Goose Pie   Old Christmas Recipe from Richard Briggs, The English Art of Cookery. (London: 1794. Third Edition). Instructions Boil a small neat’s tongue till it is tender, peel it, and cut of the root and tip-end; bone a large goose and a large fowl; mix half an ounce of...

Yorkshire Christmas Pie Prep time:  60 mins Cook time:  400 mins Total time:  7 hours 40 mins Serves: 12   Old British Cristmas Recipe from Richard Briggs, The English Art of Cookery. (London: 1794. Third Edition). Ingredients Take a fine large turkey, a goose, a large fowl, a partridge, and a...

  Punch Sauce for Sweet Puddings Prep time:  20 mins Cook time:  25 mins Total time:  45 mins Serves: 4   This is a old Victorian sauce with custard, plain bread, and plum-puddings. From Eliza Acton, Modern Cookery. (London: 1845). Ingredients Sugar, 2 ozs. ; water, 4 pint ; lemon and...

Hearty Stew with Scones Recipe type: Entree   Hearty Stew with Scones is a British food recipe of baked vegetable stew topped with scones. Ingredients 4 tbsp butter 2 onions, sliced 4 carrots, sliced 2 parsnips, cut into chunks 1 small cauliflower, cut into florets 4 zucchini, sliced 6 tomatoes, skinned...

Chocolate Victoria Sandwich Recipe type: Dessert   A Victoria Sandwich is a British food recipe of cake with chocolate cream. Ingredients 2 eggs ½ cup margarine ½ cup superfine sugar 1 cup plus 2 tbsp flour 2 tsp baking powder 3 tbsp cocoa powder water for cocoa paste 1½ cup powdered...