Scottish tattie scones with beetroot puree

Total: 1 hr 10 min. | Active: 40 min.

Ingredients

for 2 person

Scone dough
200 g mealy potatoes, peeled, chopped
  salted water, boiling
egg
10 g butter
1 tsp dill, finely chopped
60 g white flour
¼ tsp baking powder
1 pinch sea salt
Beetroot puree
150 g boiled beets, cut into pieces
1 tbsp olive oil
organic lemon, use a little grated zest
1 pinch cinnamon
2 pinch sea salt
a little  pepper
Scones
30 g butter
To serve
60 g Fine Food Scotland Whisky Salmon
3 tbsp crème fraîche

How it's done

Scone dough

Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for approx. 15 mins. until soft. Drain the potatoes, pass through a food mill into a bowl, allow to cool slightly. Mix the egg, butter and dill into the potato puree. Sieve in the flour and baking powder, season with salt, knead into a smooth dough. Cover and leave to rest at room temperature for approx. 30 mins.

Beetroot puree

Puree the beetroot, oil, lemon zest and cinnamon until smooth, season.

Scones

Roll out the dough to approx. 1 cm thick (approx. 20 cm in diameter), cut into 6 pieces. Heat the butter in a non-stick frying pan, fry the scones for approx. 5 mins. on each side until golden brown.

To serve

Serve the scones with salmon, beetroot puree and crème fraîche. Serve with the remainder of the beetroot puree.

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