Thursday, December 10, 2009

Delicious Scone Recipes - Blue Cheese with Pear Scone Recipe

Many scone recipes can be rather bland, but blue cheese combined with Pear elevates this basic scone recipe to a delicious new level. With just five ingredients, this easy scone recipe is quick to make and will have family and guests clamouring for more.

Blue Cheese with pear is offered by a select number of different manufacturers, most notably Rosenborg-Castello, as a block of blue cheese blended with pear, cranberries or apricot.

This delicous scone recipe is best served warm with jam or fresh pear slices. These tangy scones make for a perfect brunch, a snack or a delicious dessert.

Blue Cheese Scone Recipe

Ingredients
1 cup (250 mL) self-rising flour
1tsp (5 mL) baking powder
1/4 cup (50 mL) butter
1 pack (125 g) Rosenborg-Castello® Blue Cheese with Pear
1/2 cup (125 mL) milk

Directions
Preheat oven to 200ºC/400ºF

1. Sift flour into bowl with baking powder, rub in butter and crumble in half the cheese.
2. Mix to a pliable dough with milk and divide into 8 and form into round balls. Place onto baking sheet and crumble remaining cheese over top then bake for approx. 15 minutes until cheese is melted and golden on top and dough is cooked through.
3. Serve warm with fresh pear slices or fruit preserve or jam.

Recipe courtesy Rosenborg-Castello.

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1 comment:

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