la recette des scones!!!

Les scones!

Attention, ça va être en anglais...! Ben oui! Sinon c'est pas drôle!!

Makes 16 scones

225g (8oz) self-rising flour

1 level teaspoon of baking powder

a pinch of salt

50g (2oz) butter or margarine

25g (1oz) caster sugar

150 ml (1/4 pint) milk

extra milk for brushing

6cm or 7cm (2  1/2in) scone cutter

1.Turn your oven on to heat up to 230°C, 450°F, Gas mark 8. Grease two baking sheets with butter or margarine.

2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Cut the butter or margarine into small pieces and add them to the flour.

3. Rub the butter or margarine into the flour until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and milk.

4. Use a blunt knife to mix everything to make a soft dough.  Then, press and mould it with your fingers until it's smooth.

5. Sprinkle an area of your work surface with flour and put the dough onto it. Roll it out until the dough is about 1cm (1/2in) thick.

6.Cut circles from the dough with the cutter. Squeeze the scraps into a ball and roll them out again. Cut more circles.

7. Put the circles onto the baking sheets, leaving quite a lot of space between each one. Brush the tops with a little milk.

8. Bake the scones for 7-10 minutes on the top shelf on the oven. They will rise and turn golden. Lift them onto a wire rack to cool.

You can also make fruit scones by adding 50g (2oz) of sultanas, chopped glacé cherries or chopped dates, with the sugar at step 3.

Si les scones ne sont pas bons, révisez votre anglais!! ;-)