Cheddar and Thyme Scones
Savoury sourdough scones with grated cheddar, fresh thyme and black pepper — best eaten freshly baked.
🍳 Cook: 18 min🍽️ Makes 10
Ingredients
| 150 г. | white flour |
| 50 г. | wholemeal flour |
| 5 г. | baking powder |
| 3 г. | bicarbonate of soda |
| 5 г. | salt |
| 1/2 ч. л. | black pepper |
| 10-15 стръка | fresh thyme |
| 50 г. | cold butter, cut into cubes |
| 150 г. | sourdough starter 100% hydration (can be replaced with equal amounts water and flour — 75 g each) |
| 100 г. | cheddar cheese, grated |
| 60 г. | thick yogurt |
Instructions
Products for cheddar and thyme scones — 10 pieces.
- Turn the oven on to preheat to 200 degrees without a fan.
- In a bowl combine the two types of flour, the baking powder, the soda, the thyme leaves, the salt and the black pepper.
- Add the butter and rub with your fingers until crumbs form. You can also do this in a food processor.
- Add the sourdough starter, the yogurt and the grated cheddar and knead a dough. Depending on how the flour absorbs the moisture you may need to add a tiny bit of milk (or 1 tablespoon of cold water) until the dough comes together.
- On a very lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 1-1.5 cm. Using a biscuit cutter or a glass, form the scones and arrange them on a tray lined with baking paper, leaving about 1 cm space between them. As mentioned above, you can also shape them by hand, but try to make the scones an even size.
- Optionally, brush with milk before putting them in to bake.
- Baking — 15-20 minutes in a preheated oven at 200 degrees.
- Once you take the finished scones out of the oven, let them cool for a few minutes. They are tastiest freshly baked, but if any are left over, which I doubt, you can store them in a box until the next day. Warm them in the oven at 150 degrees for no more than 5 minutes and serve.
Note: I wrote that the products are for 10 scones, but mine are on the larger side. If you make them smaller, the count will be higher. Don't forget to leave a little space when arranging them, because they puff up slightly. The puffing is more upward, i.e. they don't spread sideways, so about 1 cm of space will be enough.