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Food of United Kingdom

20 classic dishes from United Kingdom, each with a recipe to find and a video showing how it’s made.

20 dishes

  1. 1

    Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

    Roast joint with batter puddings, gravy and horseradish.

  2. 2

    Fish and chips

    Battered white fish with thick-cut fried potatoes.

  3. 3

    Full English breakfast

    Bacon, eggs, sausage, beans, tomato and toast.

  4. 4

    Shepherd's pie

    Minced lamb baked under mashed potato.

  5. 5

    Cornish pasty

    Crimped pastry filled with beef, potato and swede.

  6. 6

    Bangers and mash

    Sausages with mashed potato and onion gravy.

  7. 7

    Toad in the hole

    Sausages baked in Yorkshire pudding batter.

  8. 8

    Steak and kidney pie

    Slow-cooked beef and kidney under pastry.

  9. 9

    Haggis, neeps and tatties

    Spiced sheep offal pudding with swede and potato.

  10. 10

    Welsh rarebit

    Savoury cheese and mustard sauce grilled on toast.

  11. 11

    Cawl

    Welsh lamb and root vegetable broth.

  12. 12

    Ploughman's lunch

    Cold plate of cheese, pickle, bread and ham.

  13. 13

    Bubble and squeak

    Leftover potato and cabbage fried into a cake.

  14. 14

    Scotch egg

    Boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs.

  15. 15

    Lancashire hotpot

    Lamb and onion stew under sliced potatoes.

  16. 16

    Jellied eels

    Eels cooked and set in their own savoury jelly.

  17. 17

    Scones with cream and jam

    Plain scones served for afternoon tea.

  18. 18

    Sticky toffee pudding

    Date sponge drowned in hot toffee sauce.

  19. 19

    Trifle

    Layers of sponge, fruit, custard and cream.

  20. 20

    Eton mess

    Crushed meringue with strawberries and whipped cream.

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