Tuesday Tea and Tomes: The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook

The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook:  recipes for scones, clotted cream and more!

If you love Downton Abbey and if you love Afternoon Tea, then it's official - you need "The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook"!

Sanctioned by the creators of Downton Abbey, with a foreword by the series' Executive Producer, Gareth Neame and peppered with beautiful photographs of both Crawley's and staff, this book is the perfect guide and inspiration for an Edwardian afternoon tea.

Enjoying a "cream tea" with scones, clotted cream and earl grey!

The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook begins with a brief history of tea in England, basic components of a British tea and tea's role in the period drama of its namesake. Interesting facts and reflections serve as a perfect prelude to all the wonderful afternoon tea recipes that comprise the rest of the book.

Divided into four categories which focus on pastries, cakes, savories and condiments, there are numerous recipes to assist in creating your Downton Abbey-inspired afternoon tea.  The essentials are all included:  scones, sweets, savories and "clotted cream", the latter we here at BTS prepared this week. (Oh, and it was delicious!)

Mock clotted cream, quick and easy!

Preparation of tea fare range from a-few-hours-of-commitment to quick-and-easy. Tea etiquette tips are sprinkled throughout the chapters to steer us all in, not only delicious tea-time-treats, but proper protocol as well.

Scones  with clotted cream and lemon curd (allin the book!)

I'm looking forward to tackling more delicious recipes and sharing more Downton Abbey tea with family and friends. In the meantime, I'm getting a lot of inspiration from The Official Downton Abby Afternoon Tea Cookbook and channeling my inner-Violet.  As the cookbook quotes our dear dowager:

"Then there's nothing more to be said. Are we going to have tea? Or not?"

The answer is most assuredly, "yes, and officially, we need the Downton Abbey afternoon tea cookbook!"

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