Queen Victoria's Amazing Christmas Dinner | Royal Recipes | Real Royalty

Michael Buerk and chef Paul Ainsworth recreate a dish served at one of the most lavish royal banquets of all time. Dr Polly Russell hears about how Henry VIII spent a fortune to transform Leeds Castle into a pleasure castle, and chef Michael Caines recreates a sumptuous dish he cooked for the Queen at Royal Ascot.
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[@Hermesmom]

That chef works wonders with one hand

[@Monica-zo4kb]

💜LOVE this Show. The History; along with the Recipes, warms the heart along with great tradition.

[@e.g.4483]

Why am I not surprised that the Queen's dogs eat better than I do? lol

[@guymorris6596]

I get the same feeling when I watch these shows.

[@marciasloan534]

My dogs eat better than me😂

[@paulainsc8212]

All respect for the Chef cooking for Royal Ascot

[@marandapaikin9172]

Michael is the light of my life.

[@frugalwitch]

Absolutely love this series! Please keep them coming!

[@michellem9275]

"Beautiful soup..., Beautiful soup....Soup of the evening...Beautiful soup" - Alice in Wonderland ♥️🥣♥️

[@e.g.4483]

omg I love that version of the movie! It's so underrated.

[@brendadrew834]

Thank you for this fascinating history from Queen Victoria's "Amazing Christmas dinner"! As a Brit-American, an "Anglophile", I will never believe like some peopled do that "British cooking is boring"! Some of the French people have said that and the Brits have borrowed some of their famous recipes! Here in Yankee New England we have some of the same customs as in the UK even to this day, British influenced recipes, popovers, Yorkshire pudding and roast beef for Christmas and plum pudding with hard sauce which my late mother whose forebears were from the UK, here since 1721, would pour whiskey over the plum pudding and then ignite it, all aflamed in a blue light as she carried it into a darkened dining room! We also had chocolate novelty candies imported from Germany on our Christmas tree from our German/Swiss i.e. Pennsylvania Dutch heritage and I continued that tradition when my three children were growing up! Cheers, Merry Christmas, /Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2023! ♥🎄🍷🥮🫖♥

[@wendymudkins6870]

Loved this video so much very interesting seeing what royalty ate through the ages

[@toralc.ctoral5019]

You’re happy with that ? Good servant...

[@damadivina1215]

This is incredible. I’m so happy I can’t smell what they’re cooking because just watching it near torture! I want to eat nearly everything

[@jsrmusic1]

I so enjoy this series!

[@hedgewytch88]

Robert Dudley was already married and when the scandal of her death emerged his chances of wedding the Queen were severely depleted. He did remarry 18 years later but the Queen was very angry at his new bride and banished her permanently from court .

[@Jossianne19130]

Oh yes!!! He married Lettice Knollys and never forgave her. She called her a she-wolf...That part of the history is very interesting!!!

[@lisab4207]

@@Jossianne19130 Perhaps because she was Mary Boleyn's granddaughter and therefore maybe Henry VIII's granddaughter... so the rumours went.

[@worldgonemad1977]

You can tell he’s a real chef because when he’s adding the wine, he says “just a glug” then he puts in - just a glug! In my house, if the recipe says add a glug of wine, at least half the bottle gets poured in, then the rest goes into the chef - me😊😋

[@davidhocde007]

You must be French... We usually add just a few glugs, after having tasting it and before finishing it.

[@giget5085]

First step marinade the cook and everything else after that will turn out beautifully

[@kellysunserenity4068]

​@@giget5085This comment had me ROFL! 😂😂😂😅

[@turoczizsofia337]

The marzipan tart looks very delicious 😊

[@AndriaBieberDesigns]

Love British and Tudor history ❤️

[@mrs.h.l.g-b5814]

Chef Paul is a beautiful man.

[@elainepearson4817]

Thoroughly enjoyed this show (am hoping they do more of them) and they say the 'modern' population use to eat too much rich food - rubbish, after watching what our ancestors ate, I would say we are restrained except for our pets. I used to give my dog (on vet advice and in measured doses) a mixture of cooked rice or pasta, mashed up pumpkin or broccoli and partially cooked minced lamb or beef mixed with some cooked garlic (garlic is okay providing it is cooked) - good for keeping away those pesky fleas. I used to cook it in bulk, bag it up and freeze it, add half a portion of the small 'My Dog' containers (for those in Australia or a high quality tinned dog food elsewhere) and when feeding him throw in a small handful of dry food. He thought he had gone to heaven because he could not eat the PAL dog food, they changed the recipe and he could not keep it down. Actually it worked out a hell of a lot cheaper than buying cans of dog food. 🇦🇺🇦🇺😁😁🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@ButterCupMMXXIII]

Delicious! Amazing how slim the Royals are considering the temptation. 🥂

[@katrinaneal1305]

Been enjoying this show for the last week or two. Thank you for the great content.

