Table of Contents

Preface

Opening

A Royal Introduction

ROYAL TEA SCONES

Chapter 1 The Royal Year

Chapter 2 Buckingham Palace: Winter Balls and Summer Teas

CROQUES MONSIEUR

GLENEAGLES PÂTÉ

CHILLED TOMATO AND DILL MOUSSE WITH LOBSTER

STILTON AND PECAN SABLÉS WITH GRILLED PEARS

HERBED CREPES WITH GOAT CHEESE AND MAPLE SALMON

SAUSAGE ROLLS

GAELIC STEAKS

SPINACH SOUFFLÉ

SAGE DERBY DAUPHINOISE POTATOES

RASPBERRY ICE CREAM

BATTENBURG CAKE

CHOCOLATE BISCUIT CAKE

EARL GREY TEA CAKE

JAM AND CREAM SWISS ROLL

RASPBERRY TARTLETS

ICED COFFEE

Chapter 3 Windsor Castle: Rites of Spring

SPRING ASPARAGUS SOUP WITH DILL

CUCUMBER AND MINT MOUSSE

CHIVE CREAM DRESSING

ROAST SPRING LEG OF LAMB

BEEF WELLINGTON

RACK OF LAMB WITH GARLIC, ROSEMARY, AND JUNIPER

SOLE MURAT

SALMON EN CROÛTE

CHOUX À LA CHERBOURG (CABBAGE IN A CREAMY GARLIC AND BACON SAUCE)

ROASTED SPRING VEGETABLES

NORMANDY-STYLE BOULANGÈRE POTATOES

PETIT POIS À LA FRANÇAIS (FRENCH-STYLE PEAS)

POMMES FONDANTES

DILL CREAM SAUCE

VANILLA ICE CREAM

ANDRASSY PUDDING

CREPES ISLANDAISE

COFFEE MOUSSE

BRANDY SNAPS

CRÈME BRÛLÉE

ENGLISH PANCAKES

CHOCOLATE PERFECTION PIE

ROYAL BIRTHDAY CAKE

VANILLA SUGAR

LEMON MILLE-FEUILLE WITH RHUBARB COULIS

FRAMBOISES ST. GEORGE

LEMON CHEESE

MULBERRY GIN

Chapter 4 HMY Britannia: Summer on the High Seas

FRENCH DRESSING

BEEF CARBONNADE

EGGS DRUMKILBO

CHEESE SOUFFLÉ

POJARSKI SMITANE

TENDERLOIN STEAKS WITH STILTON AND WALNUT CRUST AND MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE

HADDOCK ST. GERMAIN

LEMON REFRESHER

COLD LEMON SOUFFLÉ

TARTE TATIN

YOGURT BRÛLÉE WITH MANGO AND PAPAYA

JAM AND CREAM SPONGE

ISLE OF WIGHT PUDDING

Chapter 5 Balmoral Castle: Autumn in the Highlands

CURRIED SALMON KEDGEREE

SALMON FISHCAKES

POACHED EGGS EN CROÛTE

GRAVAD LAX WITH SAUCE SUEDOISE

COTTAGE PIE

MARINATED PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS

STEAK DIANE

TENDERLOIN STEAKS STUFFED WITH BOURSIN WITH A ROSEMARY, BELL PEPPER SAUCE

POACHED SALMON WITH DILL HOLLANDAISE

GOUJONS OF SALMON WITH TYROLIENNE SAUCE

GLENFIDDICH CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

SCOTTISH THISTLE SHORTBREAD

SUMMER PUDDING

CRATHIE CRUNCH

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

GREEK YOGURT AND STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE

PEACH PRINCESS

OLD ENGLISH APPLE PIE

VEILED FARMER’S DAUGHTER

QUEEN OF PUDDINGS

BALMORAL STRAWBERRY JAM

Chapter 6 Sandringham House: A Royal Christmas

STILTON FRITTERS WITH CREAMY WALNUT DRESSING

MASHED POTATOES

ROAST TURKEY

BREAD SAUCE

PIQUANT DILL AND LIME SAUCE

CHICKEN AND LEEK PIE

CURRIED CHICKEN PIES

VENISON STEW

SUPREME OF PHEASANT STUFFED WITH GOAT CHEESE

LAMB RAAN (INDIAN LEG OF LAMB)

NAVARIN OF LAMB WITH HERBED DUMPLINGS

IRISH STEW

BREAST OF PHEASANT WITH A PEARL BARLEY “RISOTTO”

BEEF CURRY—ENGLISH STYLE

BASMATI RICE PILAF

MINCE PIES

TREACLE TART

CHOCOLATE ROULADE “YULE LOG”

TRADITIONAL IRISH SODA BREAD

CHRISTMAS CAKE

MULLED WINE

BRANDY SAUCE

CHRISTMAS PUDDING

STEAMED SYRUP SPONGE PUDDING

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH TRIFLE

Chapter 7 Kensington Palace: A Home for All Seasons

CARROT AND EGG ROULADE WITH MESCLUN SALAD AND A MAPLE GINGER DRESSING

AVOCADO AND HEARTS OF PALM SALAD

FALL GREENS WITH ROASTED BEETS, CARAMELIZED WALNUTS, AND GOAT CHEESE WITH WALNUT DRESSING

PRESSED VEGETABLE TERRINE

PARSNIP AND APPLE SOUP WITH PARMESAN-CHIVE FOAM

STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

SPINACH AND RED PEPPER ROULADE WITH SHAVED PARMESAN

PEAR AND WALNUT SALAD WITH PARMESAN BALSAMIC DRESSING

LOBSTER THERMIDOR

SMOKED SALMON AND CRABMEAT CUSTARDS

CHILLED TOMATO AND DILL MOUSSE (FAT-FREE VERSION)

STUFFED AUBERGINE (STUFFED EGGPLANT)

PUREED HERB DRESSING

POACHED EGGS SUZETTE

PEACH PANNA COTTA

ICED PRALINE AND AMARETTO SOUFFLÉ WITH POACHED PEAR

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