Scottish Potato Scones and British Breakfasts: a Tutorial
A traditional part of a full Scottish breakfast. Mostly made with mashed potatoes, these scones are a potato lover's dream come true.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Russet potatoes boiled, see notes
- ½ cup flour sifted
- 2 tbsp butter softened, good quality
- ½ tsp Kosher salt or sea salt
Instructions
- First, peel the boiled potatoes. If you have a ricer, use it to rice the potatoes, if not, just mash them, but what makes better potato scones is light, dry potatoes, and ricing them gives them more air.
- Add the butter and salt. Taste the potatoes at this point, add more salt if needed, then very lightly mix in the sifted flour. It will come together into a dough very quickly and easily.
- Turn out onto a floured workspace and gently fold over until smooth. Divide into 4 or 5 equal portions and form each into a ball.
- Roll one ball out to about 1/4″ thick, then prick with a fork and cut into quarters or sixths, whichever you prefer, with a large knife. Repeat with the rest of the balls of dough.
- Heat a pan or griddle to (almost) high heat (between med. high and high.) When the pan is hot, cook the scones until brown on each side. Place on a clean dish towel, then cover with the other half to cool.
- These are fully cooked and may be eaten as is, but traditionally, they are fried in the same pan as the bacon was fried in, for a Scottish breakfast. I
Notes
- To freeze: place them individually separated on a floured tray in the freezer until frozen, then place in a freezer bag. This way they won't stick to each other. Alternately, you can put them in a container with pieces of wax/parchment paper in between them.
- Potatoes should be weighed after cooking - about 4 large potatoes, cooked in salted water -preferably cooked with the skin.
- To cook frozen potato scones, there's no need to defrost them, you can just fry them straight away. However, I usually take them out of the freezer about for about 10 minutes though, so they cook more quickly.
- If you absolutely refuse to peel boiled potatoes, you can peel them before boiling.
Nutrition
Serving: 2 | Calories: 39kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 68mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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