[@dionna6507]

I love history so much and this show gives me chills ans makes me hungry

[@taebundy658]

Absolutely agree 💯

[@dashaway1460]

How delightful! Thank you!

[@aarenleigh6575]

I love this show!! Thank you! ☺️

[@jacquelineganske7809]

Really enjoy this series. What a lovely romantic story to go with the marzipan cookie. Alas poor Dudley.

[@ajnagle5204]

Quite the rake considering he was already married to Amy Robsart.....

[@karaamundson3964]

I'm going to stand up and hold the flag: I LOVE BEEF TONGUE. It's very tender and rich, almost like liverwurst! --I'm a fan of cabbage & potatoes too

[@KRUGE67]

just love this show, i learn something every episode.

[@gonefishing167]

That was really interesting. Fancy being a fly on the wall at Leeds Castle. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@adam8822]

the oil will make sure the butter wont burn ahh very good i will remember that thanks

[@brentshuffler1234]

Michael, how many people were employed to prepare that royal banquet with over 120 dishes? To me, that is the equivalent of the largest cruise-ships in the world with hundreds of employees in the food-service department, delivering the daily buffets comprising a dozen or more serving-stations, each of which is a buffet in its own right. An incredible indulgence and cost that banquet must have been! Enough dishes in one meal to last most people a whole month.

[@janiceervin428]

I love love this show!!!! So glad I found it!

[@azoutlaw7]

This was delightful!

[@mfrigelwood]

I ❤️ this series. But has there ever been a recipe that just didn’t work out?

[@bryan__m]

I'm sure like any cooking show the failures get left on the cutting room floor. Though they did make a gingerbread throne that you could tell the chef and host weren't too fond of.

[@paulabaker8403]

What wonderful receipes!

[@marinaprince8030]

Food look delicious.👍🌟🥀 Great stories. Thank you.

[@ceciliawilson6328]

This was great, did not know about the blackened teeth being fashionable. Lots of cavities among the royals for sure.

[@davidhocde007]

As they could not avoid it, they might have declared it fashionable...

[@slightbourne722]

bubble and squeak with pheasant!

[@queenelizabethiofengland7338]

Wow

[@knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625]

Looks pretty good thanks for the recipe.

[@lilly7187]

Love this show!

[@griffin3508]

Wish the chef ws into the history as well as the food...

[@albertinapettenon355]

I love this Show ⭐️😄

[@bitterbeauty6144]

How does anybody eat 120 courses in one sitting? No wonder Henry 8th was so fat.

[@sharontackett1683]

😂😂😂😂

[@nataliesugar2117]

The same as how you do it.

[@lhaamzei3518]

add one more course every day, and we can get there in half a year :-))

[@lesliecas2695]

Morbidly obese

[@juliebraden]

@@nataliesugar2117 Bitter Beauty obviously can't imagine doing that...wat is w/ yor obnoxious comment?

[@vickierodriguez4280]

Great show; great humor!

[@kayleenbutler7239]

I love chef Paul.

[@Wushu17]

Would love it if your program could share the recipe for "Le Dinde à la Chipolata" served during Queen Victoria's 1894 Christmas Dinner Party. 🙂

[@tawahalp4716]

Ooh the spinach mash sounds good..

[@m.emilyonglatco8266]

Would love to even have a bite of everything. That consoume looks so nutritious 👍

[@letstalkaboutlife493]

GOD WANTS US TO HAVE INTENSE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. PLEASE PASS THESE MESSAGES ON!

[@hedgewytch88]

Would have been nice to explain how sugar was processed from ‘loaves’ to powder and the work it took to make it .

