Victorian recipes

Create a lavish menu with recipes inspired by a Victorian Dickens Christmas Carol-style feast. Including a roast duck, baked oysters, plum pudding and more! A delightful and elegant alternative to a traditional turkey dinner.

The Victorians hung sweets and dried, sugared fruits from their Christmas trees as treats to be given to out to children and as gifts. They would make pretty coloured boxes or cones of paper to hang them in.

Mrs. Beeton's Hodge Podge Stew ~ This classic beef stew recipe is from her Book of Household Management, 1861! #beef #stew #victorian #British #dinner #comfortfood

Victorian Milk Bread just substitutes milk instead of water in a regular bread recipe. The result is this amazingly flavorful bread with beautiful crust and a great crumb.

Graham bread is named after reverend Sylvester Graham, who invented the bread in 1829. In the Victorian era, Graham bread was promoted as 'health bread' since Victorian white bread wasn't made with white flour but with bleached whole wheat flour.

Victorian Era Cooking Facts about Upperclass Dinner Courses,Dinners,Foods

A scone round that is similar in texture to "quick bread" with grated apple and blue cheese added, making it a special savoury style scone, perfect when served warm with butter and served with salad, or even soups and stews.

What to prepare for Christmas? Consider these Victorian Christmas recipes that feature seasonal or preserved foods. Tasty too.

Welcome to what might be the first in a series of posts on Victorian recipes. I hope most of them will taste nicer than this one for workhouse gruel, but this seemed like a nice simple recipe to begin with. Ingredients: 3 dessert spoons of oats 1 pint of water Salt to taste Method: Mix…

I’ve been digging through some old cookbooks and found these amazing vintage recipes that have stood the test of time. They’re seriously some of the best comfort food around, and I bet you'll love them as much as I do.