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Traditional & Tasty Midlands Recipes

This is a growing collection of Traditional & Tasty Midlands Recipes (both the East Midlands and West Midlands). Check back soon for additions.

Being an East Midlander I'm extremely fond of mushy peas, Nottinghamshire pie and Buxton pudding. However, crossing over to the West Midlands I wouldn't want you to miss recipes for Brummie bacon cakes, the Birmingham Balti or Malvern pudding.

  • Three slices of iced Leicester sand cake on a plate with flowers and raspberries.
    Sand Cake from Leicester
  • Towcester cheesecakes made from curds and currants and presented in pastry shells.
    Pastry Cheesecakes (Towcester Cheesecakes)
  • Homemade mushy peas recipe - featured image
    Mushy Peas Recipe with Foolproof Instructions
  • Close-up of grey peys and bacon made from carlin peas in a bowl with parsley garnish.
    Grey Peas and Bacon
  • Partially sliced Trentham tart topped with glacé icing, glacé cherries and walnuts.
    Trentham Tart - A Cake Tart Recipe
  • Close up image of cherry Bakewell tart topped with glacé icing and red glacé cherries.
    Cherry Bakewell Tart
  • Sliced rum fruit cake with glacé cherries and almonds on the top.
    Rum Fruit Cake (Melton Hunt Cake)
  • Close up of a whole Bakewell tart.
    Bakewell Pudding
  • Close up of a sausage pie decorated with the word 'oink'.
    Sausage Pie with Apple and Bacon
  • Close-up of an old-fashioned suet pudding sprinkled with caster sugar in an oval serving dish.
    Baked Suet Pudding (Mansfield Pudding)
  • Close-up of pikelets on a plate with one on top with butter on it.
    Pikelets
  • Close up of beef and mushroom stew in a cooking pot.
    Beef Stew with Mushrooms (Warwickshire Stew)
  • Square image of puff pastry and mincemeat turnovers.
    Coventry God Cakes
  • Soul cakes with autumn foliage.
    Soul Cakes from Shropshire
  • Close up of thor cake (a version of parkin).
    Thor Cake - Black Treacle Cake from Derbyshire
  • Close up of slices of Lincolnshire plum bread.
    Lincolnshire Plum Bread
  • Close up of unglazed and glazed currant buns.
    Currant Buns (Belvoir Castle Buns)
  • Close up of a Birmingham balti curry made with lamb.
    Lamb Balti Curry (Birmingham Balti)
  • Steamed Jam and Sponge Pudding topped with fresh raspberries.
    Steamed Jam Sponge Pudding (Northamptonshire Pudding)
  • Close-up of a part-served Malvern pudding with custard and apples.
    Malvern Pudding (Custard Apple Pudding)
  • Close up of Shrewsbury biscuits.
    Shrewsbury Biscuits (Shrewsbury Cakes)
  • Close-up of Brummie bacon cakes (eggless scones with cheese and bacon).
    Brummie Bacon Cakes
  • Close up photo of Buxton pudding with a slice cut.
    Buxton Pudding
  • A part eaten steak and stilton pie in an enamel pot.
    Steak and Stilton Pie (Nottinghamshire Pie)
  • North Staffordshire oatcakes filled with Blue Stilton cheese and fried mushrooms.
    Staffordshire Oatcakes

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