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Traditional English Afternoon Tea
 

 
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Tea Forte, Inc.

This book is a real winner. It is bright and clear with 35 traditional and a few less traditional recipes. The book also offers tips on techniques for preparing and storing food as well as suggestions for accompaniments. All the recipes have clear instructions on how to prepare them with colourful photographs of the finished dish. Most also have photographs of the preparation stage. Divided into 5 chapters of 'savoury buns & scones', 'preserves and spreads', 'sandwiches', teabreads & cakes' and 'biscuits, tarts & sweet scones' this book is sure to have the recipe that you have been looking for!

 

 

 

 

 

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Traditional English Afternoon Tea on a Summer's day.

An English Afternoon Tea is a very special treat to prepare for your family and friends. 
This very English tradition is said to have been started around 1840 by Duchess Anna Maria, wife of the 7th Duke of Bedford, who entertained her friends in the Blue Drawing Room at Woburn Abbey
Tea is usual taken between 3 and  5 o' clock. This tradition is still kept up in all the fine Hotels in Britain and in little Tearooms all around the country, especially in Devon where the scones are a specialty. 
In The Dorchester and The Ritz  London, this is still a big event and one has to book well in advance for this.
You start with a selection of very thin sandwiches, like thinly sliced cucumber, smoked salmon and egg mayonnaise and mustard cress sandwiches. This is followed by scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream and a selection of cakes. Tea with cold milk or slices of lemon is served with this.

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Tartelettes aux Fruits.
 

 

 

 


Tartelettes aux Fruits 
A variety of different fruits filled into light pastry tarts.
The recipe for the fruit tarts you will find in the recipe file.

thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches and smoked salmon sandwiches

A selection of thinly sliced sandwiches.
Thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches and smoked salmon sandwiches, crust removed cut into 4 triangles, decorated with watercress and lemon wedges.

Scones eaten with strawberry jam and clotted cream. Delicious.

Scones
Buttermilk scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream, a real  treat from Devon. The recipe for scones you will find in the recipe file.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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