OK, here’s a recipe for Green Tea scones with Carrot Jam. It’s on the healthier side, and each scone has around 200kcal. Think of all the antioxidant qualities of the green tea :)
Ingredients for 12 scones:
For the scones:
5g green tea
200g flour
25g sugar
7g baking powder
1 large egg (60g)
75g milk
50g butter
salt to taste
For the carrot jam:
100g carrots
150ml water
50g sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cinamon stick
100g plain yoghurt to go with the jam
Preparation:
1. Grind the green tea using a blender or a similar machine.
2. Combine and sieve through the flour and the baking powder.
3. Shred the carrots. Remove the moisture from the yoghurt to make the texture more similar to that of cream cheese (one way to do that is to pour it into a bowl lined with paper towel and keep in the fridge for one hour).
4. Heat the oven to 200C (390F)
Next steps:
1. Mix the flour/baking powder combination with green tea, salt and sugar. Take out the butter from the fridge, cut it into small crumbles and mix them with the dry ingredients using the palm of your hand into a sort of a crumbly dough.
2. Whisk the egg in a separate bowl, mix in the milk and add to the dry ingredients.
3. Bring the dough together (using a wooden spatula works best).
4. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until approx. 1.5cm thick.
5. Cut the dough into twelve 6cm circles.
6. Bake in a 200C (390F) pre-heated oven for around 12 minutes on a baking tray lined with a baking sheet. Place on a cake cooler once done.
Carrot Jam:
1. Add the shreded carrot and water to the pot and put on a medium heat until boiling, reduce heat after, stirring from time to time.
2. Once the carrots become tender, add the sugar, cinamon and lemon juice. Cook until the water evaporates, remove from heat and cool.
Serve with the yoghurt and the carrot jam in separate little bowls and enjoy your healthy vitamin and antioxidant packed snack!
*If you’re not so concerned about the health factor, you can just replace the yoghurt with cream cheese…
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