What do you imagine the Royal Family tucking into at meal times? Roasted pheasant, caviar or lavish banquets within the grandeur of Buckingham Palace perhaps?Tom Parker Bowles suggests that's not always the case.
His new book 'Cooking and The Crown', released last week, shares over a hundred recipes enjoyed from Queen Victoria's reign to King Charles III.While there are some luxurious meals like 'Pommes Elizabeth' and 'Pudding au Pain et aux Cerises', there's definitely some recipes that are easy enough to try at home.
So, I thought, why not give one a whirl?The recipe that particularly caught my attention was 'Fresh Pappardelle', served with toasted mushrooms in a simple white wine sauce.
The book reveals that mushrooms are 'somewhat of an obsession' for both Queen Camilla and King Charles, who are both 'deeply competitive' about collecting them."In the late summer, porcinis (also known as penny buns or ceps) are particularly abundant in Scotland, as are the apricot-scented chanterelles, birch bolete and wood hedgehog," Tom penned, according to the Mirror. "The wild harvest is either cooked fresh, preserved in butter or dried for use throughout the year."Popping into my local Asda, I picked up eight key ingredients for the recipe.
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