John Townshend’s 1773 Recipe for ‘Quince Pudding’
This C18th recipe for a custard-based quince dish turned out to be eerily familiar…
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Elizabeth Raffald’s 1769 Recipe for ‘Raspberry Fritters’
This fried, donut-like dish sounds like a tasty way to make use of a raspberry glut, should you be lucky enough to have one.
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Elizabeth Raffald’s 1769 Recipe for ‘Damson Dumplins’
In which a very tasty-sounding C18th damson pudding recipe leads to much dumplin-themed discussion.
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Vincent la Chapelle’s 1733 Recipe for ‘Apples the Portuguese Way’
Here’s another very tasty-sounding C18th baked apple recipe, made Portuguese with the inclusion of apricot marmelade.
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Mary Hooker’s 1846 Recipe for ‘Berry Pudding’
Here’s an incredibly simple, batter-based, fruit pudding recipe from the nineteenth century.
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Esther Copley’s 1827 Recipe for ‘Baked Apple or Gooseberry Pudding’
Here’s a quick and easy recipe for a batter pudding, that sounds like a delicious way to make great use of some of your gooseberry crop.
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Alexis Soyer’s 1855 Recipe for Fruit Puddings
This is a very simple recipe for a classic, English-style, boiled pudding, penned by a rather remarkable author.
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Dr Alvin Wood Chase’s 1871 Recipe for ‘Apple Pie Which is Digestible’
Well, you wouldn’t want to have to choke your way through an indigestible apple pie, would you?
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The Twelve Historical Fruit Recipes of Christmas
Tra la laaaa la la laaaa la, tra la la la la laaaa! It’s Christmas time, and here’s a selection of fruity dishes from the archives for your holiday dinner table.
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Gertrude Mackay’s 1913 Recipe for ‘Sweet Cider Frappe’
Here’s another recipe from Mrs Mackay’s early C20th apple recipe collection, this time for a rather super-sounding cider sorbet.
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Nellie Willey’s 1887 Recipe for ‘Apple Snow’
Here’s a quick and easy recipe that makes good use of a bit of apple purée and a leftover egg white.
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How To: Make Mini Baked Apples with Flapjack Stuffing
This baked apple pudding is simple and quick to prepare and bake, and is absolutely delicious with lashings of custard.
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Hannah Glasse’s 1747 Recipe for ‘Apricot Pudding’
Anyone for an eighteenth century apricot custard recipe?
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Gertrude Mackay’s 1913 Recipe for ‘Apple Macedoine’
Here’s a light, tasty apple dish that sounds perfect for a summer dessert, or an aperitif, if you hold to the author’s serving suggestion.
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William Salmon’s 1696 Recipe for ‘Apple Florentines’
Here’s an early, C17th version of a “Florentine” dish that’s much simpler than later recipes that bear the same name.
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Gertrude Mackay’s 1913 Recipe for ‘Apples à la Parisienne’
Here’s another quick and easy meringue-finished dessert dish from Gertrude’s early C20th collection of apple recipes.
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John Farley’s 1783 Recipe for ‘Prune Pudding’
Here’s a typically gnomic C18th recipe for a boiled plum pudding, which I’m sure would be very tasty, if you can get it to work…
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Gervase Markham’s 1623 Recipe for ‘A Pruen Tart’
This seventeenth century recipe for damson tarts sounds absolutely delicious. I think I’ll be giving this one a go.
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Mrs J. C. Croly’s 1866 Recipe for ‘Apple and Tapioca / Sago Pudding’
Can this pair of mid-C19th recipes redeem two nightmare puddings of school-day infamy, via the addition of tasty baked apples?
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Robert May’s 1665 Recipe for ‘Taffety Tart’
This C17th receipt calls for thin pastry, layers of apple, sugar and lemon peel;, iced over with rose-water butter-cream, and it sounds both simple and delicious.
