Recipe: Christmas Scones, rum cream and jam

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We had an idea a couple of weeks ago to create a Christmas scone.  The scone would have all the Christmas goodness you may expect; ginger, cinnamon and raisins.  Then we would add a dab of mincemeat in the centre and seal.  We would serve with a good dollop of rum cream and an amazing Christmas homemade jam from my mother's neighbour. 

As it turns out, it worked!  Here is our English Christmas Scone.

Ingredients:

• For the Christmas Scone
• 15g Unsalted butter, softened
• 25g Brown sugar
• 1 Egg yolk
• 2 Level tsps Ground ginger, sifted
• 1 Level tsps Ground cinnamon, sifted
• 1/4 tsp Ground clove
• 120ml Butter Milk
• 2 tbsp Créme fraiche
• 1 tbsp Treacle
• A small jar of mincemeat
• 175g Self-raising flour, sifted
• 1/4 tsp Baking powder, sifted

For the Rum Cream:

• 100ml whipping cream
• 1 tbsp of rum
• 1 tbsp of caster sugar

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200C / 400 F, Gas Mark 5.
2. Beat butter, sugar and egg with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Heat buttermilk and treacle until warm.
4. Add the dry ingredients and wet ingredients to the egg mix. Knead into a soft, smooth dough. Add extra flour if needed.
5. Press dough out to 1cm thickness, using a 5cm pastry cutter.
6. Place half the cut shapes on a greased tray.
7. Add a teaspoon of mincemeat on each.
8. Place the other half on top "gluing" with a dab of milk.
9. Glaze with milk and then place in the oven.
10. Bake for 20 minutes.

For the Whipped Cream

1. Whip the cream, using a hand whisk
2. Add the sugar and rum
3. Whisk for further 10 seconds

Serve immediately with the cream and jam.  Enjoy with tea or a glass of port. 

We find regular scones quite heavy, but these are much lighter and not so rich.  You can buy Christmas jams from Harrods, Whittards and Lewis & Copper.

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Comments

[Mandy - The Complete Cook Book]

What a fabulous idea! I am posting my breakfast scone recipe tomorrow.
:-) Mandy

[Sophie]

Waw!! What utterly tasty scones & that rum cream must add a lot of flavour to these stunning scones!!

Yummie & lovely food!