Cheese scones
Delicious savoury scones with cheese and chives. Delicious topped with butter or a homemade cream cheese spread.
Ingredients
- 500 gr flour plain
- 2 tsp chives dried or fresh
- 1 tsp baking powder
- salt & pepper to taste
- 125 gr butter cubed
- 100 gr cheddar cheese grated
- 250 gr milk
- 1 egg beaten
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220 C
- Mix all the dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl. (flour, chives, baking powder, salt & pepper)
- Add the cubed butter to the dry ingredients and rub into the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the grated cheese, you can use a mixture of milder and stronger cheeses (young and old) or you can use one type.
- Add only half of the beaten egg to the bowl together with the milk. Reserve the other half of the egg for brushing the tops of the scones.
- Mix well, then turn out onto a floured countertop and knead lightly.
- With a floured rolling pin roll out the dough until it's about 3 cm thick.
- Then cut out with a round cutter or a glass that is roughly 6 or 7 cm in diameter.If you want your scones bigger add a couple more minutes to the baking time.
- Place all the scones on a greased or lined baking sheet and brush the tops with half of your egg. If you're short on egg wash you can add a splash of milk to the beaten egg wash.
- Optional: sprinkle on some coarse salt and pepper, or a bit of extra grated cheese.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve fresh from the oven with a dab of butter.
Notes
The scones are also delicious with a homemade cream cheese spread.
To make, simply mix 200 grams of cream cheese (1 tub) with 3 tsp freshly chopped chives, 1 or 2 cloves of grated garlic and some salt and pepper to taste.