My fridge is looking very bare. In two weeks time we are going to spend a couple of months in Australia. I'm cleaning out the fridge and pantry by using as many items as possible before we go. This week I used up the last of the self raising flour and some of the sultanas with this scone recipe from the BBC website. I doubled the original amount of sultanas. The original 25 grams didn't look to be enough. The 50 grams was just perfect.
Ingredients
225g/8oz self raising flour
pinch of salt
55g/2oz butter
50g/2oz sultanas
25g/1oz caster sugar
150ml/5fl oz milk
Method
1. Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2. Mix together the flour and salt and rub in the butter.
3. Stir in the sultanas, sugar and then the milk to get a soft dough.
4.
Turn on to a floured work surface and knead very lightly. Pat out to a
round 2cm/¾in thick. Use a 5cm/2in cutter to stamp out rounds and place
on a baking sheet. Lightly knead together the rest of the dough and
stamp out more scones to use it all up.
5. Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk. Bake for 12-15 minutes until well risen and golden.
6. Cool on a wire rack and serve with butter and good jam and maybe some clotted cream.
I served them with butter so I could use the last of my Burro-Butter Francia from Italy. I have a whole packet of sago so if you have any suggestions for sago leave a comment.
