Masterchef Australia has somehow got me excited about cooking/baking, well at least the simplest dish of all. One of them being scones. It looked so easy that I had to try it out. Only difference was I didn't use any lemon zest according to the recipe because the lemon tree in the garden hasn't been producing any good lemons for a while now. I wonder what's wrong with the lemon tree.
Anyway, I'll just share with you the recipe from MasterChef;
Ingredients
150ml-175ml milk150ml cream
1 egg
3 cups self-raising flour
2 tbs caster sugar
1 cup chopped, dried dates
Finely grated rind 1 lemon
Cream & jam, to serve
Makes 12
Method
1. Preheat oven 200°C fan forced. Line large flat oven tray with baking paper.
2. Whisk 150ml milk, cream and egg together until well combined. Combine flour, sugar, dates and lemon rind in a large bowl. Add milk mixture and stir gently to a soft dough, adding remaining milk if necessary. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently until dough comes together.
3. Press dough out to 2cm-thick. Cut scones from dough and place onto tray flat-side up. Press dough together gently and repeat using the remaining dough. Brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with a little sugar. Bake 12-15 minutes until golden and well risen. Serve hot with jam and cream.
P/S: Do get a really good quality jam and not just any sugar spread, else the sweetness will be an overkill.
3 comments:
hey dear, the scones do look real delicious n beautiful. Also, I wud like to commend u on ur photo taking. it looked like those photos in the classy bakerys. real neat. btw, what's cream? Butter is it? Will try it out soon. (have not been online for ages. how ru keepin? wen's the 'arrival' date? Im so looking forward n am excited for you.)
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Hi Li, thanks for the compliments. I'm not very good at photo taking. And yes, you should try out the scones and have it for tea. They are lovely. The secret of making good scone is also not to knead the dough for too long, else it will harden the scones. I'm not sure if Msia sells cream but Andrew's saying you can probably substitute it with whipped cream. Cream, i think is 35% milk fat, not butter.
I have been well, baby's due anytime on the 1st week of Sept. I can't wait!!
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