High Tea Recipes please!!!!?
November 15, 2010
I need to find some High Tea recipes for school but the darned school computers wont open certain websites. Could someone please find me a recipe, or if you have any that you know of, and write them as an answer! I’ll rank you! please and thank you!
Smoked Salmon Quiche with Dill Pastry
This is quite rich and packed with wonderful flavours – my kids go nuts for it!
Prep time: 30 minutes (plus 40 min fridge time)
Baking time: I hour
Equipment needed: Large mixing bowl, wooden spoon, scales, rolling pin and board, flan tin (35 x 10 cm – greased), saucepan, measuring jug
Ingredients
Pastry
155 g plain flour
15 g chopped fresh dill
90 g butter – diced (cold)
I egg yolk
Filling
30 g butter
1 red onion (diced)
175 g smoked salmon (cut into strips)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
20 g chopped fresh dill
20 g chopped chives
1 egg (beaten)
80 ml double cream
How to make the pastries
Step 1: Mix the flour, dill and butter until crumbly.
Step2: Add the egg yolk and 2 large spoons of water. Mix into a dough.
Step 3: Using floured hands make a ball and put the pastry into plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins.
Step 4: Roll out, fit into the greased tin and trim the edges. Put back into the fridge for 10 minutes.
Step 5: Preheat the oven to 190 degrees and bake blind for 15 minutes: with beads and greaseproof paper. Then remove the beads and cook for a further 10 minutes. Cool.
How to make the filling
Step 1: Reduce the oven to 180 degrees.
Step 2: Gently fry the onion in the butter until soft.
Step 3: Stir in the lemon juice and herbs and then add the salmon.
Step 4: Mix together the egg and cream and season.
Step 5: Lay the salmon onto the pastry and pour over the cream and egg mixture.
Step 6: Bake for 25-30 mins.
Serve warm with salad and new potatoes for a hearty high tea.
Lapsang Souchong Egg Salad Sandwiches
3 tsp. Lapsang Souchong tea leaves
8 hard-boiled eggs
3 Tbsp. mayonnaise
2 tsp. finely chopped chives Pinch of salt, optional 8 slices bread, any kind
Sherla Combs Disappearing Peanut Butter Pie
From Sherla Combs and the Case of the Great Jewel Robberies. www.MysteryTeaParties.com
1 16 oz jar peanut butter
1 8 oz pkg. reduced fat cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup honey
1 8 oz. carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 prepared cookie, chocolate or crumb pie crust
2 tbsp chocolate chips
1/2 tsp shortening
Beat together cream cheese and honey until well mixed. Stir in peanut butter, mix
well. Gently fold in whipped topping. Spoon into crust. Heat chocolate chips and
shortening over low heat until melted; drizzle over pie. Chill for several hours.
Serve, and watch it disappear before your eyes!
Blueberry Tea Bread
from Christine’s Bed & Breakfast & Tea Room
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
½ cup of orange juice or a little more if needed
2 cups of flour or a little more if needed
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon of Cinnamon
3/4 cup of blueberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large pan or two small ones and set aside.
Cream all the wet ingredients together and then add the dry. Thebatter should be not thick but loose. Bake until lightly golden and the topof loaf springs back. Let bread cool.
Almond Shortbreads:
Recipe:
1/2 cup (1 stick) (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2/3 cup (85 grams) all-purpose flour
1/3 cup (30 grams) almond flour (meal)
2 tablespoons (15 grams) rice flour or cornstarch (corn flour)
1/8 teaspoon salt
Flaked almonds for decorating the top of the shortbread (optional)
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) with the rack in the middle of the oven. Have ready a 8 inch (20 cm) tart pan with a removable bottom.
In the bowl of your electric mixer cream the butter and sugar until smooth (about 2 minutes). Beat in the vanilla extract. In a separate bowl whisk together the flours (all purpose, almond, and rice) and salt. Add this mixture to the butter and sugar mixture and beat just until incorporated.
