Strawberry Scones
By: dad1337
Published: Monday, July 31, 2017 - 6:45am

Ingredients




¾ cup of buttermilk
1 egg beaten
2 cups of flour
3 Tbs granulaed sugar
1 Tbs + 1 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp salt
1/3 cup Kerrygold Pure Irish  butter = 5 1/3 Tbs cut to small cubes
Extra flour for dusting table and roller.
1-2 Tbs granulated sugar for topping.
1 jar good strawberry preserves
Fresh strawberries cored and cut into quarters
Clotted Cream or Whipped cream
1 Tbs shortening for baking sheet

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 425º. 2 In the bowl of a food processor with a pastry blade place the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter.  Pulse until you have a mixture the consistency of cornmeal. 3 Empty into a mixing bowl. 4 Place the buttermilk and egg into a measuring cup and beat the egg well, you should have approximately 1 cup of liquid, if not add a little more buttermilk.  If more don’t worry the extra flour in the kneading process will take care of it. 5 Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix until all is combined. 6 Scrap out of bowl onto a well floured table and gently knead 5-6 times. 7 Gently roll out to a rectangle about ½ inch thick and using a round cookie cutter cut into rounds and place them on a lightly greased baking sheet. 8 Take remaining dough and gently pull together and roll out and cut until all the dough is used. 9 Lightly sprinkle sugar on top of all the scones. 10 Place the baking sheet in the center of the preheated oven and bake for 12 minutes until very lightly browned. 11 Remove from the oven and place the scones on a wire rack to cool. 12 Assembly: 13 Cut the scones in half and lightly spread some preserve on the bottom on each. 14 Cut the quartered strawberries into 2 or 3 elongated slices and place as many on top of the preserve in a single layer as will fit. 15 Take the Clotted Cream and lightly stir to loosen and place a large dollop on top of the strawberries,  smooth out slightly and top with the scone top. If you can’t find Clotted Cream use lightly sweetened whipped cream that is whipped quite stiff,

About

Being a fan of the Father Brown Mysteries on PBS, I was intrigued by Mrs. McCarthy's "award winning strawberry scones".  However the show never produced a cook book or recipe for them.  So I set out to recreate them for myself and I think i have come up with my own award winning recipe!