Cheese and Chives Scones

These great savoury scones are perfect with a bowl of soup or eaten alone.

Ingredients make 15

540 g self raising flour

6 g salt

½ tsp white pepper

120 g unsalted butter

400 ml cultured buttermilk

180 g shredded cheddar cheese

10 g chopped chives

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C normal bake. Combine flour, salt and white pepper in a large bowl. Add the butter and use your hands to rub the butter into the flour until it resembles bread crumbs. Place buttermilk, cheese and chives in another bowl and combine. Add liquid mix to dry mix and combined to dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and pat the dough into a 3 cm thickness. Cut out the scones with a 5cm scone cutter and transfer to a lightly floured tray. Space approx. a centimeter apart and bake for approx 12 min. until golden brown on top and cooked through.

Note: Try substituting cheddar cheese with other cheeses such as Gruyere and Parmesan or a mixture.