Food of the Gods!
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curiouswombatYay! I think I may have just produced something akin to a festive food of the gods. The idea had occurred to me in mid-December, and D-d thought it sounded good - but we never got around to trying it out. Until now...
I have just made mincemeat scones to eat with brandy butter. And the combination is just as good as we thought it might be!
Make your usual scone recipe but, instead of dried fruit, or cheese, add a good dollop of mincemeat. Then use up the left-over brandy butter to spread on them whist still warm. Although they'd taste really good with ordinary butter too.
I have just made mincemeat scones to eat with brandy butter. And the combination is just as good as we thought it might be!
Make your usual scone recipe but, instead of dried fruit, or cheese, add a good dollop of mincemeat. Then use up the left-over brandy butter to spread on them whist still warm. Although they'd taste really good with ordinary butter too.
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Date: 14/01/2012 04:06 pm (UTC)I'd guess you had the wrong sort of flour when you made scones - I think your 'all-purpose' would work better than your 'cake' flour as more gluten is better in scones. Then there is also the problem that Brits often just put 'flour' when they write their own recipes down and their default is self-raising; they specify if it should be plain. This is certainly true of all my mother's recipes - 'flour' mean SR, 'plain flour' means without raising agent built-in.
So you may have ended up with not enough raising agent. Also, you need to roll them to about 3/4" high - any thinner and they are often hard.
I don't really even have a recipe - I just put some flour in a bowl, if it is plain add baking powder at about a level teaspoonful to every heaped tablespoonful of flour, rub in a small bit of butter, add fruit or cheese, mix with a dollop of plain yoghurt and some milk, and shape!
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Date: 14/01/2012 04:48 pm (UTC)I just tend to usually dislike anything flavored with things I don't care for - brandy of any sort being high on that list. :) Even though I had been known to drink the occasional rum and coke in my youth, I really don't want to eat cake that tastes of rum, for instance. :) Ditto for coffee-flavored things. I don't like coffee, so the idea of eating ice cream or chocolate or anything else I DO like flavored with coffee makes me want to cry. :)
Why yes, I am a picky and unimaginative eater. Why do you ask? *g*
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Date: 14/01/2012 04:22 pm (UTC)They'd make a nice change from mince-pies I think.
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Date: 14/01/2012 10:36 pm (UTC)(I have tiny sample of a man's cologne - Arsène Lupin Dandy, by Guerlain - that I think smells perfect for Alec, but how to share? How to share?)
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Date: 15/01/2012 12:20 am (UTC)I guess generally I'm a "purest" and don't like to mix some flavors. I remember when I was growing up chocolate covered cherries were all the rage. I loved chocolate (still do), wasn't that crazy about cherries and thought they were an awful waste of good chocolate...but I really like orange and dark chocolate.
Honest, I can smell the remains of baking scones, even this far away. :-)
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Date: 15/01/2012 01:25 pm (UTC)My husband would agree with you an the cherries in chocolate.
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Date: 15/01/2012 01:29 pm (UTC)Although the brandy butter tend to be a seasonal treat.