For a long time, the British were considered the most active consumers of tea and everyone knows how this nation loves traditions. So for the iconic Five o’clock Tea There are a number of English tea parties prevailing traditions. Tea needs to be served in a beautiful dish from one set, be sure to put on the table a milkman with cream, and it is desirable to cover the table itself with a white tablecloth. And of course for Such a landmark event, there are traditional desserts: gingerbread cakes, coarse wafers, a variety of jams and Of course, the slopes. Skon is a kind of oatmeal tortilla or wheat flour. There are a great many recipes for these magnificent buns, both sweet and savory. In stores mostly round-shaped slopes are sold, but in home baking everything is much more diverse – there are both square and triangular shapes. Jams and preserves are often served to cons, but these are golden triangles with blueberries and lemon glaze are sweet enough on your own, so take out your favorite tea cups, put teapot and feel on yourself all the charm of a warming tea party in the best traditions of Misty Albion. Share with friends: 
Time: 40 minutes Difficulty: easy Quantity: 8 pcs. The recipes use dimensional capacity: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cups (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teahouse spoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
Blueberry scones
- 2 tbsp. flour
- 1 tbsp. l baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp. l Sahara
- 5 tbsp. l (70 gr.) Cold butter, cut large cubes
- 1 tbsp. fresh blueberries
- 1 tbsp. greasy cream, + optionally for greasing skones
Lemon glaze
- 0.5 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tbsp. icing sugar, sift
- 1 tbsp. l (15 gr.) Butter
- 1 lemon, grate the zest
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Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 205 ° C.
- Sift the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Using 2 forks or a knife for chopping dough, grind the butter so that its slices are covered with flour. The mixture should look like large crumbs. Intervene blueberries. Be careful not to crush or damage the berries, otherwise their bright pigment will color the dough. In the center of the resulting mixture make a deepening and pour fat cream into it. Shuffle everything to combine; Do not overdo the test.
- Put the dough on a floured surface and give it the shape of a rectangle measuring about 30.5 cm * 7.6 cm * 3.2 cm. Cut it in half and then cut each half in half in half, the result should be 4 squares (with side in 7.6 cm). Cut each square in half diagonally to turned out isosceles triangles. Lay out the resulting skones on a greased baking sheet and lightly grease the top with bold cream. Bake for 15-20 minutes. until they become attractive golden. Allow to cool slightly before applying the glaze.
- Lemon frosting can be prepared both in a steam bath and choose a simpler option – in the microwave. In heat resistant a bowl placed over a pot of slightly boiling water, or in in a microwave bowl mix lemon juice with icing sugar until its dissolution. Using a whisk, mix the butter and zest lemon. Continue stirring with a whisk (if using steam bath), or put in the microwave for 30 seconds. Shuffle whisk to break all the lumps and glaze the tops skonov. Give her about a minute to freeze before serving. table.
