Cheese and potato scones

Served with smoked bacon and poached egg

Try this recipe at the weekend, for breakfast or lunch. The scones are also great with smoked fish such as Haddock, topped, with a poached egg and Hollandaise sauce.

Ingredients

225g cold, cooked potato, mashed

50g butter, softened

50g plain flour

Salt and freshly ground pepper

75g grated Cheddar cheese

olive oil to fry

Prepare the potato

Mix the potato and butter into the flour, season with salt and pepper, add the cheese.

Form into rounds and flatten to 1/2" thick, on a floured board.

Rest the scones in the fridge for 20 minutes.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the scones until golden brown, around 3 minutes each side. Drain on kitchen paper.