Royal food. Recipes for dishes eaten by Elizabeth II

It is known that the 96-year-old Queen of Great Britain prefers modest dishes from understandable products. For breakfast, choose cereal with fruit or scrambled eggs, for lunch, grilled fish or chicken with vegetables, and for dinner, roast. The Queen’s menu is always filled with seasonal vegetables and fruits. Between the main meals, Elizabeth II can buy an aperitif, and for dessert, be sure to grab a piece of her favorite chocolate cake.

There are many rules that are followed in the royal kitchen. Elizabeth II is not ready to prepare high-carb meals such as pasta, rice and potatoes. Garlic and onions are forbidden because the king must always have fresh breath.

to focus A variety of famous royal dishes served daily at Elizabeth II’s table.

breakfast

Queen Elizabeth II starts her morning with a cup of Earl Gray tea without milk or sugar. After that, the Queen usually eats her breakfast cereal with fruit. The British monarch loves the K specials but Kellogg’s, Quaker Oats, and Weetabix.

Sometimes Elizabeth II chooses an omelette with smoked salmon and truffles or toast with marmalade for breakfast. Interestingly, the Queen always requests that the omelette be made from brown eggs. According to the British monarch, they are much tastier than eggs. And the fish must be from the Balmoral manor – there are the best. As for truffles, royal chefs have repeatedly noted that Elizabeth II does not waste and allows herself an expensive mushroom mainly in those cases when someone gives it to her.

Wilkin & Sons jam toast is another option for a royal breakfast or snack. Elizabeth II loves raspberry jam. The ideal toast is one in which all the crusts are cut on both sides. According to one account, this is due to an old English tradition, which was once told in the documentary “Secrets of the Royal Kitchen” by former royal chef Graham Newbold. According to him, members of the royal family never eat square sandwiches, because it is believed that anyone who serves the king with food with sharp edges is encroaching on the English throne.

According to another, it is alleged that during the reign of Queen Victoria, her husband, Prince Albert, believed that eating “coffin-shaped” was unfortunate.

Bread should be smeared with a thin layer of butter and sweet jam on top.

The Queen also loves delicious sandwiches. For example, the head of the British monarchy prefers tuna toast during afternoon tea. Chef Owen Hodgson, who was working in the Royal Kitchen in the early 1990s, mentioned that two slices of bread had to be smeared with a thin layer of butter, put a mixture of tuna and mayonnaise on it, and two slices of cucumber, then put the sandwich together and cut it to make two triangles. Other options for royal sandwiches include smoked salmon, soft cheese, ham, and mustard.

Dinner

Before lunch, the Queen can enjoy appetizers of gin and Dupont with lemon slices and ice. For lunch, former royal chef McGrady said, Elizabeth II usually chooses a simple meal – Dover flounder roast with spinach, zucchini and wild mushrooms, or roast chicken with salad.

Traditionally, after lunch, the Queen has tea with delicious mini sandwiches, scones, round jam sandwiches, which we talked about above, as well as a piece of cake – a chocolate sponge or ginger pie.

Dinner

The British Queen prefers something meaty for dinner. It can be roast beef, venison, lamb, lamb or partridge, or a Gaelic steak from well-cooked beef fillet with the addition of a special sauce made of whiskey, mushrooms and cream.

King chooses steak most often when he spends his summer vacation in Balmoral. During this wonderful time, the Queen relaxes and can even eat a burger for dinner, albeit in a rather strange way.

Former chef Queen Elizabeth II McGrady once mentioned that in Balmoral, chefs prepared themselves a venison burger for the Queen. But this dish was never served with a cake. Because of her Victorian upbringing, the Queen cannot eat a burger with her hands, so she rejects a bun and eats the meat with cucumber, lettuce and sauce, using a knife and fork.

For dessert after dinner, Elizabeth II could choose seasonal fruits from the royal garden or a portion of chocolate – the Queen could not imagine a tea party without them. Nor would the head of the British monarchy refuse a piece of his favorite chocolate cake if he did not have time to do it in the morning or afternoon, or if he had eaten a chocolate cake.