How to Make a Travel Picnic — The Victorian Way

Buy your copy of our ’Victorian Way’ cookery book: Visit Audley End House and Gardens for yourself: Lady Braybrooke’s son-in-law, Mr Strutt, is to go to London on the train, so Mrs Crocombe is busy preparing him a picnic basket for his travels. These handmade sausage rolls, accompanied by refreshing raspberryade, will keep him sustained on the journey — and will make an unusual addition to your own summer picnic, too. English Heritage is a charity that cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites. Find out how you can support our work here: INGREDIENTS For the sausage rolls: • 350g sausage meat • Bread dough to make around 12–13 rolls For the raspberryade: • 115g brown sugar • 100g redcurrants • 125g raspberries • 4pt water • 1tsp cream of tartar • Heated water METHOD Sausage rolls: 1. Divide your bread dough into a baker’s dozen (13) rolls 2. Make a dimple in the centre of each roll and fill with sausage meat, enclosing the dough around the meat to make a parcel 3. Bake in a fast oven (200–220°C) for 20 minutes Raspberryade: 1. Place your raspberries and redcurrants in a mixing bowl 2. Add the sugar and bruise together with a pestle or wooden spoon 3. Add enough hot water to dissolve the sugar 4. Leave to infuse for several hours 5. When the fruit flavour has sufficiently infused, add a teaspoon of cream of tartar to create fizz 6. Ladel into bottles using a funnel and seize or muslin to remove the bits, making sure to use bottles that are safe for fizzy drinks How to make Queen Drop Biscuits, also included in this picnic: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: FIND A PLACE TO VISIT: LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:42 For these recipes, you will need... 01:10 Sausage rolls 03:42 Raspberryade 08:25 Putting it all together