Chocolate and fig scones

Makes 8

I'm not a fan of using lots of specialised baking equipment – mostly because I don't like a cluttered kitchen. In the past I've suggested people use a wine glass to shape their scones into rounds – until someone wrote me an email saying that the glass shattered. Well, that's one piece of advice I won't be giving again… So, scone wedges it is.

350g/11½oz self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
1 tsp baking powder
85g/3¼oz butter, diced
50g/2oz demerara sugar, plus 1 tbsp
100g/3½oz plain chocolate, roughly chopped
6 ready-to-eat dried figs, roughly chopped
200g/7oz natural yoghurt
75ml/3fl oz milk

Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas7. Put the flour, baking powder and butter into a food processor and pulse until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.

Tip the mix into a bowl, fold through the chocolate and figs then quickly work in the yoghurt and 3 tbsp of milk to make a soft dough.

Tip out on to a lightly floured surface, knead briefly. Form into a 20cm circle. Cut into 8 segments, pull the segments out and transfer to a lined baking sheet. Brush each with a little milk and sprinkle with the extra sugar. Cook for 20 minutes, or until golden and cooked through. Serve warm.