need a recipe anyone from England ?
By enola1692
@enola1692 (3323)
United States
January 5, 2010 12:02pm CST
Years ago my daughters class was makking food from around the world I was lucky enough to get a recipe from England called maid of honor it was so good an I have family comming down an when i had made it for my daughters class I had to make serval batches cause the same family thats commong for a vist showed up an ate it all an I was hopeing to make it again for them so anyone ever heard of maid of honors
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
6 Jan 10
The proper name seems to be 'Richmond Maids of Honour' and they are supposed to have been named after the maids of honour who served at Richmond Palace in the 16th century.
Here is the recipe that Delia Smith (a staunch supporter of traditional British cooking) gives: http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/richmond-maids-of-honour.html .
I don't know if it's the same as your recipe. This one is pastry filled with curd cheese (a soft, new cheese with a fine texture - not cottage cheese which is moister and lumpy. Plain Boursin is the nearest I can think of but Philadelphia would do fairly well), and lemon mixed together to make 'lemon curd'.
Another recipe (just called 'Maids of Honour' and actually quite different! ... it uses raspberry jam and has a cake mix topping) is here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Maids-Of-Honor-Tarts-I/Detail.aspx .
@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
7 Jan 10
Thank you it is the second one Maids-Of -Honor I will make them this weekend but the first one sounded good to so maybe try a little of both
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
7 Jan 10
I thought it might be. I have known Maids of Honour to be more like that (a hard biscuity base with raspberry jam and a cake-like topping). The recipe is actually very similar to Bakewell Tarts (another regional speciality from Bakewell in Derbyshire). I suspect that Delia's recipe is specific to Richmond (in Surrey). Many of these 'local' recipes are due to a particular baker inventing or varying something which became popular locally. We have many 'regional' or 'local' recipes like this and it can make travelling around even such a small place as the UK quite fascinating!
Of the two recipes, I think I'd be most attracted to Delia Smith's (because I do like lemony things). For the cheese, I would try a number of soft, new cheeses - Mascarpone would probably be excellent. If I were in India, there is a curd cheese there (very often home-made) which is quite similar and would probably work well.
@jahernandezrivas (11287)
• United States
5 Jan 10
I have never heard of it. What exactly is it? I am in the United States and I only really know about Mexican Food and American food. You know like enchiladas, Tacos, Spaghetti, things like that I wish I ciuld help you but I don't even know what that is. 
@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
6 Jan 10
its a type of biscuit with a type of jam bake in the middle
