Victorian recipes

Mrs. Beeton's Hodge Podge Stew ~ This classic beef stew recipe is from her Book of Household Management, 1861! #beef #stew #victorian #British #dinner #comfortfood

Victorian Milk Bread just substitutes milk instead of water in a regular bread recipe. The result is this amazingly flavorful bread with beautiful crust and a great crumb.

Graham bread is named after reverend Sylvester Graham, who invented the bread in 1829. In the Victorian era, Graham bread was promoted as 'health bread' since Victorian white bread wasn't made with white flour but with bleached whole wheat flour.

Create a lavish menu with recipes inspired by a Victorian Dickens Christmas Carol-style feast. Including a roast duck, baked oysters, plum pudding and more! A delightful and elegant alternative to a traditional turkey dinner.

I made Victorian lemon sponge for the Historical Food Fortnightly challenge 7: Pretty As A Picture. The recipe is from Mrs Beeton’s Household Management book, first published in 1861. Ingredients: 2 oz isinglass (I used 14 gelatine sheets enough for 1160ml liquid) 1 3/4 pint of water (1l) 3/4 lb pounded sugar (340g) juice of … Continue reading Victorian Lemon Sponge Recipe – Historical Food Fortnightly →

Delicious Victorian tea cake recipe Source: www.canadianliving.com

9 Strange Victorian Dishes – Snail Soup & Boar’s Head

Mulligatawny Soup I I "Fantastic soup....just like wine, it gets better with time. Two or three days later the soup tasted even better than the first day."

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Victorian-Breakfast

Ever wonder how to make Victorian workhouse gruel? Of course you have. Find out how in my blog post. #historicalromance #victorian #gruel #recipe #historicalrecipe

A scone round that is similar in texture to "quick bread" with grated apple and blue cheese added, making it a special savoury style scone, perfect when served warm with butter and served with salad, or even soups and stews.

Victorian Orange Peel Cake. Discover our recipe rated 3.8/5 by 17 members.

The Victorians hung sweets and dried, sugared fruits from their Christmas trees as treats to be given to out to children and as gifts. They would make pretty coloured boxes or cones of paper to hang them in.

Mum’s cake is basic and can be jazzed up using jams, whipped cream, berries, buttercream icing, lemon curd, chocolate spread, etc.

Antique recipe for "a good pound cake" from 1867. || #foodhistory #victorianbaking #victorianrecipe

The very soup reputed to have built the British Empire and one that was oh-so-fashionable in Victorian and Edwardian times! This soup was served daily, until recently, in the dining cars of British Rail. This classic hearty soup was also very popular at the castle (Windsor) in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Queen Victoria was particularly fond of it, and it regularly appeared on state banquet menus. However, this recipe has not had very good press over recent years - drab…

Pickled Oysters, Whelks, and Periwinkles: "Most types of shellfish could be bought for practically nothing. Of course, shellfish has a distressing tendency to go off quickly – hence the popularity of pickling to preserve the goods as long as possible. When shellfish was sold fresh, about half of the customers preferred to eat it raw and still alive as opposed to boiled. If you were lucky, the oysters, whelks, etc., were relatively fresh when they went into the pickling solution."

When you think about the quintessential English afternoon tea there’s usually scones, cucumber sandwiches and a recent trendy addition of pretty frosted cupcakes and posh flavoured macarons. …

Is there anything more comforting on a cold winter’s day, than a well-spiced meat dish, enveloped in a soft and flaky crust? This recipe from Mrs. Randolph's 1831 cook book is delicious! #vintagerecipes #beefrecipes #sundaydinner #meatpierecipes #comfortfood #vintagecooking #historiccooking #historicrecipes