Parmesan and Chives Drop Biscuits by the Careless Cook

 

Want a quick, but impressive breakfast nosh for company?  Maybe you just glanced twice at your watch and looked in the mirror to see a face streaked with shame.  Maybe you can’t remember who or what you promised, and your bottle of breakfast wine is empty. Maybe your wife just gave you that look that says….oh, you know what it says!

 

The Careless Cook has just the solution to satisfy guests and expunge a budding domestic problem.  

 

Best of all, when you spy the recipe you’ll find it much cheaper than red roses or an offer to treat everyone to a Champagne breakfast at the Ritz.

 

Let’s get started! 

 

Parmesan and Chives Drop Biscuits

 

Ingredients

First off, heat your oven to 450ºF or 230ºC

You’ll also need two baking sheets, two bowls, one of them large, and your choice of something to stir with.  I use a large Dutch Dough Whisk.  Amazon, about $14

Shall we finally start?  Yes, we shall!

 

3 cups all purpose flour  (I stir the flour with a fork before measuring .)

1.5 tablespoons baking powder

1 tablespoon white sugar

1 teaspoon salt

a generous palm full of well chopped chives (A little more or a little less is ok…hey, this is The Careless Cook!)

a generous cup of grated Parmesan cheese (I grate my own because I think it tastes better than the grocer’s already grated version)

1 stick of refrigerated butter for the dough

½ stick of melted butter to paint the biscuits

1 beaten egg

1 cup buttermilk (I used whole milk and added a few quirts of fresh lemon juice instead)

 

Puttin’ It T-gether

 

Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.  Either chop the stick of butter into very small bits, or do as I did and use a box grater.  I grated the butter right on top of the dry ingredients, then add the chopped chives and the grated Parmesan cheese.

 

Mix well!  I used my floured hands.  The butter should then be pea-sized.

 

Mix the wet ingredients and pour into the dry ingredients.  This is where the Dutch Dough Whisk really comes in handy.  The dough should be soft and slightly sticky, but not much of it sticks to the whisk.

 

Use a tablespoon to drop the biscuits one by one onto the baking sheets. No need to mash them down.

 

Paint the biscuits generously with the melted butter.

 

Bake for 11-12 minutes or until the biscuit peaks are dark brown.  See photo!

 

As the biscuits bake and the aroma  makes your guests suddenly decide it’s time to invade the kitchen, you might want to have a bottle of Prosecco or Champagne handy.   (I much prefer the Prosecco)

 

Those guests who told you they must jump on the highway early, may suddenly change their minds.  Oh, yes, time to pop the cork on that second bottle…