Orange Glazed Beef Brisket

Preparing this beef brisket was very easy. It was cooked in the oven covered with water for 3 hours. Surprisingly the recipe did not call for any salt. After the long cooking time the beef brisket was tender and tasted plain. However, the glazed surface …

Asparagus with Egg, Garlic, and Lemon Juice

I made this side dish to serve with Orange Glazed Beef Brisket. The citrus flavor of both dishes paired well together. This asparagus side dish should be called “Asparagus with BUTTER, Lemon Juice, Egg, Garlic and Tarragon”. Five tablespoons of butter was too much for …

Downton Pound Cake

This pound cake was a baking disaster. The recipe started of like any other bundt cake recipe: butter, sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract, and egg yolks.  It seemed normal to me to add three cups of flour and a quarter teaspoon of baking powder to …

Grantham Steamed Orange Marmalade Pudding

The texture of this orange marmalade pudding reminds me of a bundt cake. The richness and sweetness of the pudding go very well with the bitterness of black coffee. I used four 7 ounce ramekins and steamed them in two batches. I did not have …

Apricot Crowned Jewels

32 small cookies were gone in three days! The few survivors were shared with friends. No wonder, the apricot crowned jewels tasted heavenly! The cookies are made of a slightly sweetened cream cheese dough, rolled in coarsely ground almonds and crowned with store bought apricot …

Abbey Baked Eggs and Mushrooms in Cheddar Cream

“I don’t like my eggs runny, but I like how you prepared them,” my husband comments on au gratin eggs and mushrooms. What he’s really saying is that even if you don’t like sunny side up eggs, you should try this elegant and simple dish. …

Queen Victoria Rice Pudding

My 18 month old loved the rice pudding with red currant jelly. The adults in the house found it to be a bit dry, but adding some milk fixed the issue. Turns out my husband likes to add some sugar to the milk before mixing …

Savory Caraway Cabbage

This semisweet caraway cabbage can replace its fermented brethren in pastrami sandwiches without a loss in flavor. It can also replace rye bread in the law carb diet, thanks to caraway seeds.  I served it with chipotle sausage and a tangy spicy BBQ sauce from …

Whitefish in Cream

If you like onion you’ll love this dish. Chef Larry Edwards talks about how the abbey cooks would use the whole fish when preparing this dish. I used trout that I purchased from Whole Foods. The fish still had some bones despite being gutted. The …

Pearl Barley Soup

This thick and creamy pearl barley soup evoked my family’s many favorite flavors. It has onion, leek, celery, ham. The soup reminded me of the taste of potato leek soup. Except instead of hearty potatoes there was smooth barley. The savory taste wasn’t overpowering. I …