Old Fashioned Treacle Tart with Coconut & Lime
Treacle is a bit of a Marmite confection. Made from the syrup that remains after sugar is refined it has a slightly bitter flavour and...
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sjfbilton
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
Zucche Ripiene (Stuffed Squash)
It’s a shame that Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen (1899) or its author Janet Ross not more well known. The book’s sub title is ‘Or How to...
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sjfbilton
- Oct 15, 2018
- 3 min
Upside Down Quince & Cobnut Cake
The quince is the trickster of the fruit kingdom. The scent and colour of these deeply aromatic golden globes hints at a succulent,...
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sjfbilton
- Oct 14, 2018
- 1 min
Pumpkin Cookies with Hazelnuts & Chocolate
Pumpkins and squash are surely the antidote to dull and gloomy autumn days? Their often gnarly exterior encases vivid and sweet tangerine...
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sjfbilton
- Aug 17, 2018
- 3 min
Elizabeth David’s Mulberry Summer Pudding
If you take a stroll around any large garden attached to an historic building (like Charle’s Darwins home Down House) you are likely to...
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sjfbilton
- Jul 19, 2018
- 3 min
Mrs Marshall’s Cucumber Ice Cream With Pimm’s Macerated Strawberries & Strawberry Tuile
Agnes Bertha Marshall is widely recognised as one of the first pioneers of modern ice cream making. This recipe is from her Book of Ices...
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sjfbilton
- Jun 8, 2018
- 3 min
William Verrall’s Sweetbreads With Asparagus (1759)
Offal is a sorely neglected source of protein in this country. One of my all-time favourites dishes is steak and kidney pudding. My...
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sjfbilton
- May 18, 2018
- 2 min
Bride Pie
Adapted from The Experienced English Housekeeper by Elizabeth Raffald (1769) The Bride Pie was the forerunner to the wedding cake (you...
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sjfbilton
- Apr 6, 2018
- 2 min
Wheat Berry, Hazelnut and Blood Orange Salad
Recently I was given some wheat berries by Trenchmore who are growing heritage grains as well as producing delicious beef and cider. I...
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sjfbilton
- Mar 30, 2018
- 4 min
Dr Kitchiner’s ‘Maigre’ Fish Pie
Although in French the word ‘maigre’ means thin or skinny in terms of it’s English usage it was used to describe non meat eating days...
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sjfbilton
- Mar 16, 2018
- 2 min
A Dish of Roman Lentils
A few weeks ago we were besieged by snow and freezing temperatures which inevitably drove me to cook something warming and sustaining....
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sjfbilton
- Mar 8, 2018
- 3 min
Sticky Fig Cake
There is something about figs even in this day and age that causes people to titter. With their curvaceous exterior and fleshy pink...
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sjfbilton
- Jan 26, 2018
- 3 min
Educating Marmalade
Apparently, the British are the only Europeans to differentiate orange marmalade from other fruit jams. On the continent marmalade can be...
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sjfbilton
- Dec 15, 2017
- 4 min
The Mince Pie Antidote
The appearance of the first mince pies in our shops seems to get earlier every year. I spied a small display in my local supermarket in...
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sjfbilton
- Dec 4, 2017
- 2 min
Spiced Medlar Loaf
I made my annual batch of medlar mincemeat last week. As always I picked far too many medlars and as a consequence ended up with more...
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sjfbilton
- Nov 15, 2017
- 2 min
Carrot Pudding with Caramel Sauce and Buttermilk Ice Cream
Despite living in the intense heat the Victorians who had settled in India were still partial to a traditional British pudding after...
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sjfbilton
- Nov 13, 2017
- 3 min
Apician Prawns with Chickpea & Saffron Mash and Artolagana
The story behind this dish is as follows. Apicius, the renowned Roman gastronome to whom the most famous book on Roman food is...
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sjfbilton
- Oct 6, 2017
- 2 min
Tafferty Tarts with Earl Grey Ice Cream
The Accomplisht Cook by Robert May (1660/85) is rather like those ‘antique’ shops you find in towns like Lewes stuffed with a fascinating...
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sjfbilton
- Sep 22, 2017
- 3 min
Pumpkin, Apple & Hazelnut Crumble Tart
Robert May’s Pompion Pie (The Accomplisht Cook c.1660) Take a pound of pumpkin and slice it, a handful of thyme, a little rosemary, and...
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sjfbilton
- Sep 16, 2017
- 2 min
Spiced Ale Pancakes with Applemuse & Sherry Sauce
This recipe is adapted from the early 17th century recipe notebook kept by Elinor Fettiplace. Spiced Ale Pancakes Ingredients (makes...
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