Margaret's Dillisk Scones & Wild Garlic Pesto
Meet Margaret, who made hearty dillisk scones with a wild garlic pesto.
Ingredients
RTÉ Today's TV Home Cook is a nationwide search to find Ireland's next standout home cook. Eight contestants from across the country have been selected and mentored by Trisha Lewis as they take on a series of cooking challenges in a professional TV kitchen for the very first time.
Over two days, they will share their recipes.
Meet Margaret, who made hearty dillisk scones with a wild garlic pesto.
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500g flour
1.5 tsp bread soda
2 tbsp dillisk
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
85g butter
1 egg
275ml buttermilk
100g cheddar
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Toast dillisk briefly and crumble.
Fry onion and garlic until soft, then cool.
Mix flour and bread soda, rub in butter.
Add cheese, dillisk and onion mixture.
Mix egg with buttermilk and add to dry ingredients.
Bring together into dough, shape into circle and cut into triangles.
Brush with egg and bake for 15–20 minutes until golden.
