Mix all the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, poppy seeds and lemon zest). For zesting I use a microplane or the fine side of a grater.

Add the butter in cubes and freshly removed from the fridge and use your fingers to pinch the butter into the flour until you get a wet sand-like texture and no large lumps of butter remain. For further reference watch the YouTube video :)

Make a hole in the center and add the lemon juice and milk. Mix first with a spatula and then finish to incorporate with you hands.

Let rest for 30min in the fridge covered in cling film.

Roll out the dough to 2cm thickness and cut out the scones. I used a 7cm cutter. You can also do triangles with a knife.

They go into a pre-heated oven at 180C for 20min or until nice and golden.

Serve warm with butter and honey :)