Scone Roll
August 23, 2010 in Uncategorized
Friday night was braai night – we had a perfect steak and a foil pack of mixed vegetables roasted on the fire, just delicious! but as only AP and I were home for the Friday night braai, (NJ having scarpered off to Durbs-by-the-sea to stay with her sister), there was steak and roasted veggies left over a-plenty. So for lunch on Saturday, I made one of my favourite left-over dishes – a Scone Roll.
My scone recipe is the one I got from my mother, which is pretty basic, but I have changed it to use self-raising flour instead of flour-plus-baking-powder, and I prefer the results – no baking powder flavour! Here’s the recipe, and the method for a scone roll.
Plain Scones
2 cups of self-raising flour
3 mls salt
60 grs butter
1 egg, lightly beaten, and enough milk to make 150 mls
extra milk, if needed
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Mix the dry ingredients in the processor bowl
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Add the butter and pulse to cut it into the flour, to breadcrumb consistency
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Leave the processor running, pour in the milk and egg, mixing quickly. Switch off as soon as the dough binds together
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Turn out onto a floured surface and roll out thinly
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For the filling, I chopped a small onion finely, fried it in a little butter, added the diced braaied steak, and the roasted veggies. After checking the seasonings, this was set aside to cool. You can use any left-overs you may have, or make a mixture using bacon, onion and tomatoes, etc. (NB: make sure your filling has a lot of sauce – left-over gravy, or lots of tomatoes, or a white sauce, or even a dollop of Nando’s Garlic Sauce. Be creative!!)
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Spread the scone dough with the filling, and roll up like a chunky Swiss Roll or roulade
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Place on a greased baking tray and curve the ends towards each other
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Slash the roll a few times, and bake at 200°C for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
We ate ours just like that, but it’s delicious with a salad, and even cold, it’s good too. Enjoy!!
We had beautiful summer weather this weekend here in KZN, but back to chilly days today. Have a good week, everyone.
sharonsmit said on August 23, 2010
Zabs Zabs Zabs… you are so creative!! I would have never thought of this! LOVELY!!!
Have a fabulous day!! xxx
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
Thanks Shaz!! How are you, you’ve been quiet??? Have a good day too xxx
sharonsmit said on August 23, 2010
Im good thanks! I do apologise for being quiet, between getting a new harddrive and moving offices – havent had a lot of time to blog (and I try to stay away from Pc’s in the evening and weekends…)
I’ll be back soon!! xxx
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
No need to apologise sweetie, so long as you are well
Looking forward to having you back…
Colonialist said on August 23, 2010
Looks delicious. The test of good pies or sausage rolls, to my mind, is whether they are good to eat cold. The inferior ones are yucky if not heated.
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
That’s very true, I think it has to do with the quality of fat used – real butter always tastes good!
Gaby866 said on August 23, 2010
what a cool idea ! thanks !! and its freeeezing in CT.. and moving up to you guys tomorrow!!
carlette said on August 23, 2010
oh wow!!
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
Thanks, Gaby!
It’s chilly again today, yesterday was a glorious 32C, but I think we are still warmer than where you are
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
tandy.sinclair said on August 23, 2010
lucky you to have had summer this weekend – it was really cold and wet here!
BITSOFCAREY said on August 23, 2010
Now that is AWESOME!!! Thanks for this!! yum!
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
It’s cold and trying to be wet here, not succeeding though! It’s SO dry, desperate for some rain…
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
Thank you Carey!!!
Colonialist said on August 23, 2010
Could well be a major influence, but I think it is also a test of ALL the ingredients.
Zabwan said on August 23, 2010
True – you can’t beat home-made, and the less refined everything is, the better it tastes!
I see you are also a night-owl, lol
Hopestar said on August 24, 2010
Thats brilliant. I love how you did this. I’m going to try this at our next braai, well the day after:)
*hugs*
x x x x
Zabwan said on August 24, 2010
Thank you, Hope! It works with any left-overs
*hugs*
leaineskitchen said on August 24, 2010
Brilliant idea – very creative
Looks like it tasted amazing 
Zabwan said on August 24, 2010
Thank you Lea – it did taste pretty good
Dewdrops said on August 25, 2010
Hi, I tried this on Monday, it was delicious, even my kids enjoyed it. I had left over chicken filling( for pies) that I used
Zabwan said on August 25, 2010
Hello Dewdrops! I’m so pleased! It works so well with any filling, love the sound of chicken pie scone roll, yum.
Thanks for the visit!
Zabwan said on August 26, 2010
let me know how it comes out, and what you use for the filling??