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Ingredients

  • 3 ½ cups flour
  • 1/3 cup caster sugar or stevia
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 160gm butter – cubed at room temp
  • 250mls buttermilk (Holy Cow)
  • 1 crimson pear – grated (Ettrick Gardens)
  • 1 ½ cups cubed rhubarb (303 Apes Rd)
  • White sugar/stevia for sprinkling

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Crimson Pear and Rhubarb Buttermilk Scones

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Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a baking tray
  • Sieve the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda into a large bowl
  • Add the cubed butter and rub the butter into the dry ingredients using your fingers until it becomes a wet crumb consistency
  • Add in the grated pear and butter milk and stir to combine
  • Add in the cubed rhubarb and fold through the scone mix
  • Flour your work surface, knead the scone mix lightly and briefly then mold the scone mix into a circle and flour the top
  • Cut the mix in half and then into 4 triangle slices
  • Place on the lined baking tray and brush with a little buttermilk and sprinkle with a little sugar
  • Bake in the oven for 20 minutes
  • Enjoy!