A Cornish Food Blog | Jam and Clotted Cream

Cornish Fairings are a traditional sweet and spicy ginger biscuit from Cornwall. Perfect for dunking in your cup of tea!

Traditional homemade scones with jam and clotted cream. Remember it's jam first, then clotted cream!

Traditional Cornish Splits ..... just a little bit yummy don't you think? Being Cornish I'm obviously biased but they really do tickle my taste buds with the sweet doughy-ness of the roll, the silky smooth clotted cream and the tangy fruit jam. These beauties are super easy to make too, especially if you've got a breadmaker handy, but the dough can be made by hand if you prefer. There is just something really comforting and homely about splits. The sweet, yeast levened rolls were traditionally piled high and wrapped in tea towels then 'split' with finger and thumbs ready for their glorious crowning with jam and clotted cream. Understandably they were everyone's favourite tea time treat in these parts but have lost favour in recent years due to the popularity of the scone. It's definitely time for a split revival! If jam and clotted cream doesn't tickle your fancy as a filling, you could always try a thunder and lightening split, which is clotted cre...

A recipe for homemade clotted cream. Best served with scones and jam. Don't forget it's jam first!