England, United Kingdom
Lancashire Hotpot
Lamb or mutton and onion slow-baked under overlapping sliced potatoes that brown into a lid.
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Wales, United Kingdom
Laverbread
Laver seaweed boiled for hours to a dark green purée, rolled in oatmeal and fried, served with bacon and cockles at breakfast.
England, United Kingdom
Lemon Drizzle Cake
A plain loaf sponge pricked all over while hot and soaked with a syrup of lemon juice and sugar that sets to a crust.
England, United Kingdom
Lincolnshire Sausage
A chunky pork sausage dominated by sage, coarser and herbier than the standard British banger.
London, United Kingdom
London cure smoked salmon
London-cure smoked salmon is Scottish salmon dry-cured with salt and sugar and then cold-smoked.
United Kingdom
London Dry Gin
A juniper-led gin in which all botanicals are distilled with the spirit and nothing is added afterwards but water.
London, United Kingdom
London Particular
London Particular is thick yellow split-pea and ham soup named for London’s old pea-souper fogs.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Long Vodka
Long Vodka is a Scottish tall cocktail of vodka, citrus, and mixer, served over ice.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Lorne Sausage
A Scottish square-sliced sausage made from minced beef or pork, seasoned and pressed into a slab, then sliced and fried, a breakfast staple.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Lough Neagh Eel
European eels from Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland's biggest fishery and an EU PGI.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Lough Neagh Pollan
Lough Neagh Pollan is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Manchester Tart
Manchester tart is a pastry case layered with raspberry jam, custard, banana, and coconut.
England, United Kingdom
Marmite
A sticky black yeast extract left over from brewing, intensely salty and savoury, scraped thin onto buttered toast.
England, United Kingdom
Marsh Samphire
A bright green succulent that grows on salt marshes, naturally salty and eaten briefly steamed with butter and fish.
England, United Kingdom
Meat and potato pie
Meat and potato pie is a pie from England, rooted in local cooking tradition. Distinct from food-meat-pie.
England, United Kingdom
Melton Mowbray Pork Pie
Uncured chopped pork in a hand-raised hot-water crust, baked free-standing and filled with pork jelly after baking.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Millionaire's Shortbread
A layered tray bake of buttery shortbread, caramel filling and a dark chocolate topping, named for its rich, indulgent combination.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Mince and Tatties
A Scottish comfort food of minced beef in a thick gravy served over creamy mashed potatoes, the nation's most everyday home-cooked dish.
United Kingdom
Mince Pie
Mince pie is a pie from England, rooted in local cooking tradition.
England, United Kingdom
Mint Sauce
Chopped mint steeped in vinegar with a little sugar, poured thin over roast lamb.
United Kingdom
Mulligatawny
A curried soup of Anglo-Indian origin, made with meat, rice, lentils, apples and curry spices, created during the British Raj in the 18th century.
England, United Kingdom
Mushy Peas
Dried marrowfat peas soaked with bicarbonate of soda and simmered to a thick green purée, served with fish and chips or pies.
England, United Kingdom
Native Oyster
The flat native oyster, round and metallic-tasting, in season only in months containing an R, fished from Kent and Essex beds.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Neeps and Tatties
Swede and potato boiled and mashed separately, buttered and heavily peppered, the fixed accompaniment to haggis.
England, United Kingdom
New Forest Pannage Ham
New Forest Pannage Ham is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
New Season Comber Potatoes
Comber Earlies
New Season Comber Potatoes is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
England, United Kingdom
Newmarket Sausage
Newmarket Sausage is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Oatcakes
Thin dry biscuits of oatmeal and fat baked on a girdle, eaten with cheese, soup or smoked fish rather than sweet toppings.
London, United Kingdom
Omelette Arnold Bennett
Omelette Arnold Bennett is a softly set omelette with smoked haddock, cream, and Parmesan, finished under heat.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Orkney Beef
Orkney Beef is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Orkney Lamb
Orkney Lamb is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar
Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
England, United Kingdom
Pan haggerty
Pan haggerty is a Northumberland bake of layered potatoes, onions, and cheese cooked in a pan.
England, United Kingdom
Panackelty
Panackelty is a North East England casserole of potatoes, onions, and meat slowly cooked together.
England, United Kingdom
Parkin
A dense oatmeal and black treacle gingerbread, baked and then left in a tin for days to go sticky.
England, United Kingdom
Parmo
A Teesside dish of a breaded chicken cutlet deep-fried, topped with béchamel sauce and Cheddar cheese, then grilled until bubbling.