[@janiehelms4895]

Ok after watching this I’m hungry guess I will go eat me a bologna sandwich

[@garylefevers]

Ikr

[@makaelaischillin]

I don’t even have any food

[@judyjohnson9610]

Makes you desire a magic fridge LOL I know what you mean. All this awesome looking food and nothing on hand that you can whip together fairly quickly that comes close

[@mtoyimwenyenguvunyi7518]

Bless you

[@risenandreturning]

I happen to work for a king that fed 5 thousand unannounced guests (not including their wives and children who ate to their hearts content!) Amazingly, there were plenty leftovers....!!??!! That is not all, the ruler I work for is so generous and loving, he's planning a dinner for me as we speak! No kidding. He always does what he says! It's been scheduled in for a long time and I am really looking forward to it, lol. It's gonna be soon - in the blink of an eye! It's kinda weird because I am quite shy and he says he gonna lay out that meal right in front of people that don't like me that much 😳 But he's such a nice guy that I know he will make me feel so good about the banquet, I won't even notice the mean folks that are fuming. Anyway, it's gonna be great and I can hardly wait! Oh, the king's name is Jesus and he's nothing like the rulers of this earth. He's quite the opposite. The rulers here save themselves and send little folks to the front lines of war to lose their lives. Jesus did it the other way around: he gave up his life to save us in the battle. You can fully trust a man like that, ya know. Just sayin... Jesus feeds 5 thousand can be found in the Bible in Matthew 14: 13-21 and also in Mark 6: 30-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:1-14. The huge meal he will prepare for us workers is in Psalm 23: 5✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽

[@juliefaulkner5497]

Does anybody know what truffles taste like? I thought they might be a bit like black pudding.

[@BigMamaDaveX]

Like mushrooms. Only more so.

[@eunicestone838]

musty dirt. Kind of mush-roomy - nutty. I'm real poor but I had the pleasure of Truffles.

[@gonefishing167]

I was going to ask that, thank you. I love mushrooms but I’m nit sure. The other answer Big MamaDave. - have you actually tasted them if you don’t mind me asking 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@olwenloud9704]

Not even slightly like black pudding. It’s a unique taste, bit musky.

[@wendywobbles1]

Every chef puts their heads almost in the pan when they add seasoning lol😆

[@guymorris6596]

They are doing lines of their own merchandise.

[@theresaburdett1054]

I would love some of the pigeon pie. The meat looks a bit raw though.

[@Kelly-tj8xv]

That last dish - would be good with orange blossom water too, for a fruit taste instead of the rose taste.

[@stormscastles5258]

Dobrý den plan

[@thaibooker9552]

We still make turrle soupe in Louisiana

[@amye4131]

Partying with 5,000 people....what a night!

[@janetkelly223]

when I cook cabbage it is almost white, how come his was a beautiful dark green, I thought at first he was cooking spinach or silverbeet,

[@kellysunserenity4068]

It's funny and a bit sad to realize that royal cainines eat better than most humans lol!

[@130crowd]

After "harvesting" them to extinction they HAD to find a substitute for the green turtle? How about eliminating the soup!

[@marilyndargis2845]

Welcome relief from news m. Thanks

[@onemercilessming1342]

Why be surprised that a good stock takes 7 hours or so to simmer? My grandmothers had stocks, soups, and stews on the back burners of coal stoves just simmering away almost every day except Sunday. I learned to cook on their coal stoves. My maternal grandmother told me that she wouldn't consider me a decent cook until I could fry an egg on the coal stove without crisping the edges. It was a skill I never mastered. But out of their kitchens came moist chocolate cakes, figgy puddings, fruit cakes, plum puddings, roasts, meat pies, fruit pies, as well as soups and stews redolent of herbs and home cooked stocks. All those I did over my lifetime, but I cannot to this day fry an egg without crisping the edges.

[@janie88ful]

💜

[@eunicestone838]

my music teacher used to buy turtles from my brother when he was a little boy. He traded for Candy and treats.

[@lhaamzei3518]

omg

[@DBKQN]

so he kept saying dumplings. I'm like wow they had dumplings?!?! No. No. No. thats a Meatball!! Ha. But what Queen wants to say 'balls' I guess.

[@theresaburdett1054]

Lobsters. Yum.

[@marklauzon186]

I don't know what it is but I struggle watching this Man. It sux for me because the stories are fascinating. *Sigh*

[@juliebraden]

I hadn't noticed anything... r u talking bout the host? but in the episode about Prince William's rice pudding the host seems kinda obnoxious chef Hannah handles his mannerisms well & in the Full English breakfast episode chef Hannah deals well w/ it

[@chanthamala8]

I prefer all jackets up or down tbh.

[@AbdulGani-ji9hd]

🙏🙏

[@petekdemircioglu]

💖💖💖👑👑👑

[@johanchristianwilliam2386]

Yes you can trues

[@stormscastles5258]

Great news there is a place for pupils and students as to open for tourists 💂‍♀️🗝️🙋‍♀️💙💐

[@milica299]

What is the name of the house, residence, castle you are in? Can we read more about architecture somewhere? Thank you!

