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This is a list of British desserts, i.e. desserts characteristic of British cuisine, the culinary tradition of the United Kingdom. The British kitchen has a long tradition of noted sweet-making, particularly with puddings, custards , and creams; custard sauce is called crème anglaise (English cream) in French cuisine .
Treacle tart is a traditional British dessert. The earliest known recipe for the dessert is from English author Mary Jewry in her cookbooks from the late 19th century. The earliest known recipe for the dessert is from English author Mary Jewry in her cookbooks from the late 19th century.
Somewhat similar recipes for a butter tart, a crust pastry with a filling of fruit, almonds, sugar, butter, and wine, can be found in Britain from the early 18th century. [5] Sugars such as muscovado were not widely available to the average Scot until the 19th century. [ 6 ]
Perfect for the time-pressed cook, these four vintage British desserts require only a few ingredients and equally few steps to make. Perfect for the time-pressed cook, these four vintage British ...
Queen of Puddings is a traditional British dessert, consisting of a baked, breadcrumb-thickened egg mixture, spread with jam and topped with meringue. [1] Similar recipes are called Monmouth Pudding and Manchester Pudding .
The BBC reported that the first-known mince-pie recipe dates back to an 1830s-era English cookbook. By the mid-17th century, people reportedly began associating the small pies with Christmas.
Maids of honour tart (also known as maids of honour cake [1] and Richmond maids of honour) is a traditional English baked tart consisting of a puff pastry shell filled with cheese curds. A variation is to add jam or almonds and nutmeg. [2] Traditionally the tart was a puff pastry filled with sweetened milk curds. [3]
Whitepots could also be made using rice instead of bread, giving rise to the rice pudding in British cuisine. One of the earliest published recipes for a bread and butter pudding so named is found in Eliza Smith's The Compleat Housewife of 1728. She instructs "Take a two penny loaf, and a pound of fresh butter; spread it in very thin slices, as ...