Tea drinking is a beautiful ancient tradition, be itfamily evening, friendly gatherings, holidays or parties. However, this wonderful custom requires not only tea. Honorable seats on the table belong to the rosettes with jam, jars of honey, buttercups and candy bars. The decoration of the table is traditional pastry for tea: pies and muffins, cakes and pastries, rolls and bagels, biscuits and rolls. Preparing delicious desserts does not necessarily require high costs or outstanding culinary talent. Simple baking for tea, cooked with love, is not less tasty. It is proposed to consider several simple recipes.
Coconut-almond mounds
This English pastry for tea will surely appeal to many sweethearts.
Ingredients
2 large refrigerated protein, half teaspoonfulspoons of white wine, 40 grams of white sesame seeds and finely chopped almonds, 100-120 grams of brown sugar, a teaspoon of vanilla sugar, salt, 300 g of coconut chips.
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 170˚C.Put parchment on a baking tray. Beat the protein with brown and vanilla sugar in a thick foam, sprinkle with wine and beat again. Continue to beat, gradually adding ground almonds, salt, coconut shavings, sesame. The resulting mixture will be sticky, so spread it more conveniently with two wet spoons, forming a mound. Spread the mounds should be at a sufficient distance from each other, as when baking they increase. Willingness to check with a stick for sushi: it must be dry when leaving.
Knolls are well suited not only for home tea drinking. They can be taken with you on the road and on a picnic.
Chocolate cake with raspberries
This traditional German pastry for tea will please lovers of berry desserts.
For the dough: 15 g of cocoa, 175 g of sifted wheat flour, half a pack of softened butter, one third of a glass of sugar, 2 chilled yolks.
For the filling: 250 ml of cream, 125 ml of low-fat milk, 150 g of dark chocolate, 2 medium eggs, 65 g of powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon of vanilla sugar, a glass of fresh large raspberries.
Preparation
Flour and cocoa sift in a bowl, add sugar.Rinse the softened butter with a fork, grinding with flour, cocoa and sugar. Introduce the egg yolks. Stir the dough by hand, forming a bowl. If it gets too thick, you can add cold water. Roll out into a round layer, put it in a mold, cut off excess with a knife. To prick with a fork. Put in the refrigerator for 20-25 minutes. Preheat the oven to 190 °. Form with dough covered with parchment, cover with beans or lentils, so as not to form bubbles. Bake for 10 minutes, remove parchment and send again to the oven for 5 minutes.
Готовим начинку.Pour the cream and milk into a saucepan, bring to a boil, remove from the heat and crush the chocolate. Leave it for a few minutes until it melts. Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl until smooth and gradually introduce milk with chocolate.
Get the cake, lay out the raspberries, neatlydistribute the filling on the surface of the cake. Heat the oven to 160 ° C and bake the cake for about half an hour. Allow to cool at room temperature, decorate with fresh raspberries, sprinkle with cocoa. Transfer to a serving dish.
Merengi
This is an exquisite French pastry for tea, which we know as "meringue".
Ingredients
Three large egg whites, a pinch of salt, an incomplete glass of fine sugar.
Preparation
Heat oven to 140 ° C.Proteins and salt whisk at low speed for 1-2 minutes, then increase the speed and continue whipping until the protein volume increases several times. Gradually introduce powdered sugar. Paste the parchment on a baking sheet, lay out the whipped mixture with a spoon. Bake for about half an hour. Cool, without removing from the oven, opening the door.
Easy to prepare, quick baking for tea will brighten up the family evening, help out with a sudden arrival of guests, decorate any holiday.
