear pudding serves 8 and comes together in about an hour.

Flaked salmon mixed with red curry paste, mayo, yogurt, avocado, apple, and lime juice, piled onto crispy fried poppadoms. A British-Indian starter that's cool, crunchy, and ready in 30 minutes.

Salmon rosti layers a crispy two-potato cake of cold mashed and raw shredded potato, topped with canned salmon and melted cheddar. A thrifty British-style supper baked in one dish.

Welsh rarebit, the British pub classic: sharp aged cheddar melted with beer, egg yolk, mustard, and cayenne into a savory sauce spooned over toast. Dressed up here with walnuts, apple, and broccoli.

A British-style no-bake fridge cake with two layers: dark chocolate on the bottom, white chocolate on top. Both packed with crushed biscuits, chopped dates, nuts, and cream. Chill, slice, and serve.

Chopped turnips and potatoes simmered with fried bacon and onions in stock until soft and savory. A rustic British-style soup with just 6 ingredients that warms you to the bone on a cold day.

Favourite leek and potato soup is a classic British comfort bowl: sweet leeks, potatoes and onion gently sweated in butter, simmered in stock and pureed velvety smooth, finished with a swirl of yogurt or cream.

Moggy is a traditional Manx and Lancashire sweet bread loaf made with flour, lard, and golden syrup. Crumbly, dense, and faintly molasses-like. Sliced and buttered thick the way the British Isles have done it for centuries.

Cheese pasties, hand-held British turnovers stuffed with sharp cheddar and diced root vegetables (turnip, carrot, leek, celery) in a flaky butter shortcrust, warmed with mace and cayenne. Crimped, baked golden, and even better the next day.