Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Tea Party



Afternoon tea also known as low tea, is a light meal typically eaten between 3pm and 5pm. The custom of drinking tea originated in England when Catherine of Bragança married Charles II in 1661 and brought the practice of drinking tea in the afternoon with her from Portugal.

Various places that belonged to the former British Empire also have such a meal. However, changes in social customs and working hours mean that most Britons will rarely take afternoon tea, if at all.
Traditionally, loose tea is brewed in a teapot and served in teacups with milk and sugar. This is accompanied by sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress, fish paste, ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with clotted cream and jam, see cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries.
                                                                                                                                            (Wikipedia)
Here you are some British and American recipes to be eaten with your tea.

Cookies

Cookies Recipe
For about 20 cookies:
Ingredients:
·         75 gramms brown sugar
·         75 gramms white sugar
·         75 gramms butter
·         1 egg
·         1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
·         170 gramms flour
·         1 teaspoon of baking soda
·         75 gramms chocolate chips
Instructions:
·         Mix the brown and white sugar with the butter in a bowl until creamy. Use a fork or a wooden spoon.
·         Beat the egg and add it to the mixture.
·         Then, add the flour, vanilla and baking soda and mix all ingredients.
·         Finally, add the chocolate chips and mix again.
·         Preheat the oven at 180ºC.
·         Make little balls with the mixture and create the cookies.
·         Place them on an oven tray with oven film paper. There must be 5 cm between them.
·         Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Brownie


Ingredients:

2/3 cup flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
5 tablespoons butter (melted)
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
Directions: 
·         Preheat oven to 375F and lightly butter a square baking dish (8x8).  
·         Place cocoa powder, sugar and melted butter in a large bowl.
·         In a separate bowl beat the eggs.
·         Add beaten eggs to cocoa/sugar mixture and mix well.
·         Add flour until just combined.
·         Do not over mix.
·         Transfer batter to baking dish.
·         Place in preheated oven and bake for approximately 25 minutes.
·         Do not overcook.
·         Let cool for 10 minutes, slice and serve.

Scones



Ingredients:
·         8 ounces self-raising flour
·         salt, to taste
·         1 teaspoon baking powder
·         2 tablespoons caster sugar (superfine granulated)
·         2 ounces butter
·         1 egg, beaten and mixed with
·         1/4 pint milk
·         fresh double cream, to serve (heavy cream)
·         jam, of your choice
·         butter, to spread


Directions:

·  Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl and add the sugar and butter.

·  Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
·  Gradually mix in the egg and milk mixture to make a dough, saving any excess to glaze the tops of the scones. Add your fruit at this stage if using.
·  Gently knead the dough on a lightly floured work surface until smooth.
·  Roll out the dough to about 1/2" thick, then cut out 2" rounds with a plain or fluted cutter, kneading and re-rolling the dough until it is all used up.
·  Arrange scones on baking sheets then brush tops with the milk and egg mixture.
·  Bake in the oven at 230°C (450°F) mark 8 for 10 to 15 minutes, until well risen and lightly golden. Cool on a wire rack.

·  Whip the fresh cream until stiff. Split the scones and fill with butter, jam and fresh cream.


Pancakes

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2 cups milk
2 eggs (beaten)
1/3 cup butter (melted)
2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt


Instructions:
·         In a large bowl combine the flour, milk, beaten eggs, melted butter, sugar, baking powder and salt until just blended.
·         Preheat a lightly greased griddle or frying pan.
·         Pour about 1/4 cup of batter into pan for each pancake.
·         Cook until pancakes begin to bubble.
·         Flip once and cook for 1 to 2 minutes longer.
·         Serve with maple syrup, jam or fruit.

 And ready to eat!
Enjoy your meal!



Priscila and Marta



and her cookies!



and pancakes



Patricia and her pancakes too





José Manuel and Paula with all their food!



Paula and Alba with their nice brownie




María and Ana Belén


her pancakes with cherries



Some scones


Some more pancakes with chocolate sauce



Jesús and José Manuel


their pancakes


their brownie


and their scones and cookies


Naihara and Laura with their pancakes




Paloma and her cookies


José Antonio and Luis




their hundred nice scones!



Bamba and his Senegalese muffins


Cheaty Juan Carlos


His fake home-made cookies


Carlos and all his food with his wonderful signs






Blanca and her pancakes


Celia and Blanca


Celia's scones


her cookies









Javier and his brownie



Jesús and his cookies


Alba and María





María and Laura




Manuel, Romero, Paco and Cristian


Ana Belén and Diana


Carlos drinking tea.


Laura


Celia and Esperanza

Jesús drinking tea.
He's so polite!

Manuel and Cristian


Romero eating a cookie


Javi


Patricia and José Manuel drinking tea




Paula, José Manuel and Patricia


Marta and Alba

 
Bamba

1º ESO A enjoying the tea party!



Thank you very much
to you all
and enjoy your tea!