Irish Scones with Orange Butter Recipe

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Irish Scones with Orange Butter Recipe

 

Orange butter:

6 ounces butter

3 teaspoons grated orange zest

7 ounces confectioners' sugar, sifted

Scones:

2 pounds flour, sifted

Pinch salt

3 heaping teaspoons baking powder

2 ounces granulated sugar

1 orange zest, finely grated

6 ounces butter

3 eggs

2 cups milk

Egg wash:

1 egg

1 teaspoon milk

2 ounces granulated sugar for top of scones

 

 

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. For the orange butter, put butter in a bowl and

cream. Fold in 3 teaspoons of grated orange zest. Add confectioners' sugar to

butter, and beat until fluffy. Keep in refrigerator until ready to use. For the

scones, place sifted flour in a bowl. Add pinch of salt, baking powder,

granulated sugar and orange rind. Mix to incorporate air. Toss 6 ounces butter

into flour and rub with fingertips until it resembles large flakes. Make well in

the center. Whisk together 3 eggs and 2 cups milk and pour mixture into the

center. With fingers of your " best " hand outstretched and stiff, mix in a full

circular movement from the center to the outside of the bowl. This takes just

seconds. Sprinkle some flour on the work surface, turn dough onto floured board.

Pat dough into a round about 1-inch thick. Stamp into scones with a cutter.

Whisk together egg and milk. Brush tops with egg wash and dip tops only in

granulated sugar. Put onto a baking

sheet and bake in preheated 475 degree oven for 10 to12 minutes or until golden

on top.

 

Yield: 18 to 20 scones (using a 3-inch cutter)

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

 

Author: Chef Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Castle, Ireland

Source: TV Food Network, Show: Cooking Live, Episode:Great Women in Food -Darina

Allen

Formatted by Chupa Babi: 03.12.08

 

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This sounds absolutely wonderful. Thank you for posting it.

Katie

 

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Irish Scones with Orange Butter Recipe

 

Orange butter:

6 ounces butter

3 teaspoons grated orange zest

7 ounces confectioners' sugar, sifted

Scones:

2 pounds flour, sifted

Pinch salt

3 heaping teaspoons baking powder

2 ounces granulated sugar

1 orange zest, finely grated

6 ounces butter

3 eggs

2 cups milk

Egg wash:

1 egg

1 teaspoon milk

2 ounces granulated sugar for top of scones

 

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. For the orange butter, put butter in a bowl and

cream. Fold in 3 teaspoons of grated orange zest. Add confectioners' sugar to

butter, and beat until fluffy. Keep in refrigerator until ready to use. For the

scones, place sifted flour in a bowl. Add pinch of salt, baking powder,

granulated sugar and orange rind. Mix to incorporate air. Toss 6 ounces butter

into flour and rub with fingertips until it resembles large flakes. Make well in

the center. Whisk together 3 eggs and 2 cups milk and pour mixture into the

center. With fingers of your " best " hand outstretched and stiff, mix in a full

circular movement from the center to the outside of the bowl. This takes just

seconds. Sprinkle some flour on the work surface, turn dough onto floured board.

Pat dough into a round about 1-inch thick. Stamp into scones with a cutter.

Whisk together egg and milk. Brush tops with egg wash and dip tops only in

granulated sugar. Put onto a baking

sheet and bake in preheated 475 degree oven for 10 to12 minutes or until

golden on top.

 

Yield: 18 to 20 scones (using a 3-inch cutter)

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

 

Author: Chef Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Castle, Ireland

Source: TV Food Network, Show: Cooking Live, Episode:Great Women in Food

-Darina Allen

Formatted by Chupa Babi: 03.12.08

 

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