Eton mess scones
By Sarah Cook
Take the classic strawberry, clotted cream and meringue combo and serve it on easy-to-make scones- irresistible
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Prep:20 mins
Cook:15 mins
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
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kcal 373
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fat 18g
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saturates 11g
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carbs 48g
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sugars 25g
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fibre 2g
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protein 4g
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salt 0.7g
Ingredients
- 400g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100g butter, cut into cubes
- 3 tbsp caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
- 200ml buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp milk, plus extra for brushing
- good handful small strawberries, halved
- small jar good strawberry jam
- 2 meringue nests, crumbled into chunks
- 200ml tub clotted cream
Method
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.
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.
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.
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.
