The Unofficial Poldark Cookbook: 85 Recipes from Eighteenth-Century Cornwall, from Shepherd's Pie to Cornish Pasties

by Tricia Cohen, Larry Edwards

Overview

The ultimate gift for Poldark fans!85 authentic recipes for your manor or boarding house...The mouthwatering Poldark cookery book you’ve dreamed about!

Divided into boarding house or manor, and complete with homey and festive dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, this Poldark cookbook features these classic recipes from the show including:

• Cornish Pasties
• Ale-Battered Fried Fish
• Red Lion Mutton Pie
• Truro Turnip Gratin
• Blueberry and Lemon Posset
• Cornwall Honey Spiced Morning Bread
• And more!

From Demelza’s Cornwall kitchen to the majestic Warleggan Mansion; from the oak dining room of Trenwith Manor to the rustic ambiance of the Red Lion Boarding House—food is everywhere in Ross Poldark’s Cornwall, England.

Celebrate the magic that is PBS Masterpiece’s hit series Poldark with the unofficial kitchen companion to the award-winning series that everyone is watching. Featuring authentic recipes from Georgian England that have been modernized for the contemporary palate, The Unofficial Poldark Cookbook also includes the history behind the show, references to its characters and events, and tips on how to recreate meals from eighteenth-century Cornwall in the modern day.

Learn to cook and eat like a miner, a ruthless banker, a scullery maid, or an heiress, and recreate the spirit of Poldark with this classic English cookbook in your homely kitchen or dining hall!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510737273
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	699,104
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Tricia Cohen grew up surrounded by family, food, and love. She is a hostess, gourmet home cook, and sous chef. She coauthored A Thyme and Place and A Thyme to Discover, two books in a three-part historical cookbook series. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Larry Edwards is a classically trained chef and internationally renowned food writer. He is the author of Edwardian Cooking, Style and Spice, and The American Table. His recipes have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the National Examiner. He lives and works in Tucson, Santa Fe, and San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii

Manor

Bread

Cornish Rye Bread 2

Potato Bread 4

Breakfast

Beef Hash 6

Clotted Cream 8

Cornish Cream Scones 10

Cornwall Honey Spice Morning Cake 12

Crumpets 14

Plum and Orange Curd 16

Desserts and Sweets

Blueberry and Lemon Posset 18

Candied Orange Peel 20

Christmas Plum and Currant Pudding with Brandy Hard Sauce 22

Earl Grey Pot de Crème 24

Elderflower Syllabub 26

English Walnut Cake 28

Honeycomb Crunch Ice Cream 30

Mint Lemon Curd Shortbread 32

Orange Custard Pudding 34

Port Wine and Chocolate Bonbons 36

Manor

Fowl

Apple Cider Cornish Gamecock with English Walnuts 38

Falmouth's Chicken 40

Herb and Citrus Roasted Chicken 42

Juniper- and Anise-Rubbed Duck with Blackberry Port Sauce 44

Orange Honev Chicken 46

Porthcurno Chicken 48

Killewarren Chicken 50

Meat and Pork

Apple Cider-Braised Beef 52

Cinnamon and Pancetta-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin 54

Manor Ham 56

Spiced Apple-Plugged Leg of Lamb 58

Veal and Mushroom Collops with Madeira Sauce 60

Seafood and Fish

Lemon and Tarragon Whitefish 62

Saint George's Whitefish and Sparrow Grass 63

Puffed Whitefish 64

Steamed Bass with Puréed Leeks and Herbs 66

Steamed Lobster Pudding with Horseradish Sauce 68

Manor

Soup

Barley Soup 70

Broccoli and Stilton Cream Soup 72

Butternut Cream Soup with Port 73

Cornish Cream of Chicken Soup 74

Deep Cream Fish Chowder 76

Vegetables

Pippins and Cabbage 78

Savory Pear Tart with Stilton and Honey 80

Boardinghouse

Bread

Brown Soda Bread 84

Herb Curd Cheese Bread 85

Red Lion Chowder Bread 86

Wheal Leisure Saffron Buns 88

Breakfast

Cornish Splits 90

Desserts and Sweets

Almond Cake with Cointreau Butter Sauce 92

Apple and Almond Pasties 94

Egg Custard Tart 96

Fig, Goat Cheese, and Honey Tart 98

Figgy 'Obbin 100

Sour Milk Cake 101

Hevva Cake 102

Milk Cake 104

Orange Cheesecake with a Shortbread Crust 106

Orange Doughnut Bites with Stout Chocolate Dipping Sauce 108

Boardinghouse

Fowl

Chicken, Bacon, and Fennel Pie 110

Cider Vinegar and Honey Chicken 112

Creamed Pheasant 114

Hard Cider Chicken 115

Meat and Pork

Cornish Lamb Loaf 116

Shepherd's Pie 117

Cornish Pasties 118

Plough Pudding 120

Steak and Kidney Pie 122

Mutton Pie 124

Savory Piecrust Dough 126

Tattie Cake 128

Seafood and Fish

Ale-Battered Fried Fish 130

Butter-Poached Cod in a Spinach Broth 132

Channel Fish Cakes 134

Mussels in Ale 136

Salmon and Whipped Turnip Pie 138

Boardinghouse

Soup

Chestnut Soup 140

Cornish Cabbage and Potato Soup 142

Lamb Neck and Barley Soup 143

Cornish Crab Soup 144

Cornish Cream of Mushroom Soup 146

Potato and Sweat Pea Soup 148

Whitefish, Broccoli, and Sweet Corn, Soup 149

Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup 150

Vegetables

Cheddar, Onions, and Mushrooms 152

Cornwall Creamed Peas and Potatoes 154

Truro Turnip Gratin 156

References 159

Conversion Charts 161

Index 163