Rhubarb Scones Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk the first 6 ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add rhubarb; toss to coat., In another bowl, whisk cream, milk and vanilla; stir into crumb mixture just until moistened., Turn onto a floured surface; knead gently 4-5 times. Divide dough in half; pat into two 6-in. circles. Cut each into 8 wedges. Place wedges on parchment-lined baking sheets; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake 18-22 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/180°C fan/gas 6 and line a baking tray with baking parchment.
• Place the rhubarb in a saucepan with the sugar and orange juice. Simmer over a medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rhubarb pieces have completely broken down and the mixture is thick and sticky. Spoon into a small jar or ramekin and leave to cool.
• To make the scones, place the flour in a large bowl and add the cubes of butter. Quickly rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and make a well in the centre.
• Pour the honey into the centre of the well, then gradually add the milk, stirring it into the mixture using a round-ended knife. A soft, rough dough will form. Tip the dough out on to a lightly floured worktop and knead very briefly to smooth out the dough. Over-handling the dough will make your scones tough and flat, so knead as little as possible.
• Gently roll the dough out to a thickness of around 3cm (1 inch). Cut into rounds using a 6cm (2 1/3-inch) pastry cutter, cutting straight down and not twisting, as twisting prevents the scones from rising properly. Very gently re-roll the remaining dough, taking care not to handle it too much, and punch out more scones-you should get 9 in total. Arrange the scones on the lined baking tray and brush the tops with a little extra honey.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until risen and golden brown. Serve warm from the oven, split in half, with big dollops of clotted cream and rhubarb compote.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Toss rhubarb with 1/4 cup granulated sugar; let stand, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk together cream and egg. In a large bowl, whisk together both flours, remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces remaining. Reserve 1/3 cup rhubarb mixture; stir the rest into flour mixture.With a fork, stir cream mixture into flour mixture just until combined.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface. Pat into a 1-inch-thick rectangle, about 6-by-7 1/2 inches. Cut into six 2-by-3 3/4-inch rectangles, then cut rectangles on the diagonal into triangles. Transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets; freeze 10 minutes. Brush tops with cream; top each with a few pieces of reserved rhubarb mixture. Sprinkle generously with sanding sugar and bake, rotating once halfway through, until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely; serve with berry butter. Scones are best eaten the same day, but can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 day.

Steps:

• Line baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat oven to 400.
• In bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In small bowl whisk buttermilk with egg. Drizzle over dry ingredients and sir together with a fork. (dough should be very sticky) Knead in the rhubarb.
• Pat into a ball with your hands. Cut into 8 triangles and place each one onto the baking sheet.
• Bake in the center of the oven for 12-15 minutes. Let cool on rack. Keep in airtight container.

Steps:

• Mix the flour, custard powder, ¼ tsp fine salt, the baking powder and sugar together in a large bowl. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients using your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Gradually mix in the milk using your hands until you have a smooth dough - you may not need it all. Gently roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to a 2cm thickness. Transfer to a baking tray lined with baking parchment, cover and chill for 30 mins to firm up, or up to 1 hr if you want to get ahead.
• Meanwhile, make the rhubarb compote. Tip all the ingredients into a large saucepan along with 2 tbsp water (omit the water if you're using frozen rhubarb). Simmer over a medium heat for 10-15 mins, stirring occasionally until the rhubarb has softened and is almost collapsing, and the mixture has thickened. If you're using frozen rhubarb, you may like to stir in a drop of red food colouring to enhance the pink colour. Transfer the compote to a bowl and leave to cool completely.
• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 and remove the dough from the fridge. Line a baking tray with baking parchment. Stamp out three or four scones from the dough using a 7cm round biscuit cutter (see tip below). Arrange the scones on the prepared tray, leaving a 2cm gap between each.
• Roll the remaining dough out again as in step two, then stamp out as many scones as you can (you should get about six in total). Transfer these to the tray as well, then brush all the scones with the beaten egg (see tip below). Bake for 10-12 mins until the tops are golden brown, then leave to cool completely on the tray. Serve with the rhubarb compote and clotted cream. Best eaten the day they're made.