Buttermilk bites

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1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip the flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda and a good pinch of salt into a large bowl or food processor. Rub in the butter with your fingers or whizz in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Stir in the buttermilk until you get a moist dough.
2. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, then knead once or twice to bring the mixture together. Pat out the dough with your hands until 1cm thick and roughly 20cm by 10cm. Cut in half lengthwise, then cut each half into 6 triangles, dipping your knife in flour before each cut to prevent it from sticking.
3. Place on a baking sheet, arranging them about 5cm apart. Brush over the tops with milk or cream, then cook in the oven for 10-12 mins until risen and golden brown. Leave to cool a little before serving.

Leftovers

This makes more bites than you'll need for two people. The leftovers are good toasted for breakfast with butter and jam.

584 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 85g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 3g, salt 1.58 g

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• kathtrim

  17 June 2009

  kathtrim commented on this recipe

  Just made these, far too much buttermilk, I had to put a lot more flour as the mixture came out of the processor runny, will try them again and I will mix by hand, using 2oz buttermilk. I thought the recipe should have been tested before publishing in the magazine.

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• Gill

  10 October 2009

  Gill rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made these last night and they were lovely. I was concerned about the previous comment but I mixed by hand and used the stated amount of buttermilk and it was fine. Yes it was a moist dough but it worked beautifully and certainly wasn't runny. I wonder if Kathtrim added the buttermilk to the processor instead of stirring it in, or perhaps the butter wasn't cold enough. Excellent with a smoked haddock, leek and sweetcorn chowder recipe from Nigel Slater on BBC Food.

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Ingredients

• 175g self-raising flour , plus a little for dusting
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 50g cold butter
• 175ml buttermilk
• 2 tbsp cream or milk for brushing biscuits

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Serves 2

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Prep 15 mins

Cook 12 mins

Ingredients

• 175g self-raising flour , plus a little for dusting
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 50g cold butter
• 175ml buttermilk
• 2 tbsp cream or milk for brushing biscuits

584 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 85g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 3g, salt 1.58 g

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