Everything You Need for a Summer Tea Party - Dairy Free
From tea sandwiches to scones to clotted cream - it’s all dairy or lactose free
Here’s something we don’t do very often: slow down, take a little time for ourselves, and prepare food with extra care and creativity. Summer just seems like the perfect time to set aside an afternoon for friends and serve tea with a few homemade finger foods and sweets.
Tea parties also make such great themes for bridal or baby showers. We had a great time throwing a tea party birthday for Rebel when she was a child. The girls sat around the dining room table sipping out of real teacups and had such fun.
To host a tea party you don’t have to be a pro in the kitchen. Tea sandwiches are remarkably simple to make. Just a little trimming the crusts and garnishing makes everything extra special. Add a few strawberries, tiny cookies, or slices of Bundt cake. Or serve scones with clotted cream and jam.
We’ve gathered a list of simple recipes to put together your own kind of summer afternoon tea party, with either a few pastries and fruit or high tea with individual frittatas, a side salad, scones and sweets.
All our recipes are dairy free or lactose free (with notes for full dairy options). We also have a new favorite gluten free scone based on a snickerdoodle cookie.
The tea sandwiches include a variety of flavors:
Dairy Free Tea Party Sandwiches with Lemon, Strawberry or Cucumber & Chive Cream Cheese
Smoked salmon
Egg salad with pea sprouts
Cucumber and cream cheese
Radish and goat cheese
Manchego cheese with fig jam
It’s not a tea party without scones:
Here are a couple of savory dishes that will make your tea party spread a meal:
Every tea party needs a little dessert:
For a beautiful display, cut the sandwiches into different shapes, and display them lined up together on the serving tray.
Have fun trying out these recipes. Tell us how it goes in the comments below. Or post a photo on Instagram tag us.
