England, United Kingdom
Pease Pudding
Split yellow peas boiled with a ham hock until they collapse into a thick savoury paste, spread cold on bread with ham or served hot beside boiled bacon.
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Wales, United Kingdom
Pembrokeshire Earlies
Pembrokeshire Early Potatoes
Pembrokeshire Earlies is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Wales, United Kingdom
Pembrokeshire Native Oysters
Pembrokeshire Native Oysters is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Wales, United Kingdom
Pembrokeshire Rock Oysters
Pembrokeshire Rock Oysters is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
United Kingdom
Perry
An alcoholic drink made from fermented pear juice, traditional in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, similar to cider but made from pears.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Petticoat Tails
A traditional Scottish shortbread shaped into a round and cut into triangular segments, resembling the petticoat hoops of 18th-century dresses.
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Phall
Phall is an exceptionally hot British curry of meat, tomato, and large amounts of chilli.
United Kingdom
Piccalilli
Cauliflower, onion and gherkin in a bright yellow mustard and turmeric sauce, sharp and crunchy.
London, United Kingdom
Pie and Mash
A minced beef pie with mashed potato and a green parsley sauce made with the liquor from stewed eels.
England, United Kingdom
Pie barm
A pie barm is a Wigan meat pie split into a bread roll, often with gravy or mushy peas.
England, United Kingdom
Pigs in Blankets
Small sausages wrapped in bacon, roasted until crisp, a Christmas dinner staple and Sunday roast side across the UK.
London, United Kingdom
Pimm's Cup
A gin-based fruit cup mixed with lemonade and packed with cucumber, orange, strawberry and mint, drunk through the summer.
England, United Kingdom
Ploughman's Lunch
A cold plate of hard cheese, crusty bread, pickle, pickled onion, apple and often ham, served in pubs at lunchtime.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Poitin
Poitín is a strong Irish spirit traditionally distilled from potatoes, grain, or malt.
United Kingdom
Porridge
Leiteoige
Pinhead or rolled oats simmered with water and salt and stirred until thick, eaten with milk, cream or a little sugar.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Potato Bread
Fadge
Mashed potato worked with flour and butter, rolled thin, cut into triangles and cooked on a griddle, then fried at breakfast.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Potato Scone
Scottish potato scones are flat griddled rounds made from mashed potato, flour, and butter.
England, United Kingdom
Potted Shrimp
Tiny brown shrimps set in spiced clarified butter with mace and cayenne, served cold with hot toast.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Pratie Oaten
Pratie Oaten is a County Antrim breakfast cake of mashed potato and oats, fried or griddled.
England, United Kingdom
Queen of Puddings
Queen of Puddings is breadcrumb custard baked beneath a jam layer and soft meringue.
England, United Kingdom
Rag pudding
Rag pudding is an Oldham suet pastry parcel filled with beef and onion gravy, traditionally steamed.
United Kingdom
Real Ale
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
Red Leicester
A hard cows' cheese coloured deep orange with annatto, firmer and nuttier than a mild cheddar.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Red Pudding
Red pudding is a Scottish sausage-meat pudding coated in batter and deep-fried.
England, United Kingdom
Rhubarb Crumble
Sharp rhubarb baked under a rubbed-in topping of flour, butter and sugar until the fruit bubbles up through the crust.
England, United Kingdom
Roast Beef
A rib or sirloin joint roasted rare in the middle and rested, carved thin, and served with horseradish and its own pan juices.
England, United Kingdom
Saffron Cake
Saffron Cake is a traditional pastry from United Kingdom.
United Kingdom
Sausage Roll
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.
England, United Kingdom
Savoury patties
Hartlepool savoury patties are seasoned potato-and-onion cakes formed and fried until crisp.
United Kingdom
Scone
Sconaí
A small plain or fruited quick bread, split and spread with jam and clotted cream as the centre of a cream tea.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotch Beef
Scotch Beef is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotch Broth
A thick barley soup made on mutton or lamb stock with root vegetables and dried peas, cooked long enough to be a meal.
England, United Kingdom
Scotch Egg
A boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, breadcrumbed and fried or baked, eaten cold from the fridge or hot in a pub.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotch Lamb
Scotch Lamb is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotch Pie
A small straight-sided double-crust pie of spiced minced mutton, with the pastry wall standing above the lid to hold beans or gravy.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotch Whisky
Malted barley or grain spirit matured at least three years in oak in Scotland, from peated island malts to soft Speyside ones.