The butt of endless jokes over the centuries, English cuisine has a reputation of overcooked vegetables, endlessly boiled meats, stodgy puddings and of generally beating the life out of a dish. Not fair! British cooking has enjoyed a renaissance in the last decade or so, with many world-class chefs reclaiming traditional dishes and leading a return to an artisan-based food culture.
Typical English Dishes
A list of typical English dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a English-style meal, party or festival.
Appetizers
- Angels on Horseback (Bacon-wrapped oysters)
- Cucumber Sandwiches (Tea sandwiches)
- Devils on Horseback (Bacon-wrapped prunes)
- Kipper Paste (Fish spread)
- Potted Shrimp (Spiced shrimp spread)
- Wensleydale Tarts (Cheese tarts)
Soups and Stews
- London Particular Soup (Split pea and ham soup)
- Mulligatawny Soup (Curried chicken soup)
Salads
- Coronation Chicken (Curried chicken salad)
- Salmagundi (Cold poultry and vegetable salad)
Eggs and Dairy
- Cheeses: Cheddar, Cheshire, Stilton
- Clotted Cream
- Scrambled Eggs
Poultry
- Country Captain (Chicken and apple curry)
- Hindle Wakes (Chicken with stewed prunes and lemon sauce)
- Lindisfarne Chicken (Chicken baked with mead)
- Roast Goose with Apples and Prunes
- Roast Turkey with Gravy (Holiday turkey)
- Tikka Masala (Chicken in tomato curry sauce)
Meats
- Bangers and Mash (Sausages with mashed potatoes)
- Beef Wellington (Beef tenderloin and mushrooms baked in puff pastry)
- Boiled Beef and Carrots (Cockney dinner)
- Black Pudding (Blood sausage)
- Cornish Pasties (Beef and vegetables baked in pastry crust)
- Lancashire Hot Pot (Lamb meat and kidneys baked with potatoes and mushrooms)
- Jugged Hare (Hare or rabbit stew)
- Liverpool Lobscouse (Sailor’s beef stewed with potatoes and carrots)
- Pork Pie (Pork baked in a pastry crust)
- Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Sauce
- Roast Prime Rib (Roast rib of beef)
- Shepherd’s Pie (Ground lamb casserole with mashed potato topping)
- Steak and Kidney Pie (Beef and kidneys backed in a pastry crust)
- Toad-in-the-Hole (Sausages baked in batter)
Fish and Seafood
- Fish and Chips (Batter-fried fish with fried potato wedges)
- Dover Sole
- Soused Mackerel (Pickled fish)
- Jellied Eels (Eels in aspic)
- Stargazey Pie (Fish baked in pastry crust)
Vegetables and Beans
- Brussels Sprouts au Gratin (Brussels sprouts baked with cheddar cheese)
- Bubble and Squeak (Fried potatoes and cabbage)
- Cauliflower cheese (Cauliflower with a Cheddar cheese sauce)
- Creamed Parsnips
- Mash of Nine Sorts (Puree of various vegetables)
- Pan Haggerty (Cheesy potatoes)
- Pease Pudding (Thick split peas)
- Suffolk Red Cabbage (Sweet and sour braised red cabbage)
Breads and Grains
- Bath Buns (Sweet buns)
- Cottage Loaf (Glazed white bread)
- Crumpets (Pan-fried tea breads)
- Fat Rascals (Yorkshire tea biscuit)
- Granny Loaf (Fruitbread)
- Kentish Huffkins (Dinner or tea buns)
- Parkin (Molasses oatcakes)
- Sage and Onion Stuffing
- Stotty Cake (Hearth bread)
- Yorkshire Pudding (English savory puff pudding)
Sauces
- Bread Sauce
- Cumberland Sauce (Redcurrant and citrus sauce for game)
- Mint Sauce (Sauce for roast lamb)
- Mustard Sauce
- Parsley Sauce
- Strawberry Jam
- Worcestershire Sauce (Tamarind-anchovy seasoning sauce)
Pickles and Preserves
- Apple Chutney
- Bramble Jam
- Damson Cheese (Plum preserves)
- Lemon Curd
- Orange Marmelade
- Piccalilli (Vegetable pickle)
- Pickled Beets
- Pickled Cabbage
- Quince Jelly
- Mincemeat (Dried fruit pie filling)
Desserts and Teacakes
- Bakewell Tarts (Small jam-filled cakes)
- Brandy Snaps (Crisp cookie)
- Eccles Cakes (Fruit-filled pastries)
- Fig Pie
- Fool (Fruit puree mixed with whipped cream)
- Jam and Custard Tarts
- Lardy Cakes (Lard pastry stuffed with dried fruits)
- Maids of Honor (Tea tarts with an almond custard)
- Sally Lunn Cake (Spongecake)
- Scones (Shortbread teacakes)
- Spotted Dog (Steamed pudding with raisins)
- Summer Pudding (Pudding of berries and bread)
- Strawberries and Cream
- Trifle (Layered cake and custard)
- Victoria Sandwich (Jam-filled teacakes)
- Wet Nelly (Bread pudding)
Beverages
- Ale (Beer flavored with malt and hops)
- Cider
- Gin and Tonic
- Mead (Honey wine)
- Mulled Wine (Warm spiced wine)
- Port
- Sherry
- Tea
- Wassail Bowl (Christmas spiced ale and sherry)
Breakfast
- Bacon (Smoked, cured pork belly)
- Frumenty (Wheatberry porridge)
- Scrambled Eggs
English Recipes
Try these recipes from England.
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