The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook

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.