Comforting recipes from family kitchens
British family recipes
Discover traditional British family recipes for baked rice pudding, slow-cooked beef casserole and lamb shepherd’s pie, with the memories behind them.
From the Living Cookbook
The recipes in this collection are the kind that settle into family life: a pudding put into the oven before Sunday lunch, a casserole made a day early and a shepherd’s pie built for a full table.
Each page includes the ingredients, method and practical details, but it also records why the dish mattered and who kept cooking it.
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British · Birmingham, England
Nana Serb's Sunday Rice Pudding
Every Sunday after church, Nana Serb put this pudding in the oven before we sat down for lunch. By the time we reached dessert, the house smelled of vanilla and nutmeg.…
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British · Swansea, Wales
Barbara's Beef Casserole
Barbara learnt this recipe from her mother, Pat, and made it her own by adding a tablespoon of Bovril. She always prepared it the day before because, as she put it,…
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British · Guildford, England
Sam's Shepherd's Pie
Sam's Shepherd's Pie is built slowly from lamb, vegetables and a quietly brilliant savoury trick: white anchovies and Marmite melt into the gravy, leaving only deep,…
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