Skill level:
Level 2
Preparation time:
35 minutes
Makes:
Scones
Video:
No
What you need
Ingredients
- For the base:
- 150g self-raising flour
- 25g butter or margarine
- 1 egg
- 50ml milk
- For the toppings:
- 25g tomato or ragu sauce
- 1 tomato
- 50g cheddar cheese, grated
- 3 mushrooms
- 5ml spoon mixed dried herbs
- 1 onion
Equipment
- baking tray
- sieve
- mixing bowl
- small bowl
- fork
- rolling pin
- sharp knife
- chopping board
- measuring spoons
- butter knife
- oven gloves
- cooling rack
What you do
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6. Grease a baking tray.
- Sieve the flour into a bowl.
- Rub the butter or margarine into the flour until it resembles fine
breadcrumbs.
- Whisk the egg and milk together in a small bowl with a fork.
- Add the egg mixture to the flour. Mix to form a soft dough ball.
- Roll out the dough to form a rectangle, on a floured surface.
- Slice the tomato.
- Peel and slice the onion.
- Slice the mushrooms.
- Spread the tomato or ragu sauce, onion, tomatoes and mushrooms over
the dough. Leave a 2cm gap around the edges.
- Sprinkle the grated cheese and herbs on top.
- Roll up from the long end sealing the filling inside.
- Cut into 4cm slices (making 8 scones).
- Place the slices flat on the baking tray and, using oven gloves,
place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- After baking, place the scones on a cooling rack to cool.
Something else to try
Savoury fillings
Try different fillings such as slices of ham, spinach, cooked sausages, tuna
or sweetcorn.
Sweet scones
Leave out the egg and increase the milk to 75ml. Add 15ml spoon sugar and 45g
currants.
