
My friend and photographer, Maria Healey, and I love everything about the Abbey Rose Tea House in La Mesa including the napkins made to look like roses. This is a little nod to them.
Benedictine Cucumber sandwich recipe can be found here.
Very easy to do: slice fresh baguette, spread a bit of preserves, a slice of cheese, and you’re done! You could broil for about 3 minutes if you wanted them warm and gooey.
Of course we had to have sweets! Downton Abbey Lemon Curd was used to fill pastry cups I found at Walmart and my favorite Belgian Chocolate Pudding from Trader Joe’s was used to fill pastry shells. This is the kind of pudding I can’t buy very often because I will eat the whole thing. The.whole.thing. It’s that good. You can find that pretty little 2 tiered server on the World Market website too.
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