# The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook by Gareth Neame (Hardcover)

**This comprehensive guide, in official partnership with the hit TV series Downton Abbey, is a lavish celebration of elegant afternoon tea, filled with recipes, historical facts and etiquette guides.**  
  
With over **150 stunning photographs** featuring stills from across the _Downton Abbey_ series and up to the _Downton Abbey: A New Era_ film release, plus a foreword by Gareth Neame, _Downton Abbey_'s executive producer, this collection of 70 delicious recipes will serve up everything you need to take afternoon tea just like the Granthams.  
  
The book also explores the **history of tea**, covering its origins and varieties, the etiquette surrounding its consumption in English aristocratic life, **and its presence in the series, both upstairs and downstairs.**  
  
**Recipes for delicious bakes, bites and assorted sweet and savoury delights include:**

-   Pastries, buns and biscuits - Whip up classics like the cream scone or Chelsea buns, as well as enticing delicacies from raspberry eclairs to chocolate florentines   
      
    
-   Afternoon tea cakes, tarts and puddings - From colourful Battenburg cakes and lemon tarts to warming spicy dark gingerbread or steamed toffee pudding  
      
    
-   Tea sandwiches and savoury bites - Enjoy mini pork pies and Cornish pasties, or make carefully trimmed tea sandwiches  
      
    
-   Preserves and spreads - Make aromatic strawberry-rhubarb jam, currant jelly or lemon curd from scratch to accompany your bakes  
      
    
-   From intimate afternoon tea taken in the drawing-room to glamorous tea parties in the garden, there are afternoon tea experiences to suit any occasion.

Full of photographs and quotes from Downton characters, with this book **you can recreate the rich traditions and flavours of Downton Abbey afternoon tea, time and time again.**

## Details

- **Price:** 12.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Frances Lincoln Children's Books
- **Type:** Gareth Neame
- **Tags:** All Books, Food and Drink

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