Press the shortbread dough evenly into the tart pan. Prick the surface of the shortbread with a fork to prevent the shortbread from puffing up. Using a sharp knife, score (make shallow lines) the top of the shortbread into 12 even pieces. Gently press the flaked almonds in a decorative pattern on the top of the shortbread.
Place in preheated oven and bake until it is nicely browned (biscuit color), about 45-55 minutes. Transfer shortbread to rack and cool for five minutes before removing from tart pan. Place the shortbread round on a cutting board and cut into 12 wedges (along the lines scored). Cool completely on a wire rack.
Makes 12 shortbread wedges. Shortbreads make a wonderful accompaniment to ice creams and ices, and Fruit Fools (Rhubarb & Strawberry) (Kiwi, Blackberry or Strawberry)
Read more: "Almond Shortbread Cookies Recipe With Picture – Joyofbaking.com" – http://www.joyofbaking.com/shortbreads/AlmondShortbreadCookies.html#ixzz0ACkdjlHC
Apple Tart Recipe
CRUST:
1 cup (140 grams) all-purpose flour
1/3 cup (35 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) (113 grams) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
FILLING:
One 8-ounce (227 grams) cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
TOPPING:
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1/2 teaspoon (2 grams) ground cinnamon
4 cups (500 ml) Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch (.6 cm) slices (about 3-4 large apples)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Grease (or spray with Pam) a 9 inch (22 cm) springform pan
.
CRUST: In the bowl of your food processor place the flour and sugar. Pulse to blend together. Add butter and pulse until dough just begins to come together. Pat the dough onto the bottom and one inch (2.5 cm) up the sides of the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator while you make the filling.
FILLING: In a food processor process the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar and mix well. Blend in the egg and vanilla extract and process until smooth. Remove the crust from the fridge and pour in the filling. Return to refrigerator while you prepare the topping.
TOPPING: Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl. Toss the sliced apples in the sugar mixture. Spoon the apples evenly over the cream cheese layer and sprinkle with almonds. Place the springform pan on a larger baking sheet to catch the drips.
Bake at 450 degr
How do I make a pitcher (approx 2 qt) of iced green tea?
November 7, 2010
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Thanks!
What i do, is i make green tea (hot) and pour alot of boiling water into the container you are mixing the tea, then add alot of green tea bags (your preference on how many), let it cool, and then stick it in teh fridge. You can also add a little splenda to sweeten it. You can do this to any tea, i have found…and then just pour it in a glass with some ice, very nummy!!!
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Hi, i love iced tea and would love to make my own home-made iced tea. I’ve tried a couple recipes but they didn’t work and I ended up wasting a load of ingredients. Does anybody know of a good home-made iced tea recipe which has been tried and definitely does work?
This is how I make it:
Put 1 tsp Tetley loose tea in a glass 4-cup measure
Add hot water & let steep for about 5 minutes
Pour through a mesh strainer into a 2 qt glass pitcher
Add 4 cups of room temp. water
Put in fridge – don’t add ice until it’s cooled, if you want it
Got it from Good Eats, tried it & it tastes great. You can use any tea (including flavored) if you want something different. Since sugar won’t dissolve in cold liquids, if you want it sweet, just make some simple syrup (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water , boil 3 minutes & cool) and add as much as you need.
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I picked off a few hibiscus blossoms off a bush in my yard to dry them out and make tea. On hibiscus tea recipes, it says to us the calyx of the plant. That is what is confusing me. Do I just use the calyx or do I use the whole flower, petals and all? Also, if I just need the calyx, should I go ahead and pick off the petals if I don’t need them? Thanks!
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Also, what sort of tea would you recommend be served? Is there an "order" to the ways things are served etc.? I am in the US so my tea varieties would not be as extensive as in the UK but I believe I can find quite a few of the more popular types which should be served.
See links below and have fun.
