Feta, Olive and Sun-blush Tomato Scones

12 minutes - 15 minutes
to cook

These are lovely served as a snack or savoury at teatime.

They also go very well as a companion to many soups for lunch.

The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to make more recipes for Little Cakes in our video lesson which includes Plain and Rich Fruit Scones, Welsh Cakes, Chocolate ‘Surprise’ Cup Cakes and Viennese Tartlets. Just click the recipe image to play.

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This recipe is from The Delia Collection: Baking. Makes 12


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Method

First sift the flours and baking powder into a large, roomy bowl, tip in any bran left in the sieve, then add the cayenne and mustard powder and, using a knife, work in the 2 tablespoons of olive oil, plus the reserved tablespoon of oil from the sun-dried tomatoes.

When the mixture looks like lumpy breadcrumbs stir in the chopped thyme, cubed Feta, olives and sun-dried tomatoes. Now in a separate bowl beat the egg with the 2 tablespoons of milk and add half this mixture to the other ingredients. Using your hands, bring the mixture together to form a dough, adding more of the egg and milk as it needs it – what you should end up with is a dough that is soft but not sticky. Now on a floured board, roll the dough out to a depth of 1 inch (2.5 cm). Then stamp out the scones using a 2 inch (5 cm) cutter, either plain or fluted. Put the cut-out pieces on a baking tray and brush them with the milk.

Finally top each scone with the crumbled Feta, and put the tray on the highest shelf of the oven to bake for 12-15 minutes or until they've turned a golden colour. Then remove them to a wire rack until they are cool enough to eat.

You can also watch how to make plain and fruit scones in our Online Cookery School Video on this page.

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