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60 great British recipes fit for a queen

From simple scones and classic cakes to best-ever roast beef with all the sides, here are 60 great British recipes for a right royal tribute.

58 recipes
Buttermilk scones with jam and cream.
EASY

Buttermilk scones

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Gluten-free coconut and raspberry cake.

Coconut and raspberry cake with chocolate ganache

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Simple dessert: Strawberries and cream millefeuille.
EASY

Strawberries and cream millefeuille

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Lemonade scone slab with strawberry jam, cream and fresh strawberries.
EASY

Scone slab with chunky strawberry jam and cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Little raspberry, cream and jelly sponges.

Raspberry cream sponge petits fours

  • 2 hrs +
Nagi Maehashi (aka RecipeTin Eats) treacle pudding.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Treacle pudding

  • Nagi Maehashi
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Golden syrup pudding.

Golden syrup pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Nagi Maehashi (aka Recipe Tin Eats) roast beef with roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, gravy and steamed peas and carrots.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Best ever British roast beef (and gravy)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Nagi Maehashi
Strawberry shortcake.
EASY

Strawberries and cream with vanilla shortbread

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Chocolate cake wioth ganache.

Chocolate cake with ganache

  • 1-2 hrs
Helen Goh developed this recipe after a friend's take on her chocolate cake converted her to traybakes.
EASY

Raspberry, pistachio and lime traybake with cream cheese icing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Strawberry and cream shortcakes.
EASY

Strawberry and cream shortcakes

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Yeasted buns filled with rhubarb compote and vanilla cream.

Helen Goh's rhubarb and vanilla cream splits

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Chocolate hazelnut cake with mascarpone.
EASY

Chocolate hazelnut cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
This recipe was a closely-guarded secret, until now.
EASY

Helen Goh's favourite orange cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
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Chocolate fondant cake with Grand Marnier poached oranges.

Chocolate fondant cake with Grand Marnier poached oranges

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Slow-roasted rib of beef served with horseradish cream and potato gratin.

Slow-roasted rib of beef with horseradish cream (and potato gratin)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Pork belly with rhubarb chutney, Frank Camorra.
EASY

Roast pork belly with crackling

  • 2 hrs +
Tip: Slicing across the grain makes the lamb more tender.

Neil Perry's roast leg of lamb with creamed spinach

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Roast potatoes

Roast potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Heston Blumenthal
Rare roast beef salad.
EASY

Rare roast beef salad with carpaccio dressing

  • < 30 mins
Winter nights: Sirloin with pan gravy, eschalots and Jerusalem artichokes.

Beef recipe: Roast sirloin with gravy juices and Jerusalem artichokes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Prawn rolls.
EASY

Prawn rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's potato gratin.

Neil Perry's potato gratin

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
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cr: William Meppem recipe - Roast parsnips with mint gremolata

Roast parsnips with mint gremolata

  • < 30 mins
Chocolate bread and butter pudding with blueberry sauce.

Chocolate bread and butter pudding with blueberry sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Lynne Mullins
Rum and raisin bread and butter pudding.

Rum and raisin bread and butter pudding

  • 2 hrs +
  • Luke Mangan
Serve this apple cake with double cream.

Warm apple, brown butter and almond cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Devonshire splits

Devonshire splits (light yeast buns with jam and cream)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Stephanie Alexander
Scones meet strawberry shortcakes - the creme fraiche makes for a deliciously tender dough.

Strawberry, lime and creme fraiche scones

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
A ploughman's platter in salad form.
EASY

Ploughman's salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Ploughman's platter.
EASY

Ploughman's lunch

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Fast and easy chocolate cake.

Fast and easy chocolate cake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Helen Goh's autumnal cake.

Pear cake with rye and ginger

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Lobster sandwiches for Valentine's.
EASY

Lobster sandwiches

  • < 30 mins
Bread and butter pudding,

Bread and butter pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Frank Camorra
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