Britsh and American Equivilents
Common British and American cooking product (ingredient) equivalences
American to British Recipe Terms
Some common American ingredient terminology translated into the equivalent British term.
American Term | British Term |
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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 |
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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 |
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