Top 4 Foods From Lancashire

There are many lovely lancashire foods to try but here are the top 4 that I'm sure we have all heard of at some point and maybe they are your favorite dish to be had.

So kicking off the list is the Butter pie.

Butter pie is made up of potatoes, onions and butter. Also know as 'Catholic pie' or Friday pie' as it is meat free and meat wasn't to be eaten on a Friday. This pie is also popular with vegetarians. This dish is most famous in Preston and is regularly eaten at the football stadium during matches.

We have has a bit of savoury now time for something sweet, how about a Chorley cake!

Chorley cakes is a fruit filled pastry, rather like an Eccles cake but much sweeter. The cake comes from a town called Chorley near the centre of Lancashire and the local often refer to the cake as 'Fly Pie'

Lancahsire cheddar cheese is famous the world over and is loved by many. There three different varieties of Lancashire cheese, Creamy Lancashire, Tasty Lancashire, which is a more mature cheese and finally Crumbly Lancashire.

Cream and tasty are made by the traditional methods but the newer Crumbly is suitable for mass production.

Out of all the Lancashire food and recipes out there nothing beats a good Lancashire Hot pot. It is usually made with lamb, potatoes and an assortment of vegetables.

Why this dish is so popular is because of the minimum effort it takes to make it. Bit of lamb some vegetables, stick it in a pot and let it cook slowly all day. It comes from Lancashire industrial past when produce was easliy available and it didn't take much effort to make.

Nothing beats a hot pot when the its cold outside in the middle of the winter and you want something hearty to warm you up, simple yet effective. Why not try one yourself!