If you haven't noticed by now, I love scones. I don't think I really ate them as frequently until I moved to Japan. (To tell you the truth, I don't think I was really into tea either, until I moved to Japan. While in Hawaii, the only brand of tea that I knew of, was...Lipton)Japan which has been influenced by England and other european countries, has many tea shops and cafes which serve afternoon tea, which I think is also called high tea. To get a table at around 3 p.m. is sometimes ridiculous and you'll have to wait--sometimes for an hour or more!
Now, a bit more educated, I know other tea brands and types of tea and enjoy them with...scones and other sweet treats!
Anyway, I have finally found unsalted butter here! It was at a gourmet supermarket. So, with butter in hand, I decided to try making scones...again. I've made some in the past, and thought I had come up with the perfect one, but am going to take back what I said and go back to the kitchen (drawing board).
I tried the recipe that my Aunty gave me for lavender scones. What I did was cut the recipe in half (because my oven is teeny!), plus, I added a little chocolate chips and used heavy cream instead of buttermilk. They came out pretty good, except that I made them a bit too thin.
I also have a couple of recipes which I'm looking forward to trying out.
Hopefully all will turn out well, will keep you posted.
Lavender scones sound great, now that i have culinary lavender! ';-)
ReplyDeletethose look so yum. i wonder which are the NON culinary lavender.
ReplyDeleteHi Bea,
ReplyDeletePlease do try the recipe.
Hi Bourgogne,
I hope you'll try the recipe too!
Take care you two!
Kat
I had to laugh when I read your comment about not being into tea until you got to Japan. I'm only just discovering the joys of tea so I completely understand.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised you have such a difficult time finding unsalted butter. If it's that hard to find I bet it's pretty expensive. You can bake with salted butter just reduce the amount of salt you add to your recipe.
Glad to see that you're on a scone kick. I love scones! Great post!
Hi Ivonne,
ReplyDeleteI used to be only into coffee, but then when you taste some of the coffee here, you'll quickly switch to tea (I think the water is chlorinated in a lot of areas, which affects the taste of the coffee).
Yes, it was quite expensive, but worth it! I've tried the salted version, and don't add any extra salt, but I found that whatever I was making would come out too salty.
Thanks for stopping by!
Kat
Just acquired some lavender and can't wait to try the recipe. Love making scones & eating them--and tea.
ReplyDeleteHi Fran,
ReplyDeletePlease do try this.
Take care and thanks for stopping by.
Kat