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Japanese tea tower
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Japanese tea tower

24 ingredients 2 hr + 2 hr Serves 20-30 openrecipes

An impressive biscuit tower made of different tea-flavoured biscuits shaped into a Japanese-style pagoda, held together with royal icing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

696
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
112g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Bergamot not in our table 0
Green Tea not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200g/7oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz caster sugar
  • 2 tsp lapsang souchong teateatea
  • 1 large free-range egg
  • 400g/14oz plain flour
  • 200g/7oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz caster sugar
  • ½ fresh bergamot, finely grated zest
  • 1 large free-range egg
  • 400g/14oz plain flour
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • few drops rosewater
  • ½ large free-range egg
  • 200g/7oz plain flour
  • 200g/7oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz caster sugar
  • 2 tsp matcha or sencha green tea
  • 1 large free-range egg
  • 400g/14oz plain flour
  • 2 large free-range egg whites
  • 450g/1lb icing sugar
  • ½ lemon
  • few drops blue and green food colouring

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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