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Crumpets

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Calories 1330 kcal

Equipment

  • Dough whisk or Stand mixer fitted with paddle
  • Heavy base frying pan/skillet
  • Crumpet rings

Ingredients
  

Bowl

  • 350 ml warm milk dairy or non-dairy
  • 175 g strong white flour
  • 175 g plain flour
  • 14 g fast action dried yeast
  • 1 tsp caster sugar

Jug

  • 150 ml lukewarm water
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Cooking

  • butter or lard for greasing rings
  • sunflower oil for cooking

Instructions
 

Make the dough

  • Put the both the flours into the bowl. Add the yeast to one side and the caster sugar to the other.
  • Add the milk all at once
  • Dough whisk: beat until all ingredients are thoroughly combined
  • Mixer: mix slowly for a minute before. Switch to medium and continue for 5 minutes.
  • Remove the bowl, cover and leave in a warm place for about 1 hour and half. The mixture should rise and then fall back a little.

Activate

  • Mix the lukewarm water, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a jug
  • Stir in the contents of the jug thoroughly into the bowl
  • Leave to stand for 20 minutes. You should see bubbles start to form in the combined mixture.

Cook

  • Heat a skillet or heavy frying pan, lightly oiled with sunflower oil, to medium heat
  • Melt butter in microwave and grease the rings with a silicone brush
  • Place the crumpet rings in the pan and leave for 60-90 seconds
  • Spoon in the batter to about 1cm thick
  • The crumpets should heat through gently until bubbles form all over the surface (6-8 minutes)
  • When the surface is completely set, remove the ring, flip over and heat for 20 seconds
  • Serve immediately with butter

Notes

If the batter is too thick, thin by mixing in one tablespoon of milk at a time.
Test by lifting a spoonful and let it fall back:
  • Falls in a thick ribbon → perfect
  • Drops in lumps → too thick → add milk
  • Runs like custard → too thin

Nutrition

Calories: 1330kcalCarbohydrates: 270gProtein: 45gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 2894mgPotassium: 497mgFiber: 13gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 4IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 10mg
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