Tina's Traditional Old English Kitchen

Tina Jesson moved to Indy from the UK in August 2008 when her husband was relocated with Rolls Royce Aero Engines. She missed some of the lovely English baked items so much that she started recreating them from her mothers and grandmothers baked items and preserving recipes using local organic ingredients. In Nov 2011 she started selling her goods at Traders Point Green Market as a home based vendor. She recently took part in Gordon Ramsey’s Master Chef in Chicago and then became a licensed business at Indy’s Kitchen. She now can be found at a number of markets in the area, at local events and hosts tea parties at specified venues.

Scones are made with real butter and a little sugar and they are designed to be cut horizontally and buttered. In an English Cream Tea – the scones are cut, Strawberry Conserve ( a thinner version of a preserve where the Strawberries stay whole) is added and is topped with clotted cream. As clotted cream is so hard to find outside the UK heavy cream whipped with no added sugar can be used instead. The scones should be eaten open style and served with tea (above) – the whole meal is described as An English Cream Tea

Making your own clotted cream:

For those of you who have never tried clotted cream I would best describe it as a cross between butter and whipped cream.

There is only one ingredient: heavy whipping cream. Use two pints at a time - be sure to use non ultra-pasteurized cream – which can be hard to find. The clotted cream can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Pour the cream into a heavy-bottomed oven-safe pot. The cream should come up the side of the pot somewhere between one and three inches.

1. Cover the pot and put it in the oven on 180 F.
2. Leave the covered pot in the oven for at least 8 hours. You'll know it's done because there will be a thick yellowish skin above the cream, as shown above. That skin is the clotted cream.
3. Let the pot cool at room temperature, then put it in the refrigerator for another 8 hours.
4. Remove the clotted cream from the top of the pot. The cream that is underneath it can still be used for baking.

This summer her markets include:           

·        Traders Point Creamery Summer Market Fri 4pm – 8pm

·        Zionsville Farmers Market Sat 8am – 11am

·        StadiumVillageFarmers Market Tues – 4pm – 7pm

·        PlainfieldFarmers Market Weds – 4pm – 7pm

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