Saturday 27 October 2012

Raspberry ricotta scones


I'm back! After what seemed like weeks of moving, unpacking, cleaning, countless trips to Ikea (why is it that whenever we're moving we always need some more Ikea stuff?) I finally have everything sorted and the Internet connected. Yay!
I first tried these raspberry ricotta scones when I was visiting our friends in Boston. Hi Kaitlyn! We had them for breakfast one day and they were so delicious I knew I'd make them again. If you never made scones before fear not - extremely easy to make they can be whipped up in less than an hour and are a perfect breakfast snack.
I used a slightly adapted recipe from Smitten Kitchen: I changed the flour proportions and added single cream as I didn't have heavy cream in the house. 

To make 12 scones you'll need:


1/2 cup (about 60g) wholegrain or wholewheat flour (I used wholegrain)
1 1/2 cups (180 g) plain white flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 cup (50g) caster sugar
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp (85g) unsalted butter, cubed
1 cup (about 150g) fresh raspberries
3/4 cup (190g) ricotta cheese
1/3 cup (80ml) single cream

Start by preheating the oven to 220 C/ 200 C fan.

Mix both flours, salt, baking powder and sugar in a large mixing bowl and add cubed butter.


Rub the butter into the flour mix with your fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs (you can also use a pastry cutter for this; I would have but I'm banned from buying any more kitchen gadgets. Sigh.)
Add raspberries and mix everything together. At this point the mixture will be quite wet and sticky.


Add cream and ricotta and use a spatula to fold everything together.


Transfer the mix to a well floured kitchen counter and flatten into a rectangle.

Cut 12 squares with a knife and transfer the scones onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment.


Bake for 15 minutes until the scones are golden on the edges. Cool on a wire rack and eat with a bit of butter or honey. Truly scrummy.




Friday 5 October 2012

A short break



Apologies for not posting anything new – I’m right in the middle of moving to a new flat and since coming back from Boston I have been organising, packing, purging the closet. I’m almost ashamed to say I’ve been cooking ye old favourites and simple dinners (baked potato with beans, cheese and bacon, anyone?) and I don’t have much to blog about. And, the horrible news is I won’t have the internet reconnected until the end of this month! Booo!
The plan is to resume normal blogging once we settle in the new flat – I’m thinking doughnuts (I found an amazing recipe on Joy the Baker today), bagels and scones. And hoping that the new oven will be less temperamental than the old beast we’ve had in our old flat!
xoxo
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