Historical recipes

Recreate dishes from the past with our historic recipes

How to make sugar-free Tudor biscuits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

18th-century mushroom ketchup | Historical recipe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: WW2 crumb fudge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: Victorian beef fritters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This recipe – budget broccoli soup – utilises broccoli stalks left over from other dishes. (Photo courtesy of Eleanor Barnett)

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: budget broccoli soup. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.

A smoking bishop with oranges and cinnamon

A Christmas feastHow to make a Victorian smoking bishop. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Georgian Twelfth cake. (Photo by Eleanor Barnett)

A Christmas feastHow to make Georgian Twelfth cake. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Christmas feastHow to make a Stuart mince pie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A dish of coronation chicken

Historical recipe: Annie Gray's coronation chicken

American actress Ethel Grandin (1894 - 1988) holds a wine glass for a man in a tuxedo in a still from an unidentified silent film, circa 1920. (Photo by Vintage Images/Getty Images)

Historical recipeAlcoholic punch

Devonshire squab pie on a tray (Picture by 'We Make Magazines')

Historical recipeDevonshire squab pie

Claret jelly (Picture by Sam Nott)

Historical recipeClaret jelly

Chinese tea eggs (Picture by Sam Nott)

Historical recipeChinese tea eggs

Historical recipeClassic canelés

Historical recipeDampfnudeln

Historical recipeBakewell pudding

Sly cakes (Picture by Sam Nott)

Historical recipeSly cakes

Historical recipeRoly-poly pudding

Image of mersu balls. (Shutterstock ID 1681908751)

Historical recipeMersu

Image of spiced carrot pudding

Historical recipeCarrot pudding

These nutritious and long-lasting Anzac biscuits are often associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. (Credit: Sam Nott)

Historical recipeAnzac Biscuits

Woolton pie, a vegetarian dish popular during WW2

Historical recipe:Woolton pie

Coronation chicken recipe

Historical recipeCoronation chicken

Tudor pie.

Historical recipeTudor vegetable pie

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Vintage illustration of a variety of strawberry desserts.

QuizWhat historical recipe should you try next?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Christmas feastThree historical festive recipes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical recipeNesselrode pudding

Historical recipeChewit – a meat and fruit pie