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Eve Rowlands

Seven foods you didn't realise were inspired by royalty

As we all enjoy the three-day coronation weekend there's been a bombardment of images, recipes, videos, and news of the chosen dish to celebrate the King's crowning. It's a delicacy that has gripped all foodies due to its unique ingredients: the coronation quiche.

A concoction made up of a pastry case that is filled with egg, cheese, spinach, broad beans, and tarragon this dish was supposedly chosen personally by the King and Queen to mark the event. So, obviously, we had to have a go at making it and tasting it for ourselves. Have a read of what we thought here.

However the dish also spurred a lightbulb moment in many a patriot as they realised that coronation chicken, a creamy curry-based recipe that has chicken, sultanas or apricots, and flaked almonds as its main components was a meal created solely off the back of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. Read more on that here.

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