What could be more quintessentially British than a spot of afternoon tea? It’s a hallowed tradition that’s taken particularly seriously at Buckingham Palace, where for more than a decade Royal Chef Mark Flanagan and his team have prepared an afternoon tea that reflects the best of this venerable tradition across the seasons, from springtime picnics
What could be more quintessentially British than a spot of afternoon tea? It’s a hallowed tradition that’s taken particularly seriously at Buckingham Palace, where for more than a decade Royal Chef Mark Flanagan and his team have prepared an afternoon tea that reflects the best of this venerable tradition across the seasons, from springtime picnics to sophisticated summer garden parties and festive Christmas teas.
Royal Teas, the follow-up to A Royal Cookbook, shares Flanagan’s recipes for a variety of tantalizing tea-time treats, including sweet and savory pastries, cookies, and show-stopping cakes. Each recipe is reproduced with clear instructions and a table to convert measurements to the ones you are most familiar with and is accompanied by beautiful photographs of the tableware, floral arrangements, and other decorative items that adorn the royal table throughout the year. Organized by season, the book is also a testament to the Royal Kitchens’ commitment to sourcing fresh, local ingredients, from the mulberry trees in the Palace Gardens, whose berries are harvested and made into deliciously syrupy jam, to the beehives that provide the year-round honey used in honey sponge cake.
The first official tea-time cookbook from the Royal Collection, Royal Tea invites readers to take a break in the day to indulge in a Royal Family–tested sweet treat—well-behaved corgis welcome!
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I wish it included information on the various service pieces and place settings in the beautiful illustrations, however As advertised–a book primarily of recipes. I wish it included information on the various service pieces and place settings in the beautiful illustrations, however. It isn’t all I hoped for, but certainly worth adding to my tea cookbook collection.
Beautiful tea table settings & recipes This is a lovely book with beautiful illustrations of tea table settings and recipes.
True British recipes My reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is because some typical British ingredients aren’t explained. I had to look them up on the internet to see if I could substitute. For example, some recipes call for “strong flour”, or “caster sugar”. Strong flour is just bread flour which has higher gluten content, but my understanding is that European flours have an even higher gluten content than American, so there may be some minor textural differences in some of the breads. Caster sugar can…