Tea Travels!™... The Romance of Victorian Tea
by Ellen Easton ©2010  - All Rights Reserved

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Victorian Tea

Photos and Menu by Ellen Easton 2010© - All Rights Reserved.

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Victorian Tea Menu

For recipes, click on the underlined.

 

Sandwiches and Savories:

Tea Sandwiches


Smoked Salmon with Dill Butter on Dark Bread, garnished with Dill (open face half moon sandwich)

Ham and Chopped Watercress with Basil Butter on Rye Bread (finger sandwich)

Thinly Sliced Cucumber & Chopped Mint with Mint Butter on White Bread (open face round sandwich)

Chopped Egg and Diced Black Olives on Whole Wheat Bread (pinwheel sandwich)

Cinnamon Cream Cheese on Date Nut-Raisin Bread (triangle sandwich)

Chicken Curry Salad with Shredded Coconut (in a mini tart shell)


Scones and Breads:

Wonderful Scones
Wonderful Scones

Rose Petal Drop Scones
Rose Petal Drop Scones
 


Enhancers:

Devonshire Cream

Flavored Butters (Fruit, Herb & Spice)

Raspberry Preserves, Orange Marmalade, and/or Rose Petal Jam


Reva Paul's Victorian Sugar Basket

Candied Ginger Bits, Sliced Lemon, Honey, Decorated Sugar Cubes


 

Sweets:

Almond Macaroons


Ginger Snap Cookies
 


Pate de Fruit

Jellied Orange Triangle (Pate de Fruit)

 


Lemon Pound Cake Sweet Hats

Lemon Pound Cake Sweet Hats

Winter Chocolate Grape Truffles or Summer Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

Mini Coffee Eclair or Cream Puffs

Fourth Course:

Served in a champagne or martini glass

English Trifle with Heart-Shaped Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies

or


Tea-Infused Orange Cream Pudding



Crystallized/Candied Edible Flowers
Crystallized/Candied flowers make beautiful decorations for desserts and can last up to one year.
Not only do they taste amazing, but they add an elegant, romantic, and delicious touch to virtually every dessert.
 


 

  

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