for 16 pieces

Dough

300 g	white flour
3 tbsp	sugar
1 tbsp	blue poppy seeds
2 tsp	baking powder
¼ tsp	salt
75 g	butter, cut into pieces, cold
1 ½ dl	milk

Scones

a little	white flour
½ tbsp	milk
½ tsp	blue poppy seeds

Plums

250 g	plums, cut into pieces
1 tbsp	sugar
2 tbsp	water

To serve

125 g

cream cheese, plain, stirred until smooth

How it's done

Dough

In a bowl, mix the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the salt. Add the butter and rub together using your hands to form an even, crumbly mixture. Pour in the milk and mix quickly to form a soft dough – do not knead.

Scones

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to approx. 2 cm thick, cut out circles using a fluted cutter (approx. 4 cm in diameter). Place the scones on a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush with a little milk, sprinkle with poppy seeds.

To bake

Approx. 20 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 200 °C. Remove, allow to cool slightly on a rack.

Plums

Mix the plums, sugar and water in a pan. Cover and simmer over a low heat for approx. 15 mins. until soft, allow to cool slightly.

To serve

Slice the scones crosswise, plate up with the cream cheese and plums.

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