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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.
All about
Tea
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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.
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
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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