My lazy scones are „lazy“ because they don’t need to be rolled, nothing needs to be prepped beforehand, the jam is not jam but marinated fruit and the clotted cream needs nothing done to it except for placing a long handled spoon in it to serve.
The oven will should be set very high to ensure a crisp crumb but still a moist inside. Start with the fruit so that it can marinate as long as possible (don’t leave it for more than 30-45 minutes though, or else it will start to turn into liquid). If you want to use other berries, please do! If you‘d prefer to have jam with the scones, follow the same quantities but place the fruit and sugar into a saucepan, bring to a rolling boil, remove from the heat after stirring rapidly for about 3-5 minutes, puree and pass through a sieve. Either way will be scrumptious 😊.
Ingredients for the scones (makes 6)
220g flour
7g baking powder
pinch of salt
2 Tbsp sugar (30g)
60g butter (cold and chopped into pieces)
100ml cream
1 egg
Ingredients for the fruit
500g fruit (300g strawberries and 200g red currants)
3 Tbsp sugar
• Start with the fruit sauce: combine fruit and sugar in a bowl. Stir a few times and then leave to marinate.
• For the scones : Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl. Stir well.
• Rub in the butter using your fingertips. Don’t overmix, just rub until small-ish crumbs form.
• In a small jug mix the cream and egg, beat lightly until combined.
• Add the cream/egg mixture to the dry ingredients. Use a knife to gently stir together, then use your hand to gently (!) bring together into a ball.
• On a baking paper lined oven tray, gently (with your hands) divide the mixture into 6 even parts and then again, working gently so as not to overwork the dough, form each ball of dough into a small scone. Place the rolled dough onto the oven tray.
• Bake for 12 mins until just cooked through and lightly golden outside. The scones should not be goey soft if gently touched in the middle.
• Once cool, serve with tea, the fruit mixture and clotted cream. What better afternoon tea is there?! 🤭
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