Almond and Pear Scones

Yield: 8

Author: Briochette

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Almond Pear Scones

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 50 Min

Sweet pear and dark chocolate combine with the delicate almond flavour of these scones for a perfect afternoon treat

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Ingredients

• 2 pears, peeled, cored and chopped into chunks (make sure they’re moderately firm)
• 100g dark chocolate, chopped into chunks
• handful of almond flakes
• 60g sugar
• 200g flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 85g unsalted butter, cubed
• 60ml heavy cream, plus extra for glazing
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or 1/4 tsp almond extract

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C.
2. In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder. Pulse to combine.
3. Add the butter chunks, pulse until mixture resembles wet sand.
4. Add the egg, vanilla/almond extract and heavy cream, pulse until the dough just comes together, as little as possible.
5. Tip onto a floured surface and add in the chocolate and pear chunks. You want to process the dough as little as possible, so try distribute the add-ins more by pushing them into the dough, rather than properly mixing/kneading.
6. Shape the dough into a disc (roughly 2.2 cm tall) and cut it like a pizza, in 8 scones.
7. Place them on a tray lined with parchment paper, evenly spaced (leave about 3 cm between them).
8. Glaze with the heavy cream and sprinkle the almond flakes on top.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until beautifully golden brown.
10. Take the scones out of the oven and let them cool for a few minutes before digging in. I can never manage too long!

Notes

Apples would work really well here, you can add some cinnamon to the dough and replace the dark chocolate by milk or white.

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