recipes@decwrl.UUCP (06/13/86)
Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PUMPKIN-SCONES D "22 May 86" 1986 .RZ "PUMPKIN SCONES" "Pumpkin scones" Scones (pronounced with a short `o', rhymes with `Fonz') are a popular accompaniment to afternoon tea. They are often served with jam and whipped cream. In this variation the scones are flavoured with pumpkin. It is not a typical scone recipe. .PP Pumpkin scones can be eaten in place of bread with a meal. This recipe was made famous by the wife of the Premier of Queensland. .IH "Serves 4\-6" .IG "1 Tbsp" "butter" "15 g" .IG "\(12 cup" "sugar" "100 g" .IG "1" "egg" .IG "1 cup" "cold mashed cooked pumpkin" "250 ml" .IG "2 cups" "self raising flour" "200 g" .IG "1/8 tsp" "salt" "0.5 ml" .PH .SK 1 Grease a scone tray or baking tray. .SK 2 Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. .SK 3 Add egg and beat well. .SK 4 Add pumpkin, flour and salt and fold in by hand. Knead lightly and cut into .AB "1\-inch" "3cm" squares. .SK 5 Place close together on the scone tray and bake at .TE 425 220 until well risen and golden on top (about 15 minutes). .NX To an Australian, a pumpkin is a large round, squat, green or blue-green vegetable that is orange on the inside. There are many varieties, all of species \fICucurbita maxima\fR. In North America a good substitute is acorn squash (\fICucurbita pepo\fR); elsewhere a butternut squash (\fICaryoka nuciferum\fR) would be a fair substitute. .PP Serve hot, with butter. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy. .I Time: 15 minutes preparation, 15 minutes baking. .I Precision: approximate measurement OK. .WR bob@basser.oz (Bob Kummerfeld) Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia.