Buttermilk Biscuits (for your soup)

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This recipe is for biscuits in the Northern American sense, more like a savoury scone on this side of the Atlantic.

Buttermilk Biscuits (for your soup)

SERVES

6

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

15

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

18

MINUTES

CUISINE

COURSE

Baking

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 190°C and line two large flat baking trays with parchment.

  2. Stir the flour, bread soda, salt and nutmeg together. Rub in the cold butter until the mixture looks like rough breadcrumbs.

  3. Mix the sugar, buttermilk and parmesan and combine this with the dry ingredients to form a dough.

  4. Turn it out onto a floured surface and pat it down to about a half an inch in thickness, the batter will be soft. Cut out your biscuits and place them on the prepared tray. Brush the top of each one with the egg yolk. Bake for about 15 to 18 minutes until golden and baked through.

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Ingredients

  • 180g self-raising flour

  • ¼ tsp bread soda sieved

  • ¼ tsp fine sea salt

  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg

  • 50g cold butter, cubed

  • 2 tsp golden caster sugar

  • 150mls buttermilk

  • 25g Parmesan cheese, finely grated

  • 1 egg yolk

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 190°C and line two large flat baking trays with parchment.

  2. Stir the flour, bread soda, salt and nutmeg together. Rub in the cold butter until the mixture looks like rough breadcrumbs.

  3. Mix the sugar, buttermilk and parmesan and combine this with the dry ingredients to form a dough.

  4. Turn it out onto a floured surface and pat it down to about a half an inch in thickness, the batter will be soft. Cut out your biscuits and place them on the prepared tray. Brush the top of each one with the egg yolk. Bake for about 15 to 18 minutes until golden and baked through.

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