Tea is a favorite drink in many countries, and each country has its own tea traditions. Tea came to Russia from Mongolia in the 17th century, as a gift to the Russian emperor from the Mongol khan, and although at first people treated him with great caution, he very quickly pushed the original Russian forest teas from lingonberries, mint, thyme and other gifts of the forest on the tables . Tea was regularly imported to Russia from China and India. And in the XVIII century it became a national drink, and Russian tea traditions appeared. In Russia, began to brew tea in samovars, they have become a mandatory household accessory in any family. Tablecloths, sets, a special cake for tea - all these are components of the Russian tea ceremony.
Pies can be prepared for this drink according to many recipes. Sometimes the desire to arrange a tea ceremony arises spontaneously, in which case you can quickly bake a cake that looks like a charlotte. Such a cake for tea is prepared in an air grill for about half an hour. To prepare it, you need the following ingredients: one glass of flour and sugar, 4 eggs, a bag of baking powder and two apples.
Flour, sugar and eggs should be beaten with a mixer in a lush mass until the sugar is completely dissolved. Apples must be cut into slices and put in a greased form of air grill. In blended batter, add baking powder, mix thoroughly and pour over apples. The mold should be placed on the middle grill and baked for 20 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C and an average fan speed , then raise the temperature to 230 ° C, setting a high fan speed and bake for another quarter quarter hour. Pie for tea is ready. Before serving, the cooled product must be turned on a flat dish so that the apples are on top. You can decorate a tea cake with grape berries.
If you decide to have a tea ceremony and invite friends, you need to prepare for it in advance. In this case, you can bake a three-layer cake for tea.
For the first layer, you need to knead a tough dough from one glass of flour, 100 grams of cream sugar, one egg and a pinch of salt and put it in the refrigerator for ten minutes. Then the dough should be rolled into a layer according to the size of the baking dish, put it in this mold and bake at a temperature of 220 ° C for a quarter of an hour.
To prepare the second layer, dried apricots will be required. To make a sweet cake for tea, 300 grams of dried apricots should be boiled until soft, grate and add sugar to taste. On a baked cake, lay a layer of sweet dried apricots and place in an air grill for about ten minutes.
For the third layer, you will need four eggs, half a glass of sugar, four tablespoons of flour and a bag of vanilla sugar. Squirrels need to be separated from the yolks and beat in a strong foam, and grind the yolks with sugar until smooth. Then they must be combined and, adding flour and vanilla sugar, knead a homogeneous dough. Next, you need to pour the resulting mass evenly onto the cake and bake the product in the air grill for another 25 minutes, while setting the temperature to 200 ° C and the average fan speed. Such a sweet tea pie should be served to the table cooled and cut into portioned portions.
Very often cookies are served at the tea table. Here is the easiest cookie recipe for tea. The dough is made from two and a half glasses of flour, one egg, 200 grams of butter and 50 grams of sugar. First, the flour is combined with butter, then other ingredients are added and the dough is kneaded, which is placed in the refrigerator for half an hour. Then a layer about 7 millimeters thick is rolled out of it and various figures are cut out. On top of the figured cookies smeared with yolk and sprinkled with sugar and almonds. The products should be carefully laid on a slightly greased baking sheet and baked in the oven at 180 ° C for about half an hour. Here is a simple recipe for tea biscuits to decorate any table.
The most important thing when organizing a tea party is to remember that it should be festive, so you should show all your imagination.