Cheddar Cheese & Spring Onion Scones

Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.

Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl with the baking powder, then add a large pinch of cayenne pepper. Cube up the butter then use your fingers and thumbs to rub the butter into the flour mixture until you have breadcrumbs mixture.

Coarsely grate in 100g of the cheddar cheese, finely chop the spring onions and mix everything together. Make a well in the middle of the bowl, pour in the milk and bring together until you have a soft dough. Don’t be tempted to over-mix the dough.

Pour out the mix onto a floured surface and quickly work the dough into a 3 cm thick round piece of dough, then use a cutter to cut out circles you should get 9 scones out of the dough. Brush the tops of the scone with milk and then add the remainder of the cheese to the top of the scones.

Put the dough circles onto a baking tray and bake in the oven for 15-20 mins.

Serve while warm with butter and chutney.