Britsh and American Equivilents

American to British Recipe Terms

Some common American ingredient terminology translated into the equivalent British term.

American Term	British Term
all-purpose flour	plain flour
bacon	streaky bacon
bread flour	strong flour
broil	grill (with oven)
broiling	grilling (with oven)
casserole	bake
Canadian bacon	bacon
dark brown sugar	demerara sugar
eggplant	aubergine
flour	plain flour
graham crackers	digestive biscuits
granulated sugar (or just sugar)	castor sugar
karo syrup (corn syrup)	golden syrup
half and half	single cream
ham	gammon
heavy cream	double cream
light cream	single cream
molasses	treacle
navy beans	haricot beans
pie cherries	Morello cherries
pumpkin pie spice	mixed spice
seedless raisins	sultanas
semi-sweet chocolate	dark cooking chocolate
tomato paste	tomato puree
turnips	swedes
whipping cream	double cream
zucchini	courgette

British to American Terms

Some common British ingredient terminology translated into the equivalent American term.

British Term	American Term
aubergine	eggplant
bacon	ham or Canadian Bacon
castor sugar	superfine granulated sugar
courgette	zucchini
dark cooking chocolate	semi-sweet chocolate
demerara sugar	dark brown sugar
digestive biscuits	graham crackers
double cream	whipping cream, heavy cream
gammon	ham
golden syrup	light karo syrup (corn syrup)
grill	broil (with oven)
grilling	broiling (with oven)
haricot beans	navy beans
mixed spice	substitute pumpkin pie spice
Morello cherries	pie cherries
plain flour	all-purpose flour
single cream	light cream
strong flour	bread flour
sultanas	seedless light raisins
treacle	molasses
tomato puree	tomato paste
streaky bacon	bacon
swedes	turnips