BUTTERMILK CREAM SCONES

Best Scones Ever...

Light delicate melt in your mouth scones with a puff pastry technique that allows the scones to rise up high with a crispy cheese crust and light layers throughout loaded with cheese.

Prep time 10 mins / Resting time 15 mins / Cooking time 20 mins

Ingredients 

(Makes 12)

190g butter grated

600 plain flour

80g caster sugar

40g baking powder

160g buttermilk

160g double cream

200g grated cheddar cheese

Pre heat your oven to 220 degrees C, then when ready to cook reduce the oven to 200 degrees C.  In a large bowl rub the butter into flour, add the sugar and baking powder then cheese keeping back a little for the tops, then fold in the buttermilk and cream until you have a just combined ball.  Tip out on to your work surface and press the dough out with the heel of your hand to about two inches thick then fold in half, rotate the dough by 90 degrees and press out again then fold in half and rotate again, repeat this twice more so four folds and turns in total.  Cover and leave to rest for 15 minutes.

Cut into your scones, place on a stone baking tray, brush the tops with egg wash and sprinkle with the remaining grated cheese and bake for 20 minutes until the scones are golden brown and hollow when tapped on the bottom.

BLUEBERRY RASPBERRY FREE RADICAL ANTIOXIDANT DETOX CRUSH

In a nut shell whenever we eat any food we creat free radicals, these when are allowed to build up from a unbalanced poor diet create oxidative stress on our cells which in turn becomes very harmful can lead to diseases like cancer and heart disease.  This is simple to avoid by eating a balanced diet and introducing plenty of antioxidant foods that scavenge free radicals removing from our bodies giving us the most optimum health benefits.

Ingredients 

(serves 2)

200g blueberries organic 

200g raspberries organic

6 ice cubes

Place all the ingredients in a blender and pulse, blitz until liquid, pour in to you mason jars with a straw and enjoy straight away, that's it!

GOOD TO KNOW

While both raspberries and blueberries are some of the most promising foods to eat with the ability to fight against cancer they both bring strength together to the table.  Blueberries are highest in Vitamin K, while raspberries give 54% of your RDA of Vitamin C and are much higher in fiber.

BLUEBERRIES

Vitamin C, full of photochemical caroteroids, antioxidant, anti inflammatory, rich compounds.

Natural super foods, compounds help your liver protect your body from free radicals and oxidative stress, these are linked to disease and ageing.  Anthouyanin and polyphenols inhibit the proliferation of disease cells in the liver.

RASBERRIES

Antioxidant, anti inflammatory, boosts heart health, lowers risk of coronary heart disease, helps with weight loss, increases metabolism, low on glycemic index with little impact on blood sugar, high in fiber, helps protect against cancer, eases arthritis pain.