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Consulting Culinarians: Afternoon Tea (0:39:45)↑

Consulting Fans Emma Grant, Fox Estacado, Holmeson and special guest Ferno indulge in a character-inspired afternoon tea!

• Fox Estacado’s Mycroft-themed tea:
  • Amuse bouche: Salmon sashimi with vinaigrette and caviar. Inspired by the smoked salmon rillette with caviar at Searcy’s London tearoom
  • Sandwiches and savories:
    • Smoked salmon with avocado and wasabi and seaweed cream cheese (Inspired by afternoon tea at Connaught) 
    • Lobster bridge roll (Inspired by Fortnum and Mason)
    • Sausage roll (recipe)
    • Coronation chicken and egg (Fortnum and Mason)
  • Scones:
    • Raspberry scone (recipe)
    • Lemon curd (recipe)
    • Clotted cream (Instant pot recipe)
  • Dessert: Tiramisu (NY Times recipe) 
  • Photos
  • Twitter thread (behind the scenes)

• Holmeson’s Jonhlock-themed tea:
  • Savories: Salmon sandwiches and “eyeball” deviled eggs
  • Smiley-faced scones with clotted cream and jam 
  • Sweets: homemade Jammie dodgers and ginger nut “thumbs” inspired by this recipe
  • Photos and recipe descriptions

• • • • • • • Emma’s Molly-themed tea:
              • Heart-shaped sugar cubes
              • Finger sandwiches: cucumber and cream cheese, prosciutto and fig jam, Black Forest ham and cheddar, and curried egg salad
              • Classic English scones with homemade strawberry jam and clotted cream
              • Sweets:
                • Earl Grey Tea cake
                • Cherry shortbread cookies (recipe is for cranberry)
              • For the cats: Temptations cat treats and catnip tea (no milk)
              • Photos

This segment was first released on February 1, 2022 in Episode 125: Foodie February.

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