Halloooo!!! I have not been blogging for quite a while now......was very busy! What with moving to a new country and all!! It feels very good to be back in my home country of South Africa again and with that, I thought that I would include my very first South African inspired recipe made with local "biltong"......!

So here goes.....

Cheese and Biltong Scones

Ingredients

500ml flour (2 cups)

15ml baking powder (3 tsp)

large pinch salt

sprinkle of cayenne pepper/chilli powder (optional)

250ml strong cheddar cheese
15 ml vegetable oil (3 tsp)
125 ml milk (maybe a bit more depending on how it mixes)
1 egg
200ml shaved or finely grated biltong

 

Method

1.Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cayenne pepper into a large bowl. Add the cheese and biltong and mix through the flour mixture.

2.Beat the egg and milk together in a separate bowl and add the oil. The oil replaces the butter/margarine that usually gets used to rub into the flour.

3.Pour the milk/egg/oil mixture into the flour mixture and using a metal spoon / fork, mix the dough until it clumps together, but is not too dry. If too dry, splash a bit more milk in to use up the flour.

4.Press the dough out on a flat clean floured surface until it is about 5mm thick, then fold it over on top of itself (this gives the finished scones the natural "break" to cut open), flatten it again, using the palm of your hand. Do not use a rolling pin as it is too heavy and will prevent the scones from rising.

5.Cut out your scones out by using a round cutter or if you don't have a cutter handy use a drinking glass. Place them on a baking tray, pop them in the oven at 180 celsius for fifteen twenty minutes. Serve, still warm, with lashings of butter, cheese, jams and honey.