A Wedding With Macaroon Petits Fours, At Hedsor House, Taplow, Bucks

Hedsor House, Hedsor Park, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Photo from Wikipedia.

 A couple of members of my family had the joy of attending a wedding, of long-standing friends, at Hedsor House, Taplow, Bucks.

They loved the venue.

Hedsor House wedding in March 2023. Photo by the Sharot family

The wedding guest did not want her face shown. So I edited the picture on my phone with a drawing tool. My first  attempt. Next time I shall use  a more subtle colour.

I wanted to show you this picture of what seems to be the wedding ceremony room.  What can we see, on checking closely?  The room is light and bright.  The floor is wooden. The chairs are white, and white and gold The chairs all face a door with an architrave (the triangular mock roof), a white swag of fabric and flowers to one side.

Upstairs

 The venue has a walk around balcony on at least three sides. Upstairs are mirrors with elaborate gold frames. 

Wedding Reception Menu

 They sent me the wedding reception menu. The last item was petits fours. Like most Brits I have a sweet tooth.

I asked, what were the petits fours? Send  me a picture.

The answer was macaroons.

Macaroon petits fours, Hedsor House. 

I see six colours and flavours of macaroons. I admit they are a favourite of mine. I also admit I had never before thought of having macaroons as petits fours.

When I was a child, and a youngster, in the 1940s, 50s and sixties, petit fours were always marzipan shapes in teeny paper cups. The spares were taken home to children who were not allowed to attend weddings.

In recent times, grand dinners at smart hotels have ended with petits fours, often home home chocolates, created by the chef and his dessert specialist. They might have nuts, and fillings, and coloured tops, and silver or gold foil cases, and be a mixture of white chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate, rather like a box of chocolates. Now, here's a new twist, macaroons in assorted flavours. Small bits. Suga but with flour and cream and chocolate or ground up nuts or fruit flavourings.

For brides and grooms to be, you can visit the hotel on an open day for a welcome glass of champagne and a tour. If you aren't planning a wedding but want to see around, you can enjoy a virtual tour.

This place was used as a venue for the TV series Midsommer Murders.

Useful Websites

https://www.hedsor.com/hedsor-house-virtual-tour

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