
Lebanon
Ashta
قشطة
Thick clotted cream scented with orange blossom or rose water, used to fill nearly every Lebanese pastry and pudding.
south-america
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Lebanon
قشطة
Thick clotted cream scented with orange blossom or rose water, used to fill nearly every Lebanese pastry and pudding.

England, United Kingdom
A Derbyshire pudding of a flaky pastry shell layered with jam and an egg-and-almond filling, baked until set and golden, the original Bakewell dessert.

England, United Kingdom
Pork sausages, mashed potato and a pool of onion gravy, the standard pub plate.

England, United Kingdom
Buttered bread layered with sultanas, soaked in an egg custard and baked until the top corners crisp and the middle sets.

United Kingdom
Strong black tea brewed hard in a mug with a splash of milk and often two sugars, drunk at every hour of the day.

England, United Kingdom
A dark fruit cake fed with brandy over weeks, then covered with marzipan and hard royal or fondant icing.

United Kingdom
A dense steamed pudding of dried fruit, suet, spice and brandy, made weeks ahead, steamed again on the day and flamed at the table.

England, United Kingdom
Minced beef in gravy under a mashed potato crust, baked until the surface is golden and the edges bubble.

England, United Kingdom
A West Country tradition of freshly baked scones served with clotted cream, strawberry jam and a pot of tea, with regional rivalry over cream-first or jam-first.

United Kingdom
A pouring sauce of milk, sugar and either egg yolk or cornflour powder, served hot over almost every British pudding.

Falkland Islands
Small-batch gin uses diddle-dee berries, teaberries, and scurvy-grass botanicals.

Falkland Islands
Native red diddle-dee berries are tart raw and used locally for jam and preserves.

Falkland Islands
Deep-red diddle-dee jam turns the islands’ native berry into a portable local preserve.

Stanley, Falkland Islands
Stanley-brewed beers such as Longdon Pride and Rock Hopper represent the local brewery.

Falkland Islands
Patagonian squid from Falklands waters is served fresh or fried as local seafood.

Falkland Islands
Small savoury empanadas with meat, raisins, and olives appear in Falklands Christmas baking.

Falkland Islands
Local honey is bottled from hives foraged on Falklands plants.

Falkland Islands
Grass-fed sheep meat from Falklands pastures, covering both young lamb and mature mutton cuts.

Falkland Islands
Patagonian scallops from Falklands waters are a limited local seafood fishery.

Falkland Islands
Introduced sea trout are harvested in Falklands waters and served as local fish.

Falkland Islands
Slow-cooked mutton, potatoes, onions, and roots form a warming island winter stew.

Gibraltar, United Kingdom
Battered white fish — cod, haddock or plaice — deep-fried to order with thick-cut chips, salt and malt vinegar, wrapped in paper.

England, United Kingdom
White fish, smoked haddock and often prawns and egg in a béchamel, under a mashed potato crust baked until browned.

England, United Kingdom
A fried plate of bacon, sausage, egg, black pudding, grilled tomato, mushrooms and baked beans, with fried bread or toast and a mug of tea.

England, United Kingdom
Suet pastry spread with jam, rolled into a log, wrapped and steamed, then sliced into spirals and served with custard.

United Kingdom
Mince pie is a pie from England, rooted in local cooking tradition.

Falkland Islands
Patagonian toothfish from Falklands waters has rich, buttery white flesh.

United Kingdom
Leiteoige
Pinhead or rolled oats simmered with water and salt and stirred until thick, eaten with milk, cream or a little sugar.

United Kingdom
Cask-conditioned beer that finishes fermenting in the cask and is pulled by hand pump, served cool rather than cold and lightly carbonated.

England, United Kingdom
Sharp rhubarb baked under a rubbed-in topping of flour, butter and sugar until the fruit bubbles up through the crust.

United Kingdom
Seasoned sausage meat rolled in puff pastry, baked in a long strip and cut into portions, eaten hot from a bakery counter or cold at a party.

United Kingdom
Sconaí
A small plain or fruited quick bread, split and spread with jam and clotted cream as the centre of a cream tea.

England, United Kingdom
A boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, breadcrumbed and fried or baked, eaten cold from the fridge or hot in a pub.

England, United Kingdom
Minced lamb cooked down with onion, carrot and stock, topped with mashed potato and baked until the peaks brown.

Scotland, United Kingdom
A biscuit of flour, butter and sugar in a three-to-two-to-one ratio, baked pale and sandy with no raising agent.

Falkland Islands
A shared Falklands spread of tea or coffee with scones, cakes, and biscuits.