Virginia Ham Biscuits

Build the Meal Around Virginia Ham Biscuits

• Pickles
• Fruit salad
• Deviled eggs
• Hot coffee

How to Cook Virginia Ham Biscuits

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1. Heat the oven to 220°C / 430°F. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt. Rub in the cold butter until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

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2. Add the milk and stir until just combined. Turn onto a floured surface, pat to 2 cm thick and fold in half twice.

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3. Pat out again to 2 cm and cut 12 rounds with a 5 cm cutter, pressing straight down. Bake on a lined tray for 15 minutes until golden.

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4. Mix the softened butter and mustard. Split the warm biscuits, spread with mustard butter and fill with ham.

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A Few Notes

Keep the butter cold until the moment it goes in the oven.

Handle the dough as little as possible.

Warm the ham slightly if you can, since it tastes better.

Keeping What's Left

Best eaten warm. Unfilled biscuits keep for 1 day in an airtight tin.

Nutrition per Serving

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.