This comprehensive guide,?in official partnership with Downton Abbey,?is?a lavish celebration of?elegant afternoon tea,?filled with recipes, historical facts and etiquette guides.
With over?150 stunning photographs?featuring stills from across the Downton Abbey series, plus a foreword by Gareth Neame, Downton Abbey's executive producer, this collection of?70 delicious recipes?will serve up everything you need to take afternoon tea just like the Granthams.
The book also explores?the history of tea, covering its origins and varieties,?the etiquette surrounding its consumption?in English aristocratic life, and?its presence in the series, both upstairs and downstairs.
Recipes for delicious bakes, bites and assorted sweet and savoury delights include:
Pastries, buns and biscuits?-?Whip up?classics like the cream scone or Chelsea buns, as well as?enticing delicacies from raspberry eclairs to chocolate florentines?
Afternoon tea cakes, tarts and puddings?-?From colourful Battenburg cakes and lemon tarts to warming spicy dark gingerbread or steamed toffee pudding
Tea sandwiches and savoury bites?- Enjoy mini pork pies and Cornish pasties, or make carefully trimmed tea sandwiches
Preserves and spreads?- Make aromatic strawberry-rhubarb jam, currant jelly or lemon curd from scratch to accompany your bakes
From?intimate afternoon tea?taken in the drawing-room to?glamorous tea parties?in the garden, there are afternoon tea experiences to suit any occasion.
Full of?photographs and quotes from?Downton?characters, with this book?you can recreate the rich traditions and flavours of?Downton Abbey?afternoon tea, time and time again.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 171 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-5893-8 (9780711258938)
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Gareth Neame is Executive Chairman of Carnival Films and, alongside Julian Fellowes, responsible for the global TV phenomenon Downton Abbey
TABLE of CONTENTS
Foreword by Gareth Neame
Introduction
Tea at Downton Abbey
Tea Characteristics
PASTRIES, BUNS & BISCUITS
CAKES, TARTS & PUDDINGS
TEA SANDWICHES & SAVORY BITES
PRESERVES & SPREADS