Tea Parfait

One of our most popular treats at our Albert Lane store is our very decadent tea parfait.
We want everybody to be able to enjoy it anytime, so we are giving you our secret recipe!
The recipe can be made with any tea so experiment and let us know which is your favourite.

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons of Gelatine or a box of unflavoured jelly crystals (Aeroplane Jelly makes a great one).
• 3 cups of the tea - your choice (teas without to much citrus work the best)
• ½ cup cold water
• Plain Sponge
• 1 small tub of Double Cream
• ½ cup of chopped fruit (fresh or tinned, it’s your choice but strawberries and peach work really well)
• 2 + 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 4 glasses for serving in.

Making the tea jelly

• In a container, pour 2 ½ cups of tea over 4 tablespoons of gelatine. Reserving the last ½ cup of tea for later.
• Mix the tea and gelatine until combined add 3 tablespoons of sugar and stir well.
• Add ½ cup cold water and refrigerate until set.
• If you are using a box of unflavoured jelly crystals prepare as per the instructions on the box, replacing the water element with tea.

Making the Parfait

• Take the reserved ½ cup of tea and add 2 tablespoons of sugar, stir well until sugar is dissolved, this is easier to do when the tea is hot.
• Cut up your sponge into pieces that will fit into your glasses, we use two different sized cookie cutters at Albert Lane, a small one for the bottom of the glass and a large one for the second layer, but cutting it into cubes would work well too.
• Dunk the sponge pieces in the tea and sugar mixture, don’t let them soak as they will go soggy and fall apart.
• Take your set jelly and smash it up with a fork, we have found that doing this helps when trying to get a nice even layer in the glass plus it looks like little crystals.
• Now start layering! One layer of tea soaked sponge one good sized layer of smashed Tea Jelly a small layer of cream, a little bit of double cream goes a long way! A layer of fruit.
• Repeat the layers and finish with a nice layer of fruit on top

The top 3 flavours we suggest are...

   Red Fruits Fruit infusion                     Peach Black               Strawberry Cream Infusion