[@samiam619]

Wikipedia

[@juliebraden]

the host says the name of the house @ very beginning of segment

[@milica299]

@@juliebraden yes, i try understand words few times, and i think i am not hear it good .

[@juliebraden]

@@milica299 I think he says Western Bird House. u can turn on captions-- up in top right hand corner. click on the cc & it will type out the wrds on screen

[@aliciakerr7639]

@@samiam619 that’s a curious name for a house

[@elizabethtrainer9732]

Does anyone know about the chef at 31:11, has he broken his arm?

[@sarao8074]

Lol. His plastic arm. He quite obviously only has one arm.

[@thepaintedsaguaro6938]

For the Ascot dishes, he added garlic… I recently learned The Queen hates garlic.

[@theresaburdett1054]

Need a competition so we can win a nights meal and dessert.

[@tfh5575]

omg i thought the pheasants were heads i'm-

[@nphone8399]

🙏💐🌠

[@thomasszymanski1107]

So, Anna is relegated to hunting for truffles in the forest and not in the kitchen in this episode at all? What is up with that?

[@tebec3624]

I have no idea why someone would want to eat a turtle 🤢 let alone “pigs trotters” 🤢🤢

[@guymorris6596]

People in British commonwealth countries do.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

Why add butter to the dogs cabbage? No no!!

[@bitterbeauty6144]

Is Michael Kanes missing an arm? Just curious

[@laine23mn]

I think he had a stroke or something ... not sure

[@amandamiller304]

bitter beauty he lost in a car crash many years ago but managed to win a second michelin star afterwards

[@juliebraden]

@@amandamiller304 yeah how amazing is he!?! w/the pressures in the kitchen as he was talking bout & doing it mostly one handed. He is very impressive to cook for so many @ the ascot. It wud be so stressful w/ 2 hands working @ it constantly. I bet he is more talented than a lot if chefs

[@angelabunch76]

What happened to all left over food?

[@juliebraden]

all this food sounds absolutely delish!! I do feel really bad about all the animals that hav to giv their entire lives to serving to feed us or @ the least giv their lives UP @ the end if they were wild. the family disruptions are especially upsetting specially the birds &the pigs & cows. I hope these were all sourced from VERY caring breeders & responsible & caring farmers that gav the animals a good life?!?

[@ramonar6180]

It seems like they could have their own dish. I wouldn’t want to eat after someone else. With COVID raging they shouldn’t share a plate.

[@tessdurberville711]

The title is rather misleading.

[@cashy2524]

Hizi ni nini sasa hawa hawajui vile stew ya managu na terere alafu uogeza maziwa vile inahit

[@sarahnixdorf1]

Micheal Bruke, next to Tony Da man Robinson.🥰

[@AbdulGani-ji9hd]

*🙏**#MayGODhealAndProtectAndAlsoBless**🙏*

[@letstalkaboutlife493]

we may not make it if we fail to be diligent in our quest to tell others. and the bible says: do not give out for we shall reap if we do not tire out. critical times hard to deal with will be here and is here already others have been going through it. if we can be mindful of our house hold. and how to make our life more easier so we can concentrate on the more important things. less dishes to wash. how to make our life simple. by praying about it we can conquer the difficult house hold tasks we have everyday. and at work and do we even have to work. how much money do we really need. and how long can we live on what we got. and have the faith to let our savings go down. and rely on GOD for our needs. and what does GOD tell us: that if he cares for and feeds the sparrows then would should realize he will care for our needs too. GOD says test him out please, and see if he will not pour out to us a great measure over flowing. we always say what can we do before we kick the bucket. well on our bucket list should be, to serve Jehovah our GOD with our whole life. whole heart, whole mind. PLEASE PASS IT ON!

[@jillybean9569]

so nobodys gonna point out that bruised meat at 16:00 🤢🤮

[@AgnesTheres]

Royal? What makes them different

[@caitlintiulenev9156]

But the camera man wasn’t blind folded so 🧐

[@mike62mcmanus]

Nothing gets wasted, except species.

[@rashidshera9491]

Hello which king have invisible diary but not empty some comment is god definition important.

[@nomelopreguntes]

MOck Turtle its a jewish traditional dish as you can see in the Lady Judith Montefiore´s Bookcooking, but within pork. Tavesti Hsitory, darling

[@hedgewytch88]

About 5500 calories a day ...

[@kima3565]

The older fellow needs to stop talking when the chef speaks but instead he interrupts to act like he knows everything

[@cleuzamaciel1926]

Turtles? 🤮🤢 ! No.

[@johanchristianwilliam2386]

Salary family in system cellfone now for life secret