10 tea squares Recipes

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

you will need a swiss roll sized pan (9x9) lined with baking parchment., cooking chocolate (you can use half milk and half dark as the dark can make it too sharp), rich tea biscuits or any vanilla cookies, buttter, golden syrup or karo light, sugar, cocoa, handful of raisins

all-purpose flour (about 1 1/4 cups), powdered sugar, earl grey tea bags, divided, salt, chilled butter , cut into pieces, fresh lemon juice, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, baking powder, grated lemon rind, eggs, powdered sugar

dark chocolate, butter, golden syrup, dark rum (optional), biscuits (i use rich tea or digestive), toasted rice cereal, chopped walnuts or 1 3/4 oz pecans, chopped glace cherries, white chocolate (optional)

butter, softened, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, shredded coconut (2-1/3 cups), white baking pieces or 9 ounces bars or white chocolate baking squares, chopped, coarsely chopped macadamia nuts (a 3-1/2-oz jar)

flour, coconut or 1/2 cup fine, butter, baking powder, brown sugar, chopped walnuts, unbeaten eggs, soft butter, powdered sugar, lemon , juice of

eggs, butter (no substitute), sugar, marshmallows, social tea cracker (crushed )

eggs, white sugar, butter (margarine ok), marshmallows (white ), social tea biscuits (1 sleeve)