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a stack of Chilli Cheese scones in a bread basket sitting on black and white towel

Chilli Cheese Scones

By: Deborah
Delicious with a really warming heat from the chilli and cayenne pepper. Enjoy on the side with soup!
PREP: 15 minutes
COOK: 15 minutes
TOTAL: 30 minutes
Course: Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: British
Servings: 16 scones
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Ingredients

  • 250 g (2 cups) self raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 red chilli deseeded and finely chopped (see Notes)
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 75 g (2.6 oz) chilled butter diced
  • 125 g (1 ¼ cups) mature cheddar grated (I like to use extra mature cheddar)
  • 175 ml (¾ cup) buttermilk
  • 1 tbsp milk to glaze

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220C/fan 200C.   Sieve the flour, baking powder, chilli and cayenne into the bowl of a food mixer.   Add the salt, a good grind of black pepper and the butter.   Whizz to fine crumbs.   Tip the mixture into a large bowl, stir in 100g of the grated cheese, then gradually pour in the buttermilk, stirring to make a soft, non-sticky dough.
  • On a lightly floured surface, flatten out the dough with your hands to 1.5 to 2cm thick.   Dip a 6 or 7cm fluted cutter in flour and stamp out little rounds, re-rolling the dough as needed to make 16 in total.
  • Transfer the rounds to a baking tray lined with baking paper.   Brush with a little milk and scatter over the remaining grated cheese. Bake for 15 minutes, or until risen and golden.   Remove the scones from the oven and leave to cool a little on a wire rack.  
  • Serve warm with some homemade soup.

Notes

  • If you don't have a fresh red, use 0.5 tsp chilli flakes.
  • If you’d prefer not to have the heat from the chilli or cayenne, just leave them out.
  • The scones freeze well and can be reheated from frozen in a 160C fan oven for 5 to 10 minutes, or defrost and either reheat in the oven, or cut in halves and place under a hot grill for 1 minute.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 193mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 268IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 0.2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

KEYWORDS buttermilk, cheese, chilli, savoury, scone
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