Strawberry Poppy Seed & Ginger Scones
As I mentioned before, I have a little issue with books: I buy loads of them and end up never cooking a single recipe from most of them, but I still need to have them laying around the house.
So when I bought The Violet Bakery Cookbook by Claire Ptak a couple of weeks ago, I felt the urge to cook something straight away – before it ended up in some weird corner of the house – and, as I never tried to make scones before, it seemed like a cool thing to do. MISTAKE. Not because they are not nice. Actually they were pretty great. But at the same time, they are highly addictive and tasty and crumbly… Heaven!
In an attempt to reduce my daily intake of sweets, though, these have been a pretty bad thing to try as they are really easy to make and go down quite easily as well. Imagine me having at least 3 a day, and if you can count calories – I can’t and don’t intend to learn anytime soon anyway – you will probably understand my whole warning bit here. If you are not scared, please do make them and let me know what you think!
Here’s how to make the Strawberry Poppy Seed & Ginger Scones.
INGREDIENTS
- 320g of plain flour, plus some more for the worktop
- 50g of caster sugar
- 2 tsp of baking powder
- 30g of poppy seeds
- 1/2 tsp of lemon zest
- 170g of cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 250g of sour cream
- 1 tsp of ground ginger
- 150g of fresh strawberries, chopped roughly
- 1 egg beaten with a little milk
- 1 tbsp of demerara sugar
Start by mixing together in the bowl of your standing mixer using the paddle attachment the flour, sugar, baking powder, poppy seeds and lemon zest.
Now add the butter chopped in cubes and mix it with the flour until it becomes crumbly and the butter is still pretty visible.
Add the sour cream, the ground ginger and the strawberries and mix quickly to combine. It doesn’t have to be smooth and perfect, so you do not need to knead or over-mix it in order to achieve that.
Turn the dough on a lightly floured surface and pat it into a square, then cut in the shape you prefer – I went for some sort of really weird triangles, you can go for circles! – and repeat until you run out of dough.
Place the newly-formed scones on a baking tray covered with parchment paper and brush them with the egg and milk mixture, then sprinkle some demerara sugar on top.
Bake at 180°C for 15-20 minutes, or until slightly golden, and let them cool down before serving.
Notes
These Strawberry Poppy Seed & Ginger Scones are – of course! – best eaten on the day you make them!
I did not have any crystallised ginger on hand, so went for the ground one.
On a healthy note – if it counts, I do not think it does – swap the poppy seeds for chia seeds!
Plates from Ikea – different colours for the same set.
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This is such an interesting combination! I’m always looking to mix up my baking options with new flavours! Can’t wait to try out another new recipe!
Thank you Emma – let me know what you think of them x
Another strawberry recipe, yummy!! I’ve never made scones, but these are calling my name. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thank you Tiffany x
These look absolutely delicious and so interesting! Great post xx
Thank you Della x
Strawberries, poppy seed and ginger scones, gosh, I can only imagine what they taste like. The fruitiness of the strawberries tingled with that little zing from the ginger. So good!
Oh they were great indeed x
Wow……what a super delicious scones. I’m sure these scones will taste good will green tea or Earl grey. Thank you for sharing your recipe with me.
Thank you Fadima – perfect with tea indeed! x
Looks really good, I bet it taste awesome too. Would love to try it
Thank you Rayo x
I never actually cooked the recipes from my cooking books so I gave them all away. I do love strawberries and poppy seeds so this recipe is perfect for me!
I know, right? I sent some back home to my parents and donated others…only keeping the ones I love! Thank you for reading Carina x
These sound and look delightful! I’m definitely fruit scone and my fave is cherry and almond. I’d love to try these x
I need to try and make the cherry & almond version, thank you Beth x
These scones sound delicious! My flatmate is currently making scones haha. I’d love to make these…just might take out the ginger – for some reason, I only really like it at Christmas 🤷♀️xx
They will be fine with no ginger, it’s more like an extra x
I haven’t made scones before, but will have to try out this recipe. I love the sound of the strawberry with the poppy seeds. I bet they taste amazing (and slightly healthy).
Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Ahaha not sure about the healthy! Thank you Aimsy x
Great recipe, I bet this is delicious 😋
Thanks for sharing
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Thank you – they were indeed x