Buttery scones with the flavors of fruit, spice and cheese.
Scones with Apricot, Ginger and Brie
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
This month for the BreadBakers group the theme is stone fruits. Since I had been wanting to make some scones recently, I went to my pantry and discovered a nice big bag of dried apricots as well as a can of candied/crystallized ginger. Always excited to use up things on hand, I went straight for these and a wedge of Brie cheese that I had in the fridge.
I understand that Jacques Pepin has a thing for buying a lot of cheese. I share his enthusiasm (if not his mastery of craft)…
And since I had never tucked Brie into bread before (I have put lots of other kinds of cheese in: cheddar, Parmesan, Asiago, the list goes on…) I thought it might be fun to try this one. Of course it pairs wonderfully with the fruit and spice.
The scones turned out very decadent, so I was quite pleased. For half a second I daydreamed of owning a tea room with these lined up with perfect China cups of Darjeeling or Earl Grey….wait a minute. Scratch that- I think that may have been a friend of mine. While I adore visiting a tea room, I have no aspirations to operate one. 😉
But I can sit at home and make these up along with a great many different cups of tea. I do in fact have more kinds of tea than I do cheese. I hope that doesn’t disappoint Jacques (as if he cared about anything I did…LOL!) My tea varieties explode since I like mixing in a bag or two of this or that with my Luzianne to make my own blend. I don’t know why- I like the black tea mixed with fruit (and not just fruit tea by itself). If you want my ratio for that, it’s 4 Luzianne family size with two single tea bags of whatever you like in 48-64 ounces of tea. With lemon please. And nix the sugar! LOL! My longstanding summer favorites are Celestial Seasonings Blueberry and also Peach- they both mix in wonderfully to the iced tea.
How do you like your tea? Do you ever have an afternoon hot tea thing going with scones or cookies? Let me know! If a lot of you have Tea Party recipes, maybe I can put up a linky party for it. Or start a new Pinterest board.
But anyway, back to the stone fruit breads- there are quite a lot to choose from the BreadBakers group so don’t forget to scroll past the recipe and take a peek. Until next time-
~Sue
Scones with Apricot, Ginger and Brie
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons ginger-infused sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 4 fluid ounces light cream or half and half
- 1/4 cup chopped candied ginger
- 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
- 1-1/2 ounces French brie cheese, cubed (weigh after trimming off rind)
- 2 tablespoons ginger-infused sugar or crystal sugar
Note: About the ginger infused sugar- if you don’t have any made at home, you can sub with a little sugar mixed with ground ginger. Although what I do is to desiccate ginger root in sugar then grind. There may also be a little bit in the bottom of your crystallized ginger container- I’ve noticed some settling there before and just added it to my jar. There are recipes online if you want to make you own. I’ll try to get a recipe up later.
Method:
- Preheat oven to 425ºF.
- Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Using a pastry blender, cut butter in until flour resembles coarse crumbs.
- Whisk together the light cream and egg, then make a well in the center of the flour mixture, adding egg mix there, and stirring with a fork to incorporate.
- Mix in candied ginger, chopped dried apricots and brie cheese.
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper and mound the dough on the paper, patting the dough out to form an 8-inch circle.
- Sprinkle dough with ginger-infused sugar or crystal sugar.
- Cut through dough with chef’s knife to form six wedges, baking scones without separating them, for 20 minutes.
- Cut the scones again and separate on the baking sheet, then bake two minutes more.
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This is a perfect scone for afternoon tea. Magnificent.
Thanks, Renee!
Great flavor combinations you’ve got there, Sue! I’d love one or three of your scones with a cup of tea any day!
You’re welcome anytime—long trip though!
These look absolutely irresistible! I want them all!! Definitely going to bake up a batch 🙂
I hope you enjoy!
Brie sounds like a great cheese choice for these yummy scones!
It works beautifully!
Tea and scones! How perfect! Jacque would be so proud!
In another life maybe. LOL!
Gorgeous scones and I love the addition of brie! Open up that tea room and I’ll be your first customer!!!
Thanks!
Long before I married in to a British family I have enjoyed afternoon tea and treats to go along with it. These scones look divine.
Thank you!
i love ginger spiced breads and I love scones, bookmarking to try this wonderful bread ! thanks for sharing this, Sue 🙂
I hope you enjoy- the ginger is fantastic!
All my favorite flavors in these scone’s! !! Loving it!!
Thank you!
Perfect scones for breakfast or tea time! Loved how you combined apricots with ginger!!
I love ginger! Especially crystallized.
I like plain old black tea….iced. LOL I think it would still be good with the scones though.
It would!
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Enjoy!
Love your sweet and slightly spicy scones. Never added ginger in scones — that sounds both interesting and delicious.
Thanks! I hope you like them.
what a great combo of ingredients
I love candied ginger!
I’ve never though to add Bree to my baked goods before, I’ll definitely have to try it now I’ve seen these. Laura@ Baking in Pyjamas
It works out rather well, the way one can make cheddar biscuits.