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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Savory Scones


Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
7 Tbsp cold unsalted butter
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup cream
1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup finely minced chives

Method:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Put flour, baking powder, salt in food processor and pulse it about 3 times to incorporate the baking powder and salt. Then add cubed very cold butter. Pulse it until flour resembles breadcrumbs.

Tip the mixture into a big bowl. Add the sun-dried tomatoes, cheese and chives. Then add cold cream. Using a wooden ladle mix until the dough comes together. Remove the dough on a flour board. and form it into a circle about 7 inches and height about 1 /12 inches. Cut it into half using a bench scrapper. Then cut into triangles.

Put them into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush them with a little cream and bake them for 15 minutes or until golden in color.



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