1 post tagged “scones”
Right. I felt an urge to make some scones today. But the though of making the same old ones I always do was not tempting. So I played around with a few taste combinations and came up with this rather intreresting taste paring. Now this not the final version at all, but a good start. Here is the recipe and instructions:
Tangerine zest syrup
1 dl orange juice
Zest of one Tangerine
50 g sugar
Boil and reduce to a syrup, about 50% reduction
Scotch marinated raisins
1 dl whisky
100 g raisins
Gently heat the whisky and add the raisins. Leave to infuse for 30 minutes
Combine the whisky, raisins and the syrup. Heat and let simmer gently for a minute or so.
Drain the raisins from the syrup and further reduce it until it's thick, sweet and sticky.
Scones
200 g butter at room temperature
125 g sugar
625 g flour
10 g salt
25 g baking powder
100 g finely chopped hazelnuts
500 g buttermilk
Combine butter and sugar in a bowl. Stir in buttermilk and add the raisins.
In a second bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt and hazelnuts. Mix thoroughly.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and combine carefully. Do not overwork the dough.
Form 12 balls out of the dough.
Bake at 200 c until light golden. Take out of oven and coat/brush the scones with the syrup. Bake for a few more minutes.
