It occured to me that some of my friends might be wondering how come I am not updating my blog.
Well.... My computer went on strike last Thursday, and is not working.
I am writing this using my husband's computer. Unfortunately his computer does not write Japanese, hence English.
I wanted to write about buttermilk. While looking for good recipes for scones, I often came across this ingredient. But I have never seen it in Japan.
So I told myself "I will make scones using it and sel-raising flour when I am in London."
And I did!
This is buttemilk I bought at a supermarket. It looks like milk, but is slightly thicker (a little thinner than "drinking yogurt" sold in Japan maybe) and tastes a little sour.
I made scones using "self-raising flour". Again, this is something we can't get here in Japan. It is basically flour with baking powder, as I understand.
Since Emmatchi doesn't have cookie cutters, I resorted to just cutting the dough into triangles.
We had them with "double cream" instead of "clotted cream".
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We had them with "double cream" instead of "clotted cream".
And raspberry jam.
The texture was soft and crumbly, I must say the scones were very good! I am not sure if that was because of the "buttermilk" or the "self-raising flour".
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Well, it doesn't matter, they were delicious and we had a lovely time eating them with nice pot of tea, and that is what counts, right?