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RECIPE

Savoury beetroot scones

Perfect for a packed lunch - or with a bowl of soup

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Beetroots are both sweet and savoury. Not only are they good to cook with, but you can use them in baking.


Recipe adapted from: Scandinavian Green (Quadrille £25)

  • Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.
  • Mix the flours, sugar, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in a large mixing bowl. Add the cold butter and, with your fingers, crumble it into the flour until it has the consistency of crumbs.
  • Gently fold in the cheese, beetroots and coriander seeds, then add the buttermilk and fold into the mix just until the dough is homogenous.
  • Knead on a floured work top just until it feels smooth and even; it will be a little sticky. Now roll the dough out into a 3cm-thick square and cut the scones out to the shapes you want: squares, triangles, or circles. Place on the prepared baking tray.
  • Bake for 15-18 minutes. Leave until just cold on a wire rack, then serve with lots of butter, adding cheese and chutney if you like.
Ingredients

200g plain flour, plus more to dust

200g whole grain spelt flour

50g granulated sugar

1 tsp fine sea salt

1 tbsp baking powder

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

150g cold salted butter, chopped, plus extra to serve

50g coarsely grated Cheddar cheese

200g raw beetroots, coarsely grated

1 tsp coriander seeds

250ml buttermilk

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