Onion Scones with Poached Eggs and Sweet Onion Purée

Name: Onion Scones with Poached Eggs and Sweet Onion Purée
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 tbsp leek, white and pale green part, finely sliced; 225 g plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tbsp duck or bacon fat, or butter; ½ a large Spanish onion, finely chopped; 4 eggs; ½ tsp salt; 50 g butter, cold, cut into bits; 40 g grated Parmesan; 200 g yogurt

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Bull

By Stephen Bull

Published 2001

About

Not a dish that photographs well, but it has a rewardingly homely quality. The scones can stand on their own or be turned into sandwiches, but make an excellent supper with the addition of the light, foamy onion purée and the poached eggs.

Ingredients

2 tbsp duck or bacon fat, or butter
½ a large Spanish onion, finely chopped
2

Europe
United Kingdom
Supper
London

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F/205°C/Gas6.

Heat the fat in a frying pan and cook the onion over medium heat, stirring often, until lightly browned. Remove the onion to a small bowl and cook the leek for 5 minutes without browning. Add to the onion.

Sift together into a large