Scotland, United Kingdom
Buttery Rowie
Rowie
Buttery Rowie is a traditional pastry from United Kingdom.
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Birmingham, United Kingdom
Cadbury Dairy Milk
A soft, sweet milk chocolate bar made to a glass-and-a-half milk formula, moulded into chunky rectangles in a purple wrapper.
Wales, United Kingdom
Caerphilly
A young white cows' cheese, crumbly and lemony at the centre with a softer creamy layer under the rind.
Wales, United Kingdom
Cambrian Mountains Lamb
Cambrian Mountains Lamb is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Wales, United Kingdom
Carmarthen Ham
Carmarthen Ham is a Welsh dry-cured pork ham from Carmarthen, matured for slicing.
England, United Kingdom
Cauliflower Cheese
A British baked dish of cauliflower florets in a Cheddar cheese sauce, gratinated until golden and bubbling, a classic Sunday roast side.
Wales, United Kingdom
Cawl
A one-pot broth of lamb or bacon with leek, potato and swede, cooked slowly and often eaten over two days.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Champ
Brúitín
An Irish dish of mashed potatoes with scallions, butter, and warm milk, an Ulster classic
England, United Kingdom
Cheese and Onion Pie
A shortcrust pie filled with softened onions and sharp Cheddar in a creamy sauce, baked until golden, a humble British comfort food.
London, United Kingdom
Chelsea Bun
A square spiral of enriched dough rolled with currants, butter and spice, baked in a tray and glazed sticky while hot.
London, United Kingdom
Cherries Jubilee
Cherries Jubilee is cherries in a kirsch-flavoured sauce, flambéed and served hot over vanilla ice cream.
England, United Kingdom
Cheshire Cheese
One of England's oldest cheeses, a crumbly, semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Cheshire with a mild, salty, tangy flavour, coloured white or orange with annatto.
United Kingdom
Chicken Tikka Masala
चिकन टिक्का मसाला
Grilled marinated chicken pieces in a mild creamy tomato sauce coloured orange-red, worked out in Britain's Indian restaurants rather than in India.
England, United Kingdom
Chip Butty
Hot chips in a buttered white bread roll, with salt, vinegar and often brown sauce or ketchup.
France
Chipolatas
Thin, short, mildly spiced pork sausages popular across the UK, the number one choice for pigs in blankets and a common breakfast sausage.
England, United Kingdom
Chorley Cake
Chorley Cake is a traditional cake from United Kingdom.
England, United Kingdom
Christmas Cake
A dark fruit cake fed with brandy over weeks, then covered with marzipan and hard royal or fondant icing.
United Kingdom
Christmas Pudding
A dense steamed pudding of dried fruit, suet, spice and brandy, made weeks ahead, steamed again on the day and flamed at the table.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Clapshot
Clapshot is an Orkney mash of potatoes and swede seasoned with butter, chives, and pepper.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Cock-a-Leekie
A traditional Scottish soup of chicken and leeks simmered in broth, often with prunes, dating back to the 16th century.
United Kingdom
Cockles
Ruacain
Small bivalves raked from tidal sands, boiled, shelled and eaten cold with vinegar and white pepper from a paper pot.
England, United Kingdom
Colman's English Mustard
A fiercely hot yellow mustard from ground brown and white seed, sold as powder in a yellow tin or ready-mixed in a jar.
Wales, United Kingdom
Conwy Mussels
Conwy Mussels is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
England, United Kingdom
Cornish clotted cream
Cornish clotted cream is thick cream slowly heated until a rich crust forms on the surface.
England, United Kingdom
Cornish fairing
Cornish fairings are crisp, spiced ginger biscuits with a cracked, sugary surface.
England, United Kingdom
Cornish Pasty
A crimped half-moon of shortcrust filled raw with beef skirt, swede, potato and onion, then baked so the filling cooks in its own steam.
England, United Kingdom
Cornish Sardines
Cornish Sardines is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
London, United Kingdom
Coronation Chicken
Cold cooked chicken in a mild curried mayonnaise with apricot and sultanas, created for Elizabeth II's coronation lunch in 1953.
England, United Kingdom
Cottage Pie
Minced beef in gravy under a mashed potato crust, baked until the surface is golden and the edges bubble.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Cranachan
Whipped cream folded with toasted oatmeal, whisky and heather honey, layered with raspberries.
England, United Kingdom
Cream Tea
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
Crumpet
A soft yeasted batter cake cooked in a ring on a griddle so the top sets full of holes, toasted and drowned in butter.
England, United Kingdom
Cucumber sandwich
A cucumber sandwich uses thin cucumber slices, buttered crustless bread, and light seasoning for afternoon tea.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Cullen Skink
A thick soup of smoked haddock, potato, onion and milk, from the fishing village of Cullen on the Moray coast.
England, United Kingdom
Cumberland sauce
Cumberland sauce is a sharp redcurrant-and-orange sauce with port, served with game or ham.
England, United Kingdom
Cumberland Sausage
A coarse-cut pork sausage seasoned with pepper, sold in one continuous unlinked coil and sold by length rather than by the sausage.