Eton mess scones
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 12
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- 400g self-raising flourplus extra for dusting
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100g buttercut into cubes
- 3 tbsp caster sugarplus extra for sprinkling
- 200ml buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp milkplus extra for brushing
- good handful small strawberrieshalved
- small jar good strawberryjam
- 2 meringuenests , crumbled into chunks
- 200ml tub clotted cream
Nutrition: per scone
- kcal373
- fat18g
- saturates11g
- carbs48g
- sugars25g
- fibre2g
- protein4g
- salt0.7glow
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Mix the flour, salt and baking powder together in a large bowl. Rub in the butter or whizz the lot in a food processor to fine crumbs, then stir in the sugar.
step 2
Warm the buttermilk, vanilla and milk to hand temperature, then quickly stir it into the flour mixture with a knife. Using your hands, bring the dough together, being careful not to overwork the mix.
step 3
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and pat out to a 2.5cm thick round. Stamp out 12 x 5cm rounds, dusting the cutter with flour as you stamp – you’ll need to re-pat trimmings to make 12. Put the rounds onto floured baking sheets, brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with a little more sugar. Bake for 12-15 mins until golden.
step 4
To serve, lightly mash the strawberries with the jam, and fold the meringues into the clotted cream. Dollop some strawberry mixture onto each split scone, and top with a dollop of meringue cream.
