Air fryers speed up the cooking process of so many dishes, from your classic jacket potato to your delicious chicken curry.
Not only is this appliance quick at cooking food, but it also makes it so much healthier, for example when cooking a fried egg.
If you’re starting to struggle with air fryer recipe inspiration, TV chef Jamie Oliver has recently started to share more and more air fryer recipes.
One of his air fryer recipes that is “super easy” and takes just 12 minutes to cook and 10 minutes to prepare are his cheddar cheese and chive scone.
Taking to his website, Jamie said: “Let me show you how well you can bake in the air fryer – this is a brilliant little recipe that I know you’re going to love.
“These savoury scones are absolutely delicious – crispy and golden, but also fluffy inside – and you can knock them together really quickly.
“Serve with soup, salad or as part of a ploughman’s lunch. And once you’ve given these a try, why not take them in a different direction or give a sweet version a whirl – the possibilities are endless.”
Ingredients
200g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
One teaspoon baking powder
One teaspoon English mustard powder
Cayenne pepper
75g unsalted butter (cold)
120g mature cheddar cheese
20g chives
70ml milk, plus extra for brushing
Olive oil
200g light cream cheese
One lemon
Method
Start by sifting the flour, baking powder and mustard powder into a bowl, then add a generous pinch each of cayenne pepper and sea salt.
Cube up the butter, then use your thumbs and forefingers to rub it into the flour mix until you have little cornflake-sized pieces.
Coarsely grate in 100g of the cheese, finely chop and add the chives, then mix everything together.
Make a well in the middle, pour in the milk, and bring it together into a soft, dry dough (use your hands to bring it together, if needed, but don’t be tempted to over-mix), adding a tiny extra splash of milk, if needed.
Turn out onto a flour-dusted surface and quickly work the dough into a 3cm-thick round, then cut into six triangular wedges.
Brush the tops of the wedges with a little milk, then coarsely grate over the remaining cheese and sprinkle with a little pinch of cayenne pepper.
Rub the inside of the air fryer drawer with one tablespoon of olive oil, load in the scones and cook for 12 minutes at 180°C. You may need to cook them in batches.
To accompany the scones, mix the cream cheese with a good few gratings of lemon zest in a small bowl, then drizzle with one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and season with black pepper.
If you’re looking for more quick and easy recipes from Jamie Oliver, you can pick up his 5 Ingredients cookbook which is a number one bestseller on Amazon currently.
