British Recipes

Traditional British foods are often known for their hearty and comforting nature. Showcasing the nation’s diversity and long history, the following British dishes are among the most popular of all time:

• Fish and Chips: This iconic dish is most often enjoyed by the seaside for the freshest experience. It consists of battered fish (usually haddock or cod) with chips. Traditional sides include salt, vinegar, curry sauce and mushy peas.
• Ploughman's Lunch: A cold meal featuring bread, cheese, pickles, onions, and ham or other cold meats. It's often served in pubs. You could even add pickled and fresh vegetables, chutney, boiled eggs and fruit. A plated ploughman's works, but a wooden board similar to that of a charcuterie is preferable.
• Haggis: A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep's offal, seasoning, suet and onions, and typically boiled in a sheep’s stomach. This traditional Scottish dish is usually served with "neeps and tatties," which are mashed turnips (neeps) and potatoes (tatties), along with a whisky sauce or gravy. Haggis is often considered a symbol of Scotland and is famously celebrated in the traditional Burns Supper.
• Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding: It doesn’t get more British than a classic Sunday roast; featuring roast beef served with Yorkshire puddings, roasted potatoes, vegetables, and covered in gravy. More on a Sunday roast dinner coming up!

A Sunday roast is Britain’s answer to comfort food. Usually enjoyed on a Sunday afternoon, but not limited to then, a traditional roast brings everyone around the table to enjoy a wholesome menu of roast meat and vegetables. However, no British roast is complete without all the trimmings, so if you want to indulge in this traditionally English food, here are the recipes you simply can’t skip.

The Sunday Roast: Roast beef takes centre stage in a traditional Sunday roast. However, roast pork, lamb or a whole roast chicken are also widely enjoyed. For a vegetarian option try a whole roasted cauliflower or butternut squash.

Potatoes: Roast potatoes are an essential side dish when it comes to a British Sunday roast. For potatoes that are light and fluffy on the inside and perfectly golden on the outside, try our roast lamb with salsa verde and roast potatoes recipe.

Vegetables: Peas and carrots are always a crowd favourite, but cheesy cauliflower bake, roasted root vegetables or baked Brussels sprouts are also great options.

Gravy: Gravy is drizzled all over the Sunday roast to add moisture to the meal. Our Thyme Roasted Chicken and Gravy recipe includes a simple gravy that can be used to top off any British roast.

Yorkshire pudding: A traditional Sunday roast always calls for Yorkshire pudding – a savoury dinner roll commonly eaten in British cuisine that is used to mop up the gravy.