insideKENT Magazine Issue 96 - March 2020 | Page 62

FOOD+DRINK
GORGEOUS RECIPES TO SPOIL MUM THIS MOTHER’S DAY
CONT.
INDULGE IN AN AFTERNOON TREAT:
Watercress and Cheese Scones
Recipe by www.watercress.co.uk
A tangy alternative to the traditional sweet scone served with
cream. These watercress and cheese scones are delicious with
butter or perhaps topped with a cream cheese.
Serves: 9
Ingredients:
• 100g watercress
• 225g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp mustard powder (optional)
• A pinch of salt
• 50g butter, cubed
• 75g mature Cheddar cheese, grated
• 200ml buttermilk, plus a little for brushing the tops
• A pinch or two of cayenne pepper
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas Mark 7.
2. Reserve a few small sprigs of watercress to decorate the tops
and finely chop the remainder.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and mustard into a large bowl.
Add the salt and butter, then use your fingertips to rub it into
the dry ingredients. Stir in the chopped watercress and two thirds
of the cheese, mix well.
4. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, add the
buttermilk and mix together with a round bladed knife to form
a soft dough.
5. Very lightly knead on a floured surface, then use a floured
rolling pin to roll the dough to a thickness of 2.5cm. Use a 6cm
plain round cutter to press out circles of the dough, re-rolling
lightly, as necessary. The mixture should make 9 scones.
6. Place the scones on an oiled large baking sheet. Brush each
with a little buttermilk (or milk), top with a sprig of watercress,
then scatter over the remaining cheese. Dust with a little pinch
of cayenne if liked, then bake in the centre of the oven for 20-
25 mins or until golden on the top.
7. Leave to cool on the baking tray for 5 mins before
serving warm
IMPRESS THIS MOTHER’S DAY:
Passion Fruit Southside Recipe by Bathtub Gin, www.ableforths.com
This special cocktail featuring Kentish-made
Bathtub Gin, is both fruity and refreshing, and will
show Mum how much you care this Mother’s Day.
Ingredients:
• 50ml Bathtub Gin
• 15ml Lime Juice
• 10ml passion fruit puree (if you can’t find it scoop out
the contents of 1 passionfruit)
• 15ml simple syrup
• 4 mint leaves
• Garnish with small rosebuds or mint leaves
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Method:
1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
(a well-sealed jar or Tupperware works
fine if you don’t own a shaker!).
2. Add ice.
3. Shake hard.
4. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
5. Garnish with a rosebud or mint leaves.