Historical recipes

Recreate dishes from the past with our historic recipes

How to make sugar-free Tudor biscuits.

18th-century mushroom ketchup | Historical recipe.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: WW2 crumb fudge.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: Victorian beef fritters.

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.

A smoking bishop with oranges and cinnamon

A Christmas feastHow to make a Victorian smoking bishop.

Georgian Twelfth cake. (Photo by Eleanor Barnett)

A Christmas feastHow to make Georgian Twelfth cake.

A Christmas feastHow to make a Stuart mince pie.

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.

Learn more about the history of food

From excess soil to resurrection: the many ways Egyptians used wine.

Vintage illustration of a variety of strawberry desserts.

QuizWhat historical recipe should you try next?.

A Christmas feastThree historical festive recipes.

Historical recipeNesselrode pudding.