These high tea ideas are easy to make - just pop in at Woolworths, gather your ingredients and invite your friends over.
WOULD YOU LIKE A CUPPA TEA?
Flavour your choice of tea with these delicious combos: cardamom and honey; lemongrass and ginger; lime, mint and granaddilla; rose-water and vanilla; or orange zest and pineapple.
Or make coconut chai tea or iced tea float with sesame brittle
ELEGANT ICED TEA
Makes 3 litres
- 2 x 1.5-litre bottles Woolworths iced tea
- 250ml frozen berries
- fresh mint leaves, to decorate
- 2 limes, quartered
- 15ml rose-water
- 1 bunch grapes
- 1 free-range egg white
- 30ml caster sugar
Pour the iced tea into a large jug. Add the berries, mint leaves, limes and rose-water. To frost the grapes, brush lightly with beaten egg white and dip into sugar. Place onto greaseproof paper and allow to harden. Serve the iced tea in pretty teacups and decorate with frosted grapes.
Making the perfect cup of tea is something of an art. Learn how to here.
SHORTBREAD FANCIES
Makes 12
- 250ml mascarpone
- 1 vanilla pod, split and seeded
- 12 fingers shortbread
- 12 strawberries, sliced
Gently stir together the mascarpone and vanilla seeds.Spread onto the shortbread and neatly decorate with sliced strawberries.
OR MAKE AT HOME
Shortbread with rich hot chocolate
Shortbread lemon tarts
Granadilla shortbread
Sugared pear butter with shortbread orange drops
Strawberry shortbread tartlets with mascarpone
MINI TURKISH-DELIGHT TRIFLES
Serves 8
- 4 Woolworths chocolate brownies
- 45ml raspberry liqueur
- 8 Turkish-delight chocolates, halved
- 8 scoops good quality vanilla ice cream
- 125ml caramelised nuts, chopped
Break the brownies into small pieces. Spoon into 8 shot glasses and drizzle each with 5ml of liqueur. Add the Turkish delight, ice cream and nuts. Serve immediately.
OR MAKE AT HOME
Fresh strawberry 'Turkish delight' with melting chocolate and yoghurt
Chocolate brownie and mixed berry trifle
Brownie cake
FROSTED-MINI-DOUGHNUT TOWER
To make the tower, carefully pile Woolworths frosted mini doughnuts onto your favourite cake stand.
Melt 100g Lindt 70% dark chocolate and, using a paper piping bag, pipe stars onto a silicone mat or baking paper.
Allow to set, chilling if necessary.
Decorate the tower with the stars and dust with plenty of icing sugar.
If you want, you can cover it all in spun sugar.
OR MAKE AT HOME
Zesty home-made doughnuts with orange drizzle
Piles of frosted mini-doughnuts with fresh berries and creamy lemon-curd yoghurt
Cranberry-chocolate truffles
MINI-QUICHE SELECTION
Strange as it may sound, not everybody loves sweet things. So ensure you offer a couple of tasty savoury options, such as mini-quiches.
Warm a selection of savoury tartlets and top generously with smoked-salmon ribbons, olives and fresh lime, or a dollop of redcurrent jelly and chopped chives.
OR MAKE AT HOME
Roast butternut quiche
Braised chicory quiche
Spring pea and Parmesan quiche Lorraine
Olive and crispy bacon phyllo tartlets
Assorted bite-size tartlets