Mar 17

Pear scones & garlic cheese scones

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Scones

Scones

I was looking for a breakfast recipe which didn’t involve more than one egg, and ended up deciding on scones – which don’t have any eggs. This worked perfectly as we bought self-rising flour, and didn’t know what to do with it. I’m also often conflicted between sweet and savoury so I chose not to choose, by making both.

Using the below recipe, I halved it and made half a batch of sweet scones, and half a batch of savoury scones. For the sweet scones, I added shredded pear and sprinkled sugar on top. For the savoury scones I grated half a cup of cheddar cheese and a clove of garlic into the recipe.

The flavour of the pear did not come through too strongly. Perhaps next time I will try a different type of pear (this was an Asian pear, not too sweet naturally). The cheese was nice, but the garlic wasn’t noticeable.

Main ingredients:
2 cups self-rising flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 pinch salt
1 cup milk

In addition:
For the sweet scones -
1/2 shredded pear
1/8 cup flour (as needed, see below)

For the savoury scones -
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 clove garlic, grated

Mix the main ingredients together, then divide ingredients into two bowls – one for the savoury, one for the sweet.

Add the shredded pear to one bowl, and add as much flour as is needed to keep the dough from being sticky.

Mix the cheese and garlic into the other bowl for the savory scones.

Roll out each batch of dough thickly (about 1.5inches) and cut into rounds (I used a glass as my cutter).

Bake 425F/220C for 17 minutes, keeping a close eye.

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