Spring Onion, Chive and Cheddar Cheese Scones
This a simple and delicious recipe for savoury scones; these are both easy to make (even easier to eat), you will have warm scones from the oven in less than 30 minutes. They are the perfect accompaniment to a bowl of soup on a cold Spring day.
These scones are flavoured with cheddar cheese, spring onions and chives; if you can find a good mature cheddar that will enhance the flavour further. You can also experiment with other hard cheese you enjoy: Red Leicester, Gruyère or even Parmesan would work well. Serve warm with butter.
Savoury cheese scones will stay fresh for 2 to 3 days when stored in an airtight container at room temperature.
ingredients
Makes 10 small scones
225g self raising flour
pinch of salt
55g unsalted butter, grated
3 tablespoons cheddar cheese, grated
1 tablespoon chives, finely diced
2 spring onions, finely diced
100ml whole milk
equipment
rolling pin
5cm deep cutter for scones
baking tray
method
Preheat the oven to 190C fan oven.
In a large bowl sieve the flour and add a pinch of salt. Next add the grated butter and with clean hands rub the flour and butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the flavourings: grated cheese, chives and spring onion. Stir with a spoon until evenly spread throughout the mixture.
Add roughly 3/4 whole milk (75ml) and gently knead the mixture into a soft dough. It should come together in one ball and the sides of the mixing bowl should be clean. If you need to add a little more milk you can.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll to the desired thickness (2cm approx). Cut out the scones using a cutter and place on a lined baking tray. Gather the scraps of dough and repeat until you have 8-10 scones (this will depend on their thickness). Brush each scone with a little of the remaining milk.
To cook, place in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes until golden. Remove to a wire rack. Serve the scones warm with butter.