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
Crimson Pear and Rhubarb Buttermilk Scones
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!