Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

United Kingdom

Ask what the United Kingdom eats and the answer starts with this: hearty comfort food: roasts, pies, fried fish, and puddings, shaped by pub culture and afternoon tea tradition. Look for Fish and Chips (battered fried fish with thick chips, salt and malt vinegar), Sunday roast (roast meat with potatoes, vegetables, Yorkshire pudding, gravy) and Full English breakfast (eggs, bacon, sausages, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, toast). Fried battered fish came with Sephardic Jewish settlers; the first shops opened in the 1860s, and the trade was left unrationed through both world wars. This atlas has 55 United Kingdom dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

55 dishes.

Pie and mashPie and mashMinced beef pie with mashed potato and green parsley liquorPimm’s CupPimm’s CupPimm's No. 1 with lemonade, cucumber, mint and chopped fruit.Ploughman’s lunchPloughman’s lunchPub cold plate of cheese, pickle, bread, ham, apple.Pork piePork pieHot-water crust pastry filled with chopped pork and set jelly, eaten cold.SconeSconeSmall quick bread split with clotted cream and jam.Scotch eggScotch eggSausage-wrapped boiled egg, breaded and fried.Scotch whiskyScotch whiskyMalt or grain whisky matured at least three years in oak casks.Shepherd’s pieShepherd’s pieMinced lamb in gravy under browned mashed potato.SnakebiteSnakebiteHalf lager and half cider, often reddened with blackcurrant cordialSteak and kidney pieSteak and kidney pieBeef and kidney in rich gravy baked in pastry.Sticky toffee puddingSticky toffee puddingDate sponge drenched in toffee sauce, served hot.StiltonStiltonBlue-veined cow's milk cheese, crumbly and salty, eaten with port at Christmas.Sunday roastSunday roastRoast meat with potatoes, vegetables, Yorkshire pudding, gravy.Toad in the holeToad in the holeSausages baked into Yorkshire pudding batter, with gravy.TrifleTrifleLayers of sponge, jelly, custard, fruit, and cream.Victoria spongeVictoria spongeLight sponge cake filled with raspberry jam and cream.Welsh rarebitWelsh rarebitMustardy cheese-ale sauce grilled over toast.Worcestershire sauceWorcestershire sauceThin fermented sauce of anchovy, tamarind and vinegar, splashed into stews and drinks.Yorkshire puddingYorkshire puddingPuffed baked batter served with roast beef and gravy.

  • Bubble and squeak

    Leftover potato and cabbage fried together until crisp and browned. Ready in 10 min prep and 20 min cooking. 4…

  • Cask ale

    Unfiltered beer conditioned in the cask and pulled by handpump at cellar temperature. A wine & spirit recipe from United…

  • Chicken tikka masala

    Tandoori chicken in creamy spiced tomato sauce; curry-house favourite. Ready in 30 min prep and 50 min cooking. 6 servings.…

  • Christmas pudding

    Dense steamed dried-fruit pudding, doused in brandy and set alight. Ready in 45 min prep and 8 hr cooking. 1…

  • Clotted cream

    Thick scalded cream with a golden crust, spread on scones beneath jam. Ready in 10 min prep and 12 hours…

  • Cornish pasty

    Folded shortcrust pastry of beef, potato, swede, onion. Ready in 45 min prep and 1 hr cooking. 6 pasties. A…

  • Cranachan

    Whipped cream with toasted oatmeal, raspberries, honey and whisky. Ready in 20 min prep and 5 min cooking. 6 servings.…

  • Crumpet

    Holey griddled yeast cake, toasted and buttered. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking. About 10 crumpets. A…

  • Cullen skink

    Scottish smoked haddock, potato, and onion soup. Ready in 15 min prep and 30 min cooking. 4 servings. A soup…

  • Cumberland sausage

    Long coiled pork sausage, coarsely chopped and peppery, sold by the length. Ready in 45 min prep and 35 min…