Thursday, 9 July 2020

Crumpets

Today I wanted crumpets.

Not those tasteless, dry, and flat ones you buy from supermarkets in Canada, but delicious, mouthwatering, homemade 'proper' crumpets.

I wouldn't usually make them unless I am desperate, as I find messing about with egg/crumpet rings a pain in the proverbial.  I always find you need to almost soak the rings in melted butter so that the crumpet batter won't stick, even on non-stick rings.

I normally use either Paul Hollywood's recipe here, or the one from the Hairy Bikers here.  So, in 35deg C heat, I made up the batter and got started.

This is the best of my first half dozen:





















Very tasty, but a dismal failure. I don't know what the matter was, but the batter would insist on sticking to the rings.  But I wasn't giving up.

I wondered what would happen if I tossed the rings, and used the same batter to make pikelets instead.  Well, it worked a treat.





















Much better. No more crumpet rings for me.  I'll be making pikelets all the time from now on.

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