For some reason or another I always fancy scones and other such delights when I'm about to watch the rugby. I have no idea why the seem to work, but for me they are somehow inextricably linked. Unfortunately I am absolutely terrible at making scones, they are always rock solid flat and claggy, so this morning I decided to try again. After looking at lots of different recipes, I came back to good old Delia Smith, she of the step by step guide of how to cook pretty much anything. To be honest it wasn't just that Delia is good with the step by step, hers was the only recipe of which I had all the ingredients and even then I substituted buttermilk for milk as I didn't want to venture out in the English drizzle.
So here is the recipe:
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 7
225g Self Raising Flour, sieved
75g Butter, at room temperature, chopped up
40g Golden Caster Sugar
1 Large egg beaten with 2 tbsp Buttermilk
Rub the butter and flour together until it resembles breadcrumbs, mix in the sugar.
Make a well in the centre of the bowl and add the egg mixture a little at a time using a knife to incorporate the flour. Once it has started to come together use your hands to keep on incorporating the mixture, if it is too dry add a little more buttermilk.
Once it has become a smooth ball of dough place on a floured surface and roll out to 1inch thick. This is very important if you roll them out to thinly you will get rubbish scones. Use a cutter about 2inch in diameter and cut out the scones, bring the scraps together and re rolling to get the last ones out. I got 9, Delia got 10.
Put on a floured baking sheet and brush with a bit of buttermilk, put in the oven for 10 mins until golden and risen.
Cool and scoff with jam, butter and cream
Enjoy!
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