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TEA , A BRITISH TRADITION . Pasini Martina & Elena Vaccalluzzo.
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TEA , A BRITISH TRADITION Pasini Martina & Elena Vaccalluzzo
TeaBritain is a tea-drinking nation. Every day they drink 165 million cups of the stuff and each year around 144 thousand tons of tea are imported.Tea in Britain is traditionally brewed in a warmed china teapot, adding one spoonful of tea per person and one for the pot. Most Britons like their tea strong and dark, but with a lot of milk.
SCONES Ingredients • 3 cups flour • 1/2 cup sugar • 5 teaspoons baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 3/4 cup butter • 1 egg, beaten • 1 cup milk Directions • Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Lightly grease a baking sheet. • In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter. Mix the egg and milk in a small bowl, and stir into flour mixture. • Knead briefly. Roll dough out into a round. • Bake 15 minutes.
FLAPJACKS Ingredients • 1/2 cupbutter or margarine • 1/2 cupbrownsugar • 4 tablespoons golden syrup or corn syrup • 3 cupsrolledoats • 1/4 cupraisins Directions • Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. • In a saucepan combine the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup. Cook until butter and sugar melt. Stir in the oats and raisins. Pour into a baking pan. • Bake for 30 minutes until the top is golden. Cut into squares.
APPLE CRUMBLE Ingredients • Half a packet puff pastry • 1 tablespoonbutter, melted • 3 apple - peeled and chopped • 3/8 cupflour • 3/8 cupalmonds • 1/2 cupwhitesugar • 1/4 teaspooncinnamon • 3 tablespoonsbutter, chilled • 1/4 teaspoonvanillaextract Directions • In a small bowl, mix flour, almonds, 1/2 cup sugar, and cinnamon together. • Add chilled butter and vanilla extract. Rub to make bread crumbs. • Place pastry on a large baking sheet. Brush with melted butter or margarine. • Arrange apples in the center of the pastry, leaving a border of pastry. • Spoon almond over the apples. • Bake at 175 degrees C for 30 minutes.
DEVONSHIRE TEA Try Devonshire tea! Make tea and serve itwith scones, clottedcream and jam. It’s wonderful. You’d betternoteatitifyou are on a diet.