Luxurious hi tea recipe

Assorted open faced sandwiches on European spinach and bacon bread slices with crab and corn chowder

Looking at this lovely presentation, I need no further introduction :)
With this recipe, you can have hi tea in your house anytime! Use it to serve during parties or with your friends! I bet one serving isn't enough!

Spinach and bacon bread
I have modified this recipe taken from Complete baking by Martha
Day so that it is simple enough for any first time baker to try. This recipe yields sticky dough. Slice into slices to form the base of your open face sandwich.
Ingredients:
Wet ingredients:
450ml water
Dry ingredients:
675g bread flour, sifted
3g sugar
7.5g salt
7.5g nutmeg powder
7.5g instant yeast

Toppings:
1 tablespoon olive oil
150g diced back bacon
200g chopped fresh spinach
Grated parmesan cheese

1. Heat wok on low with olive oil.
2. When wok is hot, place in bacon and fry till bacon is golden brown and set aside.
3. Pour water into mixing bowl.
4.Add sifted flour, sugar, salt, nutmeg.
5. Make a well in the middle of your dry ingredients and add yeast.
6. Knead either using hand or machine till dough is form.
7. Add bacon with oil and spinach.
8. Knead for 5 minutes.
9. Split into 2 bowls, cover with cling wrap, making sure there's no air bubbles and let it proof for 40 minutes (based on Singapore's temperature) or until double in size.
10. Punch out the air.
11. Use bread scrapper and cut
Into loaves or into separate bread casings.
12. Preheat oven at 175 degree celcius.
13Lavishly place cheese and proof for another 40 minutes or until double in size.
14. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Use a skewer to poke and if it comes out clean, it's done!

Crab and corn chowder
So easy and fast! Satisfying and comforting! Dip with the yummy home made bread to be on cloud no. 9!
Ingredients:
12 Japanese Kani (imitation crab claws) or 150g real crab meat
250g frozen corn
1 liter swanson chicken stock
3 mashed potatoes
100ml cooking cream

1. Bring chicken stock to boil.
2. Add corn and crab. (leave some for garnishing)
3. Add potatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Turn off heat and blend with hand blender.
5. Blend till you get the consistency desired.
6. Simmer for another 5 minutes and add cooking cream then turn off heat.
Now it's done!
Optional: drizzle with truffle oil

Open face sandwiches
Ingredients:
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Sliced cherry tomatoes
Sliced ripe avocado
Mashed potato (recipe can be found in my blog)
Slices of spinach and bacon bread
Bake the sandwiches at 200 degree Celsius for 8 minutes.
Combination 1: cheese and tomatoes
Combination 2: mashed potatoes and cheese
Combination 3: combination 1 served with fresh slices of avocado
Other combinations:
Cooked Asparagus and whipped cream
Smoked salmon, onion and cream cheese cubes
Foie gras
Cucumber and tuna mayo

Serve with cold or hot TWG or Twinnings tea :)

Hope you will like this recipe! Try it today!

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