Lake District Recipes

Traditional Sherry Trifle Recipe
The best ever sherry trifle recipe for a special occasion
Looking for a special dessert? My traditional sherry trifle recipe makes a stunning dessert for all your special holiday meals. Sherry trifle is a great easy dessert for a party or special occasion,as you make it in advance and just take it out of the fridge, with no last minute fuss. This traditional sherry trifle is a great celebration dessert for any occasion.My best ever sherry trifle recipe has been a Thanksgiving recipe and a Christmas recipe in my family for many years..It's also a gr...

Blackberry and Apple Crumble with a hint of ginger
Grasmere Apple and Blackberry Crumble Recipe
Apple Crumble , is a great home made dessert, served hot to your table, impressive yet easy to make. Apples are available all year round, so this is an anytime dessert, but right now, with the apples being harvested, is the best time to make apple desserts. To make your apple crumble even more special. add some blackberries, and the secret ingredient, ginger. What could be nicer than a blackberry and apple crumble? You can use canned or frozen blackberries for this recipe if fresh blackberrie...

Traditional Lake District Food
Why is traditional Lake District food made with ginger, rum, brown sugar and exotic spices?
Traditional Lake District Food is spicy and distinctive. Lake District recipes as we now know developed in the 18th century ,when exotic spices, fruits and sugar came into the busy port of Whitehaven,Cumberland ( now part of Cumbria) one of the largest ports in the world at that time, from the Indies. These exotic West Indian ingredients gave traditional Lake District food its distinctive flavors. The rich flavors of rum, dark sugar, dried fruits and spices feature in Traditional Lake Distric...

Lake District Tea Bread Recipe
Lakeland Tea Bread- a traditional tea bread recipe from the Lake District.
Tea bread is a traditional Lake District recipe, perfect for afternoon tea What is tea bread? Well, it's a sort of fruit loaf that uses tea ,( yes tea that you drink) in its preparation. When you've made the tea bread, you can then eat it with a cup of tea, at afternoon tea time! As the days get shorter, curl up with a cup of tea and a slice of tea bread at the end of an afternoon walk. You deserve a treat. There are lots of different Lake District recipes for tea bread- Borrowdale Tea bread...