My good friend "The Cottagers Wife" dubbed myself, Connie and herself as the crumpet club because of appreciation of English Literature and TV, Downton Abbey in Particular. We met this past weekend to watch the first two episodes of season 2. Connie was the only one that had not seen them at all, but I was happy for an excuse to watch again and break out my Mother's Minton china.
Since we were calling ourselves the Crumpet club, I thought that it was important that we had crumpets, and in fact I thought we really ought to have home made crumpets. This is not something I have ever made before or even had for that matter. But for some reason I actually have crumpet making rings in my cupboard, I have no idea why or when I got them, but any way it was obviously meant to be.
I found the recipe on Delia Smiths website a fairly reliable source for English recipes. And they turned out to be much easier to make than one would have imagined. You can use any ring a cookie cutter or egg ring, if you don't happen to have crumpet making rings in your cupboard.
8oz (225g) flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of dried yeast
1 teaspoon of sugar
1/2 (275ml)pint of milk
Heat the milk and 2 fl oz (55 ml) water together in a small saucepan till they are 'hand hot' or you could do the same thin in the microwave which is what I did. Then pour into a jug, stir in the sugar and dried yeast and leave it in a warm place for 10-15 minutes till there is a good frothy head on it
Meanwhile, sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl, make a well in the centre then, when the yeast mixture is frothy, pour it all in.
Since we were calling ourselves the Crumpet club, I thought that it was important that we had crumpets, and in fact I thought we really ought to have home made crumpets. This is not something I have ever made before or even had for that matter. But for some reason I actually have crumpet making rings in my cupboard, I have no idea why or when I got them, but any way it was obviously meant to be.
I found the recipe on Delia Smiths website a fairly reliable source for English recipes. And they turned out to be much easier to make than one would have imagined. You can use any ring a cookie cutter or egg ring, if you don't happen to have crumpet making rings in your cupboard.
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of dried yeast
1 teaspoon of sugar
1/2 (275ml)pint of milk
Heat the milk and 2 fl oz (55 ml) water together in a small saucepan till they are 'hand hot' or you could do the same thin in the microwave which is what I did. Then pour into a jug, stir in the sugar and dried yeast and leave it in a warm place for 10-15 minutes till there is a good frothy head on it
Meanwhile, sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl, make a well in the centre then, when the yeast mixture is frothy, pour it all in.
