Nothing can beat a cup of tea with mum, but oolong-smoked quail and baked matcha custard, for example, sure come close. Channel the aroma and flavour of these fragrant leaves into your cooking this Mother’s Day with our collection of tea-infused recipes.

Cha soba noodles with traditional accompaniments

QUINCE and earl grey soufflés
Quince and Earl Grey soufflés

TEA-SMOKED ocean trout with grilled peach salad
Tea-smoked ocean trout with grilled peach salad

SILK oolong cream, gingerbread, quince jelly and salted walnuts
Silk oolong cream, gingerbread, quince jelly and salted walnuts

ORIENT express
Orient Express

ICE-COLD peppermint tea with apple and lime
Ice-cold peppermint tea with apple and lime

Sesame tuna with white miso eggplant, crab meat dressing, shiso and bonito

AGEN prunes with thyme financières and orange and cognac chantilly
Agen prunes with thyme financières and orange and cognac chantilly

JASMINE-SCENTED steamed prawns
Jasmine-scented steamed prawns

RHUBARB, strawberry and pink peppercorn crumble with chamomile ice-cream
Rhubarb, strawberry and pink peppercorn crumble with chamomile ice-cream

CRISP oolong-smoked quail with mandarin-ginger dipping sauce
Crisp oolong-smoked quail with mandarin-ginger dipping sauce

CHAMOMILE panna cotta with candied lemon rind (panna cotta alla camomilla)
Chamomile panna cotta with candied lemon rind (panna cotta alla camomilla)

OCHAZUKE with ocean trout and nori
Ochazuke with ocean trout and nori

BOSTOCK with earl grey prunes
Bostock with Earl Grey prunes

BAKED ricotta with asparagus, pea and chamomile salad
Baked ricotta with asparagus, pea and chamomile salad

BAKED matcha custard with ginger-poached pears
Baked matcha custard with ginger-poached pears