Strawberry and passion-fruit cream tea

By: Lesley Waters From: Good Food Live

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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

Ingredients

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
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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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