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Strawberry and passion-fruit cream tea
- Prep time:
- 15 mins, plus cooling
- Cook time:
- 15 mins
- Serves:
- 6
For a gloriously indulgent version of a traditional British classic try Lesley Waters's cream tea recipe
Tips and suggestions
- Drink with...
- Champagne
Ingredients
- 225g Strawberries, hulled
- 4 passion fruit, halved and pulp scooped out and reserved
For the scones:
- 225g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground Cinnamon
- pinch of Salt
- 55g Butter
- 30g caster sugar
- 1 Egg
- 5-6 tbsp Milk, plus extra for glazing
For the cream:
- 200g cream cheese
- 150ml double cream
- juice and grated zest of 1 Oranges
- icing sugar, to taste
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/gas 7. In a large mixing bowl sift together the flour, cinnamon and salt.2. Rub the butter into the flour and stir in the sugar.
3. In a small bowl beat together the egg and milk and add to the flour mixture. Mix to a soft but not a sticky dough (adding extra milk if needed).
4. Turn out the dough onto a floured board and roll out gently to 2cm thickness. Cut out 6 rounds using an 8cm cutter.
5. Place the scones on a non-stick baking tray and glaze with milk.
6. Bake for 10-12 minutes until risen and cooked. Cool on a wire rack.
7. In a mixing bowl beat the cream cheese, cream, orange juice and zest together, adding icing sugar to taste.
8. In a separate bowl mix the strawberries and passion fruit pulp together.
9. To serve spilt the scones and sandwich together with the cream and fruit, serve at once.










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