NOTEYou can pep up the filling with Worcestershire sauce, or make the pastries even more savoury with a little anchovy paste. Any leftover filling is also good baked in a buttered ovenproof dish, in which case you could callit a cheese ramekin, another type of Edwardian savoury. Chocolate and vanilla striped blancmange Preheat the oven to 325°F (165°C). Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch (23-cm) round springform pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper and generously butter the paper. Dust the bottom and sides of the pan with equal parts of flour and superfine sugar, tapping out the excess.

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As an accompaniment, consider Navy Beans with Maître D’Hôtel Sauce. Those who have brushed up on their Escoffier will know that Maître d’Hôtel refers to a simple and tasty combination of butter, cayenne, parsley, salt, and pepper (a combination that goes well with just about anything!). simple syrup (combine equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan and heat, stirring, until the sugar fully dissolves. For rich simple syrup, use two parts sugar to one part water) No breakfast at Downton would be complete without a dish of kedgeree, kept warm on a burner on the sideboard.In her introduction, Annie Gray notes that the Edwardian era “was the key period for the codification of French haute cuisine, and many of the dishes and techniques that we still regard as intrinsic to classical French cooking today were developed at this time. Auguste Escoffier, one of the most important figures in French cuisine, was working in London at the Carlton Hotel, having published his immensely influential Le Guide Culinaire in 1903.” To make the ladyfingers, put 1/2 cup (100 g) of the superfine sugar and the eggs into a heatproof bowl (preferably metal). Rest the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water and whisk until the mixture is light and foamy and warmed through. Remove from the heat and continue whisking until the mixture is cold, 10–15 minutes. Fold the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon into the cold yolk mixture just until fully incorporated. Transfer the filled pastries to the prepared pan and refrigerate while you roll out, fill, and shape the remaining dough. Arrange all the filled pastries on the pan. Lightly brush the tops with milk.

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During the food shortages of WWI, one author suggested adding chopped tomatoes and onions to bulk out the ‘minced meat of any kind’. Bake until the sausage is cooked through and the batter has puffed up and browned, about 45 minutes.

One solution was to bone them and stuff the gap with a rich forcemeat (that’s a mixture of ground, lean meat mixed with fat by grinding, sieving, or puréeing the ingredients), which meant the meat could then be easily sliced and served with the obligatory sauce.

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NOTEThis cake can also be baked in a rectangular pan. The round cake would be carried to the table whole and sliced into wedges for serving. The rectangular cake can be cut into small squares and the top of each square decorated with a little icing and a glacéed cherry or a piece of crystallized ginger, as shown left. The batter can also be baked in a muffin pan and decorated with piped cream or frosting. Cheese bouchées

Unclip the springform pan ring and carefully lift it off. The ladyfingers will probably attempt to collapse slowly, which is why charlottes are often served, including at Downton, with a natty ribbon tied around their middle. It’s a very good idea to have a ribbon handy, especially if you are unmolding this more than a few minutes before serving. Tie the ribbon securely round the middle and then arrange the sliced strawberries on top. You can add other fresh fruit, edible flowers, or candied fruit as you prefer. Additionally, calorie-controlled diets appeared on the scene, including the Hollywood diet, which largely revolved around coffee and grapefruit.

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Do not cross Violet, matriarch of the Crawley family, whose skill at disarming opponents and getting what she wants is supreme. The quintessential breakfast associated with the English upper classes, is of course, Kedgeree, a lightly spiced dish of rice, fish, and hard-boiled eggs. Both the meringues and the fool can be made a day in advance. Store the meringues in an airtight container at room temperature and the fool tightly covered in the fridge. When you are ready to serve, fill the meringue nests with the fool and top with the small meringues. Serve with raspberries alongside. Combine the veal, butter, pistachios, almonds, apple, lemon zest, coriander, allspice, salt, pepper, and eggs in a bowl and mix well. The six series of ‘Downton Abbey’ spanned the period from 1912–1926, and the recipes in this cookbook include a number of dishes which featured in particular episodes, along with additional recipes from cookbooks that were popular during the period, providing a real sense of English cooking at the time. Starting the day the Downton waya wide range of small bites, from custards to straws to everything in between. Like hors d’oeuvres, they were intended to refresh the palate and appealed to diners who did not have a sweet tooth. Cheese, when served, was eaten after the sweet entremets, ostensibly to prepare the palate for the dessert wines, which were followed by a simple dessert of fruit, nuts, and ices. Featuring stunning photographs of dishes and the beloved series, plus notes on customs of the time, quotes from characters, and descriptions of scenes, this unique cookbook provides vivid context for the dishes and brings the show to life. Savor the rich traditions and historic flavors of Downton Abbey for contemporary palettes with Cornish Pasties, Jam and Custard Tarts, and more! Food historian Dr Annie Gray is familiar to British audiences as a regular on the BBC Radio 4 panel show ‘ The Kitchen Cabinet.’ She is also the author of several historically inspired cookbooks, including English Heritage’s How to Cook the Victorian Way with Mrs Crocombe.