The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook

This engaging and historically accurate cookbook presents more than 100 recipes that showcase the intrinsic role of food in the Crawley household and narrative-and bring this exciting gastronomic time to modern kitchens and Downton fans.

The official cookbook based on the hit series, discover mouthwatering recipes that will transport you into the genteel world of Downton Abbey.

The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook presents over 100 recipes that showcase the cookery of the Crawley household – from upstairs dinner party centrepieces to downstairs puddings and pies – and bring an authentic slice of Downton Abbey to modern kitchens and Downton fans. 
 
Whether adapted from original recipes of the period, replicated as seen or alluded to on screen, or typical of the time, all the recipes reflect the influences found on the Downton Abbey tables.

Food historian Annie Gray gives a warm and fascinating insight into the background of the dishes that were popular between 1912 and 1926, when Downton Abbey is set – a period of tremendous change and conflict, as well as culinary development.

The recipes are grouped by occasion, which include breakfast; luncheons and suppers; afternoon tea and garden parties; picnics, shoots and racemeets; festivities; upstairs dinner; desserts and canapés; downstairs dinner; downstairs supper and tea; and the still room. 
 
From the upstairs dinner menu:

• Caviar Croutes
• Chicken Vol-au-Vents
• Cucumber Soup
• Trout in Port-Wine Sauce
• Quail and Watercress
•  Champagne Jelly

 
From the downstairs dinner menu:

• Toad-in-the-Hole
•  Beef Stew with Dumplings
• Steamed Treacle Pudding
• Jam and Custard Tarts
• Gingerbread Cake

With a foreword by Gareth Neame, executive producer and co-creator of Downton Abbey, and featuring over 100 stunning colour photographs, many taken on the set of Downton Abbey and using the original glassware and china, The Downton Abbey Cookbook also includes a special section on hosting Downton-themed dinner parties, and includes stills from across the TV series as well as the latest film.

Notes on the etiquette and customs of the times, quotes from the characters and descriptions of the scenes in which the foods appear provide rich context for the dishes.
With these and more historic recipes, savour the rich traditions and flavours of Downton Abbey without end.
 

UPSTAIRS DINNER
Hors d’oeuvres
• Oysters au Gratin
• Caviar Croûtes
• Stuffed Tomatoes
• Chicken Vol-au-Vents
 
Soups
• Cucumber Soup
• Consommé à la Jardinière
• Palestine Soup (Jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke)
• Vegetable Marrow &
• Apricot Soup
Fish
• Shrimp Curry
• Trout in Port-Wine Sauce
• Sole à la Florentine
• Turbot with Hollandaise Sauce
• Fish Cream
• Salmon Mousse
 
Entrées
• Filet Mignon Lilli
• Duck with Apples & Calvados
• Duck with Olives
• Pork Cutlets with Sauce Robert
• Poached Gammon with Parsley
Sauce
• Chicken à la Crème Paprika
• Mutton with Caper Sauce
• Veal Cutlets Perigourdine
• Quail and Watercress
• The Perfect Roast
• Mint Sauce
• Bread Sauce
• Yorkshire Puddings
 
Vegetable Entremets
(Accompaniments)
• Asparagus Cups
• Cabbage as They Serve It
in Budapest
• Artichoke Salad
• Potato Cakes
• Haricot Verts with Maître
d’Hôtel Sauce
 
Sweet Entremets
• Macedoine of Fruits in Jelly
• Champagne Jelly
• Chocolate and Vanilla Striped
Blancmange
• The Queen of Trifles
• Syllabubs
• Raspberry Meringue
• Bananas au Café
• Peaches Melba
• Pear Charlotte
• Charlotte Russe
• Ginger Soufflé
• Crepes Suzette
• Chocolate & Coffee Eclairs
 
Desserts & Savories
• Cheese Bouchées
• Devilled Kidneys
• Marmalade Water Ice
• Banana Cream Ice
• Punch Romaine
 
DOWNSTAIRS
Dinner
• Toad-in-the-Hole
• Lamb Stew with Semolina
• Beef stew with Dumplings
• Steak and Kidney Pudding
• Cauliflower Cheese
• Steamed Treacle Pudding
• Treacle Tart
• Rice Pudding
• Spotted Dick
• Summer Pudding
• Jam & Custard Tarts
 
Supper & Tea
• Cottage Loaf
• Digestive Biscuits
• Gingerbread Cake (minis)
• Seed Cake
• Porter Cake
 
The Still Room
• Apple Cheese
• Marrow and Ginger Jam
• Piccalilli
• Pickled Green Tomatoes
• Flavoured Butters