British Island cusine

The British Islands or the states of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England famous for their west-side-sea-climate, with it's mild temperature and a lot of rainfall. These climate conditouns and the location of the map are the reasons for the traditional food of the Britains, which is made out of grain, fish and sheep.  Out of these and more ingredients, the Britains have developed over the years a special cuisine.Two examples of theses cuisine are the Scoenes and the bread pudding. To learn more about their individualy history click here fore the scones and here for the bread pudding.

Simple Scones

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon backing powder
1/4 teasponn baking soda
1/2 teasponn salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter (frozen)
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup sour cream
1 large egg


Directions:

• preheat oven to 400 degrees and adjust oven rack to lower-middle
• mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt
• grate butter into mixture and mix with your hands until mixture resemble coarse meal, then add chocolate chips
• in a separate bowl whisk sour cream and egg until smooth
• stir with fork cream mixture into flour mixture
• then form a dough-ball with your hands
• form the dough to a rectangle on a floured surface and cut it into 8 triangles
• place on a cooking sheet and bake until golden (about 15-17 min)

Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

6 slices day-old bread (ideally sweet)

2 tabelspoon butter, melted

1/2 cup raisins (optional)

4 eggs, beaten

2 cups milk

3/4 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Directions:

• preheat oven to 350 degrees
• breake bread into small peceasinto an 8 inch square baking pan
• drizzle melted butter over it (optional: sprinkle with raisins)
• combine eggs, milk sugar, cinnamon and vanilla and beat until well mixed
• pour mixture over bread and pusk bread slidly downm until it is couverd and begins to obsorbe
• bake for 45 min or until the top springs back when lightly tapped

Sources:
www.allrecipes.com