ENGLAND - FOOD

English Cooking

Yorkshire pudding is a dish originally from northern England Yorkshire. Perhaps its popularity has crossed the borders.

The Yorkshire pudding is not a dessert but it can be served with jam or with ice balls.
It is prepared from dough containing milk, egg, flour and salt.
The Yorkshire pudding is traditionally accompanied with a roast beef
or chicken usually with every dish with sauce.
The gravy is considered by the English as the perfect accompaniment.
When it is eaten as a starter, it is served with onion juice.

Preparation

The paste is poured over the baking plate often oiled,in the form of a small disk
size, then it is baked in the oven. The cooking is completed when the dough rises. Traditionally, the Yorkshire pudding is put to cook with a piece of meat to get its fat. It freezes well.

Christmas pudding is a typical English dessert

Ingredients (serves 6):

- 2 tablespoons of milk
- 225 g of brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon of ginger
- 1/2 a nutmeg
- 20 tablespoons of brandy.
- 3 eggs
- 175g of black currants
- 175 g of Smyrna grape
- 125 g of Malaga grape
- 125 g of candied fruit
- 175 g of beef tallow (can be found in England in the form of granules Atora Shredded suet)
- 125 g of bread
- 125 g of flour
- 25g of ground almonds

Preparation

Peel and cut mixed fruit into small pieces. Prepare a large bowl in which is introduced in order and mixing: milk, eggs, alcohol, sugar, flour, fat, almond powder, nutmeg, the grapes, and bark fruit mix. Prepare a bowl by greasing it with vegetable oil. Pour the mixture into the bowl. Put the bowl with a raised top plate in a pan filled with water for a “bain marie”. Bring water to a boil then reduce to a simmer 6 hours taking care to complete the water as hovel evaporation. After cooking, let cool, then wrap the pudding with a clean cloth. To make it better, the pudding should be prepared at least 3 months before consumption. It can also be stored for many months and refined like a good wine or cheese for 18 months).

Mohamed and Jimmy