Scottish tattie scones with beetroot puree
Ingredients
for 2 person
200 g | mealy potatoes, peeled, chopped |
salted water, boiling | |
1 | egg |
10 g | butter |
1 tsp | dill, finely chopped |
60 g | white flour |
¼ tsp | baking powder |
1 pinch | sea salt |
150 g | boiled beets, cut into pieces |
1 tbsp | olive oil |
1 | organic lemon, use a little grated zest |
1 pinch | cinnamon |
2 pinch | sea salt |
a little | pepper |
30 g | butter |
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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