Savory Scones with Gruyere, Prosciutto and Green Onion

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A recipe for Savory Scones with Gruyere, Prosciutto and Green Onion. Savor it with tea or coffee at brunch or pair with an earthy red wine as an appetizer. This is a scone you can have no matter what time of day.

Savory Scones with Gruyere, Prosciutto and Green Onion | Simple Sundays

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Enjoy these Savory Scones with Gruyere, Prosciutto, and Green Onion with tea or coffee at brunch, a bowl of soup at lunch, or an earthy red wine as an appetizer.This is a scone you can have no matter what time of day!

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Do you remember your first scone? I certainly do. I was a junior in high school, and in a cafe in Sydney. I had somehow gotten the nerve to ask my dad if I could take a summer trip with my high school to Australia…a long shot, I had assumed. To my incredible surprise, he said yes, and I found myself on a two week trip to Oz, with a jaunt in Honolulu along the way. I was beyond grateful.

Looking back, perhaps my parents were relieved to have me out of their hair for half a month.

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Anyway, back to scones. It was one of my first evenings in Sydney, and my friend Anna and I were in search of an evening snack. We wandered the city, chilly as their summer months should be. We found ourselves at a cafe, drawn in by the display of baked goods and the promise of hot chocolate. The scones drew me in – I had never had one, and as I took my first bite, I found a new love. When I think about it, I doubt that any of the treats at the bakery could have been fresh at 9 o’clock in the evening, but I didn’t know any better, nor did I think any less of the scones. They were sweet, light, and heavenly.

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Lately, I’ve been taken by the notion of a savory scone. Of course, I do love a sweet scone, but I was dreaming of Savory Scones with Gruyere, Prosciutto and Green Onion. A scone that would be nibbled with tea or coffee with brunch, or one that could even be paired with an earthy red wine (later in the evening, naturally). As I kneaded the dough to incorporate the salty prosciutto and velvety gruyere, it reminded me of that first scone encounter.

This savory scone is best, of course, fresh out of the oven, the salty bite reminding me of savory gougeres and scallion buns from the bakeries in Chinatown more than the sweet scone I first tasted in Sydney. But it heightened my love for scones overall – savory or sweet, I’ll take them all.

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