Cheese & Chive Sourdough Scones
Our herb garden is so pretty at this time of year. All the herbs are blooming and the chive flowers are particularly beautiful.
This is a really quick easy recipe that I make up for the children’s lunchboxes or after school snack. Sometimes we have this for lunch with some hummus, pesto and salad.
Recipe makes 8 scones
Ingredients
1 cup / 170g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate/ bread soda
1/3 cup / 50g cold butter diced
3/4 cup / 50g grated cheese
1 - 2 tablespoons chopped chives
1/2 cup / 125g sourdough starter
2 eggs
Method
Preheat the oven to 180oC or 350o F.
Place flour, baking powder, baking soda in a medium bowl and stir to combine.add butter and rub in until mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add cheese and chives.
in a jug or small bowl, mix together sourdough starter and 1 egg.
add the starter and egg mixture into the dry ingredients until the mixture comes together.
tip the mixture out onto a lined baking tray. Form into a circle and press down or flatten slightly into a round disc. Using a knife cut the circle into 8.
Separate the scones. whisk the other egg and brush the top of the scones and add extra grated cheese.
bake in the middle of the oven for 15 - 18 mins until scones are slightly browned and hollow when tapped on the bottom. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
Enjoy !!!!
