Month: March 2017

  • Clotted Cream

    Scones without clotted cream just aren’t the full shilling. That’s a fact. Unless you are in the British Commonwealth, however, getting your hands on clotted cream is somewhat of a challenge. Finding clotted cream at a reasonable price is even more so. HOW TO MAKE CLOTTED CREAM Just before you go to bed one night,…

  • Treacle Scones

    Now that you have made some delicious treacle – you have made some treacle, right? – it’s time to make something delicious with it. Scones. British scones are different from American scones. They are dryer than American scones, due to the way they are presented: British scones make up for the lack of fat in…

  • Treacle

    In British cooking, “treacle” is a general reference to sugar syrups. In theory, molasses and corn syrup could be considered “treacle”, but in realistic terms it refers to Lyle’s Golden Syrup or their Dark Treacle. One problem is that Lyle’s Golden Syrup is achingly expensive in the USA, and dark treacle is basically unheard of.…

  • Brown Sauce

    If you’ve ever visited the UK you will have seen – and probably eaten – brown sauce, AKA HP Sauce, and enjoyed the sweet, tangy, fruity goodness. If you see it on the shelves in the US your eyes have probably bled at the price. Well, here you go: home made brown sauce. Unlike the…

  • Making breakfast – bangers

    What would breakfast be without bangers? To make this recipe you will need a food mixer with grinder and sausage stuffing attachment. If you can’t stuff the sausage casings you can still make sausage meat in your food processor and have it as sausage patties. BANGERS 9lbs lean pork 3lbs fatback or similar 2.5lbs rusk…