GOATS’ CHEESE AND BASIL SCONES

400 g plain cake flour
200 g butter, chilled
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
a pinch of cayenne pepper, optional
300 ml buttermilk
200 g goats’ cheese
a handful of basil
2 tablespoons grated cheese

Preheat the oven to 220ºC.
Put the flour in a bowl and rub the butter into it until crumbly.
Add baking powder, salt and cayenne pepper and mix lightly with your hands.
Add buttermilk, mix with a spoon until it just holds together. Tip onto a floured work surface.
Fold the dough onto itself a few times while working the goats’ cheese and the basil into it.
Add the other cheese. Cut the scones with a 5 cm cutter.
Bake for 10 – 15 minutes or until it has doubled in size!

Recipe posted by Carol Visser
Photo: Carol Visser