Sunday 22 June 2014

High Tea Saturday Part 3: Prosciutto Gruyere Parmesan Scones

At last! The final recipe we used for our High Tea Saturday series (here are links to part 1 and part 2). This was our first time making savoury scones and they turned out to be a pretty cheesy success. They also turned out to be breakfast for the next two days--easy to warm up by sticking them in the toaster while the coffee is brewing.

We would like to give credit to the original recipe, found here

Ingredients: 
2.5 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
2 large eggs
2/3 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup grated gruyere (we don't really measure cheese. we may have added a bit more)
1/2 cup chopped prosciutto (again, we may have added a bit more)
1/4 cup grated parmesan
1/4 cup chopped green onion (we may have used less. not a big fan of these)
2 tablespoons half and half

Procedure: 

  1. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Chop up the butter and slowly add to the mixture until crumbly (use your hands.. just because it's fun!)
  2. Add the eggs and buttermilk and whisk together
  3. Add the cheeses, onion and prosciutto and mix until the dough is sticky
  4. Find a clean and flat surface. Flour the surface and knead until all ingredients are evenly combined. 
  5. Roll the dough flat until it is about 0.5-1 inch thick and cut into fun shapes (like triangles. triangles are pretty fun)
  6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the scone triangles. (The original recipe yielded about 10 scones but we used our amazing tetris skills to get more scones out of the surface area of out baking sheet and yielded a little above 15 triangles of different sizes. with a bit of space in between each scone as room for expansion)
  7. Lightly brush batter with half and half cream and sprinkle with additional salt/cheese
  8. Chill in the freezer for half an hour and preheat the oven to 400F
  9. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown at the top. Best served with some tea (this isn't high tea without the tea, folks!) 
These scones look quite photogenic

The final product: Different sizes of scones loaded up with all the things we love--cheese and prosciutto. Notice all that ham sticking out of that middle scone. /happiness

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