There is nothing quite like a great scone and these Rosemary and Lavender scones fit into the great scone category easily.

Scones are typically thought of as being sweet and fat. This recipe replaces the fat with goat cheese and the dough is delicately scented with rosemary and lavender honey.

If you can’t find lavender honey, you can infuse honey with lavender buds to get the flavor. Put the honey in a double boiler, fold in the lavender buds and warm gently for a couple of hours.

Use only the lavender buds because that is where the essential oil, scent and flavor is, not the stems or leaves.

If you “hyper-heat” the mixture to a boil or heat in the microwave, you will get a very bitter flavor from the lavender. Use too much, you can end up with that “old-lady soap” flavor and no-one wants that!

The amount to use is 1/2 tablespoon to 1 cup of honey. Once the honey has cooled back to room temperature, strain out the lavender. The lavender imparts a very delicate color so if you use a light-colored honey you will see the lavender hue. You won’t see it in darker honey.

Rosemary and Lavender Honey Scented Savory Scones

• 1 – 1/3 cup unbleached flour
• 1 –  1/3 cup semolina flour, fine
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon finely minced fresh rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

• 5 oz chevre (a semi-soft goat cheese)

• 4 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 cup lavender honey
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup cream or milk

 

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Cut goat cheese into dry ingredients until it resembles coarse corn meal.
• In a separate bowl combine wet ingredients.
• Add to flour mixture and mix until incorporated.
• Spread the dough out on a parchment lined baking sheet. Try not to handle the dough too much. Pat it lightly to shape and thickness desired
  
• Cut into triangles or other desired shapes.
• Bake at 350° F until golden brown; about 10-20 minutes, depending upon how thick the dough was rolled out.
  

 

Serve warm.

 

If desired, spread with goat cheese and drizzle with lavender honey.

These scones make a great breakfast!

I also like to serve them with roasted leg of lamb.

If you didn’t like goat cheese, you can substitute cream cheese.

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