Hollow Biscuits are small, dried breads made in England. A pale gold colour, they are similar to a rusk in texture, but in shape they look like irregular doorknobs. They have a crunchy crust with a hollow centre. They are traditionally buttered, and served with jam or cheese. Some recommend them with potted meats as…
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Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns are round, slightly-sweet individual serving-sized buns made from a yeast-risen wheat dough with dried fruit in it. They are very deeply browned, and have the form of a cross on top. Hot Cross Buns are still used in many Easter ceremonies in England (they are not a Scottish, Welsh or Irish tradition.)…
Hot Cross Buns Recipe
This recipe lets your bread machine act as the mixer and kneader. After the bread machine has done all the boring work, over to you for the fun bit of shaping, baking and decorating the buns.
Hot Water Crust Pastry Recipe
Hot Water Crust Pastry is used to make raised pies. It makes a stiff yet tender pastry that can stand up by itself and form a shell or casing that can be cooked without the support of a pan or tin.
Iced Marmalade Loaf Recipe
Marmalade lovers will make this disappear in an instant.
Jam Pie Recipe
This is an ideal way to use up end bits of jam left in jam jars or pots.
Lardy Cake
A Lardy Cake is a bread into which spices, fruit and pieces of lard are mixed. The lard and sugar on the layers inside melt together and get gooey; the sugar on top gets crunchy. What makes the cake is the lard. There is really no point in making this cake without it. It’s really…
Leek & Potato Mash Recipe
Really tasty mash, worth the little bit extra effort.
Leek & Potato Terrine Recipe
This recipe is a bit more futzing, but as meatless terrine recipes aren’t all that common, it is good to have such a recipe on hand.
Lemon Chicken with Roast Potatoes Recipe
This one recipe gets both your chicken and your potatoes dealt with. Just zap a veggie in the microwave, and dinner is done.
Lemon Pie with Marmalade Glaze Recipe
You can make the crust or buy it frozen and ready to cook.
Lemon Puddle Pudding Recipe
A puddle of lemon sauce will form under the sponge cake part of the pudding during cooking.
Lentil, Apple & Bacon Soup
Even those who think lentils are boring will be after second bowls of this soup.
Lincolnshire Plum Bread
Lincolnshire Plum Bread is a dark, rich loaf of yeast-risen bread intended as a tea bread. It is moist, dense, rich and sweet with lots of fruit. There are not actually any plums in it — instead the fruit is raisins, sultanas and / or currants, and mixed dried fruit. Spices used include cinnamon and…
Manchester Pudding Recipe
An old recipe, this is somewhat like a sweetened, flavoured bread pudding baked in a pie shell. Adapted from Mrs Beeton.
Marlborough Pudding Recipe
Marlborough Pudding is a classic, old English dessert that came over to America with the colonists.
Marmalade Pie Recipe
The thicker cut your marmalade is, the better for this recipe.
Mascarpone Cauliflower Cheese
This is a quick cauliflower cheese, as the mascarpone takes the place of a white sauce.
Mashed Potato and Stilton Pie
Definitely a winter comfort food recipe. This is a good potato side dish for blue cheese lovers.
Mashed Potato Cake
This is a bit more fussing than plain old mash, but it looks and tastes fantastic and is even great as a make-ahead side dish.
Melrow Tomatoes
Melrow are large cherry tomatoes with a good aroma and taste that some describe as “green-stem.” They are raised by Geest Melrow Ltd for Marks & Spencer in England.
Mint Sauce Recipe
This just takes 5 minutes to make! Note, this is a pouring sauce, not a thick jelly.
Mulled Wine Recipe
Make sure that, if the glasses you serve this in are thin, you give your guests a paper napkin to hold the glass with owing to the heat.
Mushroom and Blue Cheese Salad
This is a great winter or fall salad because the mushrooms and blue cheese are hearty flavours, and the salad is served with a warm topping on it.