Goat's Cheese Scones Recipe
These goat’s cheese scones are warm, crumbly, and packed with savoury flavour, with golden edges, a tender crumb and pockets of tangy cheese throughout.
Servings: 8 scones
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Pastry brush
Ingredients
- 420 g self-raising white flour (self rising flour) plus some for dusting
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 100 g salted butter cold and cubed
- 4-5 sage leaves finely chopped
- 150 g firm goats cheese cut into small cubes
- 200 ml whole milk plus a little to brush the tops
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan).
- Dust your baking sheet with flour.
- In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and black pepper.
- Using the tips of your fingers, rub in the butter until you have an even crumb. Stir in the sage.
- Slowly add the milk while mixing using a flat knife. The mixture should start to clump together.
- Add ⅔ (100 g) of goat cheese to the bowl and lightly mix again.
- Tip the dough onto a floured surface and gather the dough together, handling just enough to form into a disc about 15cm (6 inches) wide. Don’t overwork the dough.
- Cut the disc into eight equal triangles.
- Lift the scones into the floured baking sheet.
- Brush the tops with milk.
- Top with the remaining cubes of goat’s cheese.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until the scones have puffed and turned golden.
Nutrition
Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 161mg | Potassium: 150mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 549IU | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 1mg
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