COOKING WITH TEA - Tea Punch

Half pint strong black tea
6 ounces sugar
Half pint orange juice (not solid)
4 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cans ginger ale
1 large bottle seven-up
1 orange sliced

Put hot tea in a bowl. Add sugar until dissolved. Add orange and lemon juices. Strain.
Chill. Just before serving mix in the ginger ale, seven up and orange slices.

COOKING WITH TEA NATURALLY - Tea dressing/Marinade

Half cup strong Earl Grey tea (substitute another flavorful tea, such as English breakfast, if desired.
2 tablespoons orange juice
Half teaspoon sugar
Half teaspoon rice wine vinegar
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
Quarter cup fresh basil, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
Quarter teaspoon salt and pepper

Place tea, orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan or skillet. Bring to boil.
Reduce to about two tablespoons. Combine tea mixture, vinegar, garlic, slat, pepper and extra virgin olive oil. Stir in basil.
Use for cooked pasta,green salads etc.

COOKING WITH TEA -Sencha Scented Lamb on Rosemary Skewers

1 pound lean lamb
1 recipe Sencha green tea marinade
12 rosemary skewers
24 garlic cloves, roasted.

Marinate lamb in Sencha green tea for one hour
Cut meat into cubes, skewer size
Saute lamb in olive oil until medium rare
Roast garlic cloves in 350F degree oven until soft and golden
Place roasted garlic, peel if desired on each rosemary sprig and then a cube of Sencha lamb. Continue with lamb, until it is all used. End with the other garlic clove. Serve immediately. Substitute chicken if desired. Serves 6

COOKING WITH TEA - Sencha Tea Marinade

Marinade
Half cup Sencha green tealeaves
2 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 clove garlic
sea salt
pepper
1 shallot

Pour boiled water over tea leaves in an open dish. Chop garlic and shallot finely.
Add garlic, shallot and lemon juice to tea leaf mixture.
Use to marinate meat, fish or poultry. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.

COOKING WITH TEA -Chai Tea Bread

1 three quarter cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
Half teaspoon salt
three quarter cup sugar
8 ounce packet cream cheese
2 large eggs
Three quarter cup mashed bananas
Quarter cup of brewed Chai tea

Preheat oven to 350F. In separate bowl beat sugar, cream cheese and eggs until light and fluffy. Add mashed bananas, brewed chai tea and mix together gently. Gradually add flour
until thoroughly incorporated. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9" x 5"baking pan.Baking for approximately one hour, until bread tests done.

COOKING WITH TEA - Tea Jelly

Tea Jelly:

2 lemons
1 packet lemon jelly
Half pint (approx.) freshly brewed tea
Whipped cream to decorate

Grate zest from the two lemons. Place jelly in measuring cup and make up to one pint with the freshly brewed tea. Stir until dissolved, then cool. When jelly is slightly thickened stir in lemon zest and pour into rinsed one pint mold. Refrigerate until set.
Unmold. Decorate with whipped cream.

COOKING WITH TEA-Fried Tea-Scented Basmati Rice

Half cup lapsang souchong or other black tea
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
1 minced clove of garlic
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
2 tablespoons canola oil
Half tablespoon red pepper flakes
Half each red & yellow peppers chopped small
1 small onion chopped small
1 cup snow peas
2 cups cooked basmati rice
2 green onions chopped

In a bowl whisk together tea, fish sauce, light soy sauce & toasted sesame oil.

Heat canola oil in Wok, over medium heat. Add to red pepper flacks. Cook for one minute, until slightly browned. Increase heat to high. Add peppers and cook for about 3 minutes. Add snow peas and reserved tea mixture. Boil 2 minutes until liquid is reduced and somewhat syrupy. Add cooked rice and green onions, cooking tossing together for three minutes.

Add cooked shrimp, chicken if desired. serves 4