Dublin fruit scones


Dublin fruit scones
Scones originated in Britain and Ireland. The Irish version is often made plain and traditionally served with tea. Scones are more of a bread than a cake, eaten split in half and spread with butter or jam, for example.

There are also sweeter versions and scones with dried fruit, like the ones I have made here.
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Last modified on: September 12th 2018

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Stage 1 - 15 min.
Dublin fruit scones
Put 100 g raisins to swell.

If you like the taste, soak them afterwards in 150 ml rum for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Dublin fruit scones
Put into a food-mixer bowl: 250 g flour, 70 g butter, 10 g baking powder, 125 ml milk, 1 pinch salt and 75 g caster sugar.

Start on low speed and knead until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
Dublin fruit scones
Drain the raisins thoroughly and add them to the mixture. Knead for a few seconds longer.

Stage 4 - 10 min.
Dublin fruit scones
Press the dough out by hand on a floured worktop to about 1 cm ( ½ inch) thick.

Cut out circles about 6 cm (2.5 inches) in diameter. A cutter is ideal for this, but an upturned glass works fine.

Stage 5 - 15 min.
Dublin fruit scones
Arrange the scones on a baking sheet, coat with beaten egg yolk, and bake for around 15 minutes.

Stage 6
Dublin fruit scones
Remove from the oven as soon as they are turning golden brown on the top, and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
Scones dry out very quickly, so they are normally made fresh to be eaten straight away, preferably while still warm. They are much better like this than made in advance and kept.

For more traditional Irish plain scones, just make them without sugar or fruit.
And to drink?
Tea, of course!
Keeping
Several days in an airtight tin .
Source
Based on a recipe by John Murphy, but warmly dedicated to my dear friends Conor and Frances (Frances makes the best scones in the whole of Dublin!).
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,625 Kcal or 10,990 Kj35 gr341 gr72 gr
131 %14 %32 %11 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
404 Kcal or 1,691 Kj5 gr53 gr11 gr
20 %2 %5 %2 %
Per scones
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
131 Kcal or 548 Kj2 gr17 gr4 gr
7 %1 %2 %1 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Gluten, Milk, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 20 scones : 1.60 €
  • Per scones : 0.08 €

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