Time For Tea Pt 1

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Preparations  3 Days Ahead: Make Lemon Curd (for scones) Make Spicy
Apple Onion  Compote  1 Day Ahead: Bread Brie in almonds and keep
refrigerated Make Chive  Sour Cream; refrigerate Make Country Cream;
refrigerate Make Petal  Butter; refrigerate *Set your table and set out
serving dishes and  platters  4 Hours Ahead: Dice cucumbers;
refrigerate Slice radishes;  refrigerate Make and bake scones Clean
berries and place in an  attractive bowl; chill Place Lemon Curd and
Country Cream in nice  bowls; refrigerate; re-whisk cream if necessary
Put Apple Onion  Compote in a decorative bowl and bring to room
temperature *Bring  Petal Butter out to warm to room temperature  1
Hour Ahead: Roast potatoes Marinate cucumbers Slice bread for
sandwiches and spread with butter; place on decorative tray and cover
with plastic wrap Get tea water ready to go on the stove *Assemble  tea
accompaniments such as lemon, milk and sugar  Right Before Serving:
Place radishes on sandwiches and sprinkle tray  with edible flower
petals Assemble roasted potatoes with smoke salmon  Bake Brie Warm
scones Slice bread and apples to accompany Brie, if  desired Make tea
_____ Time for Tea: A Little Tradition - and a Few  Twists  How long
has it been since you've been to a tea? Probably too long.  Or, if you
have never been to a tea, then now is the time to have one  of your
very own.  It doesn't require a special occasions to have one--but
Mother's Day  is coming up, along with spring showers and warm
afternoons. And what  better way to begin or end an afternoon than with
a bit of  relaxation, good friends, a cup of hot tea and some wonderful
things  to nibble on?  You need not dress up for your tea party, but it
sure is fun. I mean,  really. Where these days can a gal wear her white
cotton gloves? I  remember being invited to my first grownup tea party
a few years ago  with "the girls". We were all instructed to wear our
tea party  "fancy" outfits. My friend and I just couldn't resist the
invitation  to finally get a chance to wear the crinoline skirts we had
gotten at  a retro thrift shop. We were quite the sight!  The party was
such fun. Hot tea in fine china cups, pinkies  stretched,we sipped,
nibbled and chatted. If you've never done this  little ritual, you
really must try it. It's ohhhh soooo  sophisticated, dahhhling, and
quite entertaining, too--just like you  play-acted when you were
little.  The tasty treats at a contemporary tea party need not be the
usual  crustless cucumber sandwiches or plain scones with whipped
cream.  Nope, today it's a little something savory, a little something
sweet,  a little something traditional with a twist, and a little
something  with cheese. And lots of wonderful hot teas brewing.  Tiny
little roasted potatoes topped with thinly sliced smoked salmon,  a
dollop of chive red onion sour cream and a pouf of marinated
tiny-diced cucumbers give us the savory. Warm citrus scones are  served
with lots of tangy rich lemon curd and country whipped cream  along
with spoonfuls of fresh berries for a luscious sweet note to  the menu.
Thin French baquette slices are spread with dill and edible
flower-petal butter, then topped with paper-thin slices of radish for
a twist on the traditional tea sandwich.  continued in part 2

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 1104
Calories From Fat: 939
Total Fat: 106.7g
Cholesterol: 244mg
Sodium: 348.5mg
Potassium: 78.8mg
Carbohydrates: 38.4g
Fiber: <1g
Sugar: 22.6g
Protein: 3.4g