Category: Ireland

Classes, Ireland, Spring

How to Make Perfect Irish Scones at Ballymaloe Cookery School

Irish Scones recipe from Ballymaloe CookingSchool


Originally tested and written for the Williams Sonoma Taste Blog, March 2020

There’s nothing like fresh scones slathered with butter and jam, so we made sure to get our fill of the classic teatime treats during our recent trip through the Irish countryside with our friends from Tourism Ireland and Bake from Scratch Magazine. We traveled south from Dublin to County Cork, the culinary capital of Ireland, to spend the day at the renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School. We toured the sprawling 100-acre organic farm and made scones in one of their four full-service kitchens.

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Chefs, Ireland, Sweet Recipes

How to Make Stovetop Clotted Cream

English scones served with easy homemade clotted cream.

It isn’t a proper afternoon tea without clotted cream. I discovered that it is quite easy to make; it just requires a long in-active cook time. For my first batch, I had great success cooking in the oven for 8 hours, but there is a faster way. For the second batch, I used the “quick” method, which is just 1 hour on the stovetop. With either method, you will still need to chill the cream in the fridge to let it thicken, but overall, the latter method does speed things up considerably.

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