It’s been a while since I posted anything, just been crazy busy and blogging took a backseat for a bit. As usually happens when I burn the candle at both ends I find myself today propped up on the sofa nursing a bad cold . The bright side, I finally have the time to add some recipes here that I have been meaning to do for a while.
These scones are absolutely moreish. I found the basic recipe on BBC Good Food, refer here and adapted it with stuff I had in my fridge.
Ingredients:
- 225 gms Plain Flour
- 4 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper Powder
- Pinch of salt
- 55 gms Butter (cold)
- 150 ml Buttermilk (2 heaped tbsp yoghurt and add water)
- 100 gms Gruyere Cheese (grated)
Method:
Sift the flour and baking powder together in to a bowl to ensure they are nicely combined. Keep a little aside for dusting. You can also use self raising flour, in which case you’ll only need 1 tsp baking powder.
Add the Cayenne pepper powder and salt and mix.
Cut the butter into the flour mix and using your fingers rub well till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Add the grated cheese and mix lightly.
Add the butter milk a little at a time to make a soft dough. Chances are you will not need all the buttermilk, I had about 15 ml leftover.
Tip the dough onto the work surface and roll out to 1-2 cm thickness.
Using a cookie cutter cut out the scones and place on baking tray, spacing them out evenly. I usually line the baking tray with parchment paper.
Brush the top of the scones with the leftover buttermilk.
Bake in 200C conventional/ 180C fan oven for 15-20 minutes. Keep checking, I have a fan oven and the scones were golden brown in about 18 minutes.
Enjoy then as is or serve with soup.
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