{"id":717,"date":"2012-07-04T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suppersfromscratch.wordpress.com\/?p=717"},"modified":"2013-04-21T11:13:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T11:13:36","slug":"tennis-bunting-and-british-summertime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppersfromscratch.com\/?p=717","title":{"rendered":"Tennis, Bunting and British Summertime"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it’s been a fairly typically Wimbledon week, a bit of sunshine and a lot of rain. Just in case you forgot it is actually July now so time to celebrate the Summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I know today is 4th<\/sup> of July so I should be doing something USA themed. But I have decided to throw caution to the wind and do the most British Centric post I am yet to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by a trip to Wimbledon and of course the bad weather I have decided to celebrate summer with some Scones and Strawberry Jam. I even created a mood board, just to get you… well… in the mood.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After walking through the supermarket I was shocked to see how many different types of scones were for sale. Now I am ok with people buying most things, but scones are sooo easy to make that unless you are serving to a large group of people you really should have a go at making them yourself. I promise you, you won’t regret it.<\/span><\/p>\n

For now I will share a basic recipe that I have always used and has turned out to be successful. There are a lot of hints and tips on getting the perfect scone and I am sure you can streamline this recipe, add extra hints and tips but you don’t really need to. You just need to make something that resembles the look and feel of a scone and tastes like one.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is\u00a0in no way the perfect scone recipe, but you could do a lot worse!<\/span><\/p>\n

Scones<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

8oz Self Raising Flour<\/span><\/p>\n

2oz butter<\/span><\/p>\n

1oz Caster Sugar<\/span><\/p>\n

pinch of salt<\/span><\/p>\n

5floz milk<\/span><\/p>\n

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Method<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Preheat your oven to 220C<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Add the flour and salt to a bowl and then rub in the butter<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Stir in the sugar, then using a knife stir in the milk slowly cutting across the bowl until everything is combined<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Once you have a soft dough turn it out on a lightly floured work surface , shape into a ball and then lightly press down to flatten until its about 2cm’s thick<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Use a floured cutter to cut out your Scones and place them on a baking tray<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Knead the remaining dough into a ball again and repeat process until all the dough is used<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Bake in the oven for 12-15 mins<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Remove and leave to cool, serve with Butter and Jam, or Cream and Jam, or Fresh Strawberries or whatever you fancy!\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How exciting is that? It all feels very ‘ladies that tea’!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Following on this theme I have also put together some instructions for making bunting, you can check them out here <\/a>if you are in the mood to jazz up your summer. Trust me, it’s so much fun and pretty simple, just like the scone.<\/span><\/p>\n

    I am currently working on a few treats for this weekend so check back in soon for your naughty but nice weekend ideas, let’s just hope we get some sun.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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