Cooking with Tea & Tea Leaves

Just as there many different types of teas, there are also many different uses for tea, especially in your cooking and recipes.

Tea is not just for drinking from a tea cup. Think of tea as a herb and use it everyday instead of other more traditional herbs. Add it to your Ice-Cream, marinade chicken or even use it dry-roasted.

Make your own Green Tea Icecream

For a delightful dessert idea, why not sprinkle some powdered Matcha Green Tea over vanilla ice-cream, or soften your vanilla ice-cream and fold the Green Tea through it. 
 
How to make a Dry-Roasted Green Tea Crumble

Dry roast Green Tea in a hot, dry pan, until it becomes slightly crisp. Cool and store in an airtight container. The uses for these delicious tea crumbs are limited only by your imagination.
 
Add to butter for Green Tea Butter

Use Green Tea Butter to make a delicious and different Herb Bread. Sprinkle over baked vegetables as a garnish. Top pasta dishes with a sprinkling before serving. Scatter over your favourite green salad.

Tea used as a Garnish or that special 'Secret Ingredient'

Using dry-roasted Green Tea in your special hot and cold dishes and keep your guests guessing as to what that delicious ingredient is. This dry-roasted Green Tea is delicious sprinkled over your baked vegetables just prior to serving.
 
Tea used in Steaming, Marinades and Rice

Add Tea Leaves to the water prior to steaming fish or vegetables to impart a delicate flavour.

Make a pot of Black Tea, allow to cool and marinade your meat prior to cooking. Wonderful for chicken.

Add a pinch of chopped Green Tea Leaves to your water prior to boiling pasta, rice or noodles.
 
The Japanese have always used Green Tea...

Traditionally, Japanese have always enjoyed Green Tea flavoured ice-cream.  The Japanese also add Green Tea Leaves to many dishes including noodles, rice, sauces, tempura batters, sweets, cakes and pastries.

Delicious Scones

Use cold tea to soak all your dried fruits in prior to baking them in scones, biscuits, cakes and puddings. Not only does this plump up the dried fruits, but also imparts a delicious flavour. 

Flavour for Fruit Salads

Make a pot of fresh Jasmine Green Tea or Black Rose Tea. When making fresh fruit salads, add a little of the cold tea to the syrup. This delicious idea will give you double the dose of health benefits - both from the fruits and the tea