Category: British

Nettle Risotto with Green Garlic and Taleggio

by Matt Clifton | Jun 1, 2018 | British, Entrees, Gluten Free, Pastas & Grains, Recipes, Side dishes, Vegetarian | 1 |

Stinging nettles aren’t just for stumbling into with painful consequences. We’ll show you how to use the leaves safely to make a delicious and super healthy risotto.

British Bourbon Chocolate Biscuits with Three Buttercream Fillings

by Matt Clifton | Mar 15, 2018 | Baking, British, Desserts, Finger Food, Recipes, Vegetarian | 0 |

Classic British chocolate teatime biscuits, with a traditional chocolate cream filling and two...

Sticky Toffee Pudding (warm date cake)

by Matt Clifton | Oct 9, 2017 | Baking, British, Desserts, Recipes | 5 |

Sticky toffee pudding is a hallowed British dessert which translates to American as “warm date cake drizzled with toffee sauce”. Either way you say it, it’s a deliciously rich and comforting treat, perfect for a chilly evening.

Classic British Pork Pies

by Matt Clifton | Oct 2, 2017 | Baking, British, Pork, Recipes | 3 |

Your classic British cold pork lunch pie – seasoned pork and aspic in a firm and thoroughly tasty hot water crust pastry. It’s a process befitting a Tudor kitchen, but making these Melton Mowbray-style pork pies is way easier – and more fun! – than you might expect.

An American-British Fish Pie

by Matt Clifton | Aug 21, 2017 | British, Entrees, Recipes, Seafood, Soups, Stocks and Stews, Sponsored | 0 |

Fish pie might seem like an essentially British recipe, but there’s no reason why it...

Seriously Lemony Lemon Curd

by Matt Clifton | May 1, 2017 | British, Desserts, Gluten Free, Recipes, Sauces & Condiments | 8 |

Lemon curd is a delicious sweet, tart condiment that’s really easy to make with just a few ingredients. You’ll never use store-bought curd again!

Scotch Eggs with a Perfect Runny Yolk

by Matt Clifton | Apr 5, 2017 | Appetizers, Breakfast & Brunch, British, Finger Food, Pork | 8 |

A perfect Scotch Egg has a crisp golden shell, flavorful sausage and most importantly, a soft-boiled, runny-yolked egg. This just might be the ideal portable picnic snack – that we’d be happy to eat anywhere, even the dining table.

Rustic Shortbread Biscuits (or Cookies)

by Matt Clifton | Oct 28, 2016 | Baking, British, Desserts, Recipes | 1 |

These deceptively simple shortbread rounds are so rustic, you’ll think you’ve time-travelled to 1740.

Ultimate English Toffee

by Emily Clifton | Dec 29, 2013 | British, Desserts, Finger Food, Gluten Free, Recipes | 1 |

NOTE: This recipe has two toppings – White Chocolate & Pistachio, and Dark Chocolate,...

Easy scones

by Matt Clifton | Sep 19, 2013 | Baking, Breakfast & Brunch, British | 0 |

What ho, and all that, spiffing readers. I’m being especially upper-crust because I wanted to tell you about the scones I made a couple of weeks ago. Let’s take a gander at them first. Have a good look, there you go,...

A brief culinary tour of our (not so recent) trip to England and Wales.

by Emily Clifton | Jul 26, 2013 | British, Family, Nerd Life, Restaurants | 6 |

At the beginning of the summer (2013), Matt and I went to England to visit his family and do a little sightseeing. For years we went every other Christmas which means that we hadn’t been to the UK when the weather was warm...