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Buttermilk Scones

Recipe by Nigella Lawson from Nigella Kitchen

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Deliciously scones that melt and crumble in the mouth.

Serves 18

Ingredients

500g plain flour
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons caster sugar
50g unsalted butter
25g soft vegetable shortening
300ml buttermilk
1 egg, beaten, for an egg-wash (optional)
1 x large baking sheet
1 x 6cm fluted scone cutter

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Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/gas mark 7 and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment. Put the flour into a bowl with the bicarb, cream of tartar and sugar.
Chop the butter and the vegetable shortening into pieces and drop them into the flour.
Rub the fats into the flour – or just mix any old how – and then pour in the buttermilk, working everything together to form a dough.
Lightly flour your work surface. Pat the dough down into a round-edged oblong about 4cm thick, then cut out 6cm scones with a fluted cutter. (Mine are never a uniform height, as I pat the dough into its shape without worrying whether it’s irregular or not.)
Arrange the scones fairly close together on your lined baking sheet, and brush with beaten egg (to give golden tops) or not, as you wish. Cook for 12 minutes, by which time the scones will be dry on the bottom and have a relatively light feel. Remove them to a wire rack to cool, and serve with clotted cream jam.

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make ahead note Scones are best on day they are made but day-old scones can be revived by warming in oven preheated to 150°C for 5–10 minutes. freeze note Baked scones can be frozen in airtight containers or resealable bags for up to 1 month. Defrost for 1 hour at room temperature and warm as above. Unbaked scones can be put on parchment-lined trays and frozen until solid. Transfer to resealable bags and freeze for up to 3 months. Bake direct from frozen, as directed in recipe, but allowing extra 2–3 minutes’ baking time. Recipe from Nigella Kitchen by Nigella Lawson, published by Chatto & Windus, part of the Random House Group Ltd.
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muppy February 2011

this is a great scone recipe - check it out http://muppyat.blogspot.com/2011/01/nigellas-buttermilk-socnes.html

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