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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Blueberry Breakfast Scone

It's nice to have a sleep-in on Sundays (by that I mean waking up at 8am) and not have to rush for any activities. A slow start to a beautiful autumn day in Sydney. Made this for our breakfast this morning which is a welcome change to the usual bacon/sausages and eggs. Surprisingly, this recipe by Bill Granger is quick and easy. Took less than 30 minutes from start to finish.

250gm (2 cups) plain flour, sifted
1 tablespoon caster sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
pinch of salt
100gm (3 1/2 oz) cold unsalted butter, cubed
2 eggs, lightly beaten
125ml (1/2 cup) cream
85gm (1/2 cup) blueberries, tossed in a little flour
1 egg, mixed with 1 tbsp milk for glazing

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C (180C for fan-forced). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Pulse the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a food processor until well combined. Add in the butter and pulse until it is roughly combined. You may find some lumps of butter.
  3. Pour the mixture into a bowl and make a well in the middle. Add in the beaten eggs and cream and mix together using a knife.
  4. Gently fold in the blueberries with your hands.
  5. Turn out the dough on to a floured surface and knead with fingers. Form a round shape and place onto the lined baking tray. Cut the circle into quarters and half these quarters. Glaze with the beaten egg mix and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. 
  6. Serve warm with butter or whipped cream.

4 comments:

  1. Can I send my kids over to yours for breakfast on Sundays? LOL. It looks so yummy. Please don't tell mine, all they had was scrambled eggs on toast.

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  2. Cyn, anytime. My girls usually get scrambled eggs on toast as well, so it's nice to have something different.

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  3. sounds easy but I dun have food processor which means it's gonna take slightly longer then :p

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