Irish Strawberry Scones
Light, soft Irish scones with a crunchy exterior made with fresh Irish strawberries and a secret ingredient... mashed potato!
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl or stand mixer with paddle attachment
- Rubber spatula
- Rolling Pin
- Round Scone Cutter
- Flat baking trays
- Pastry brush
- Small Bowl
- Whisk or Fork
Ingredients
- 250 grams plain flour
- 50 grams caster sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 100 grams butter, soft room temperature
- 100 grams cold mashed potato
- 1 whole egg
- 40 grams milk
- 200 grams fresh strawberries
Egg wash
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tbsp milk
Instructions
- 30-60 minutes before making the scones, chop up the strawberries into small pieces and freeze until solid.
- Preheat oven to 210°c (420°f) or 200°c (400°f) if fan assisted.
- In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, add the flour, baking powder and sugar.
- To this, add the soft butter and mashed potato. Mix gently together until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Next, add in the egg and milk and continue mixing until the scone mix becomes smooth.
- Transfer to a clean and floured work surface. Dust with a little more flour and roll out to about 4cm thick.
- Take half of the frozen strawberries and scatter evenly over the dough. Fold the dough over itself to seal.
- Roll out again to the same thickness and scatter the remaing strawberries over. Fold the dough over itself again and roll out to about 5cm thickness. Or roughly the height of your cutter.
- Cut out your scones from the dough. You should get 6 scones from this dough.
- You will likely get about 4 from the first go and then have to squish together the remaning dough to make the last two.
- Place onto a greased and lined flat baking tray.
- In a small bowl, add the egg and milk and whisk together until the egg has broken up. Brush each scone lightly with this.
- Place into the hot oven and bake for 20 minutes, turning the tray once halfway through.
Notes
The calorie information is an estimate provided as a courtesy based off the website https://caloriecontrol.org/healthy-weight-tool-kit/food-calorie-calculator/. It will differ depending on the specific brands and ingredients that you use.