A Crumpet is
English slang for a girl but in cooking terms it is a little griddle cake. The best crumpets have lots of holes and can
be enjoyed with just a smear of butter.
Crumpets come from the UK but are also popular in New Zealand.
Wikipedia says they were once known as pikelets but I
don't think that can be right. Pikelets
are little pancakes – they don't have holes.
This is a NZ recipe for crumpets (thanks Herald):
Ingredients
2 tsp
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Active yeast
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1 tsp
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Sugar
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½ cup
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Water
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½ cup
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Milk
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1¾ cups
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Flour
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½ tsp
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Salt
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¾ tsp
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Baking soda
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½ cup
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Water, warm
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Directions
- Combine yeast and sugar. Heat water and milk until just above body temperature. Sprinkle over yeast and sugar and leave in a warm place for 10 minutes until frothy.
- Place flour and salt in a large bowl. Add yeast mixture and stir to combine to form a soft dough. Cover and place in a warm place for 40 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Combine second quantity of water and soda and stir vigorously through dough. Cover and leave for 30 minutes in a warm place.
- Heat a frying pan to a low heat. Spray a 9cm cookie cutter with oil and place into middle of frying pan. Fill with ½ cup of crumpet mixture. Cook for 4 or 5 minutes until bubbles appear and the edges are starting to set. Remove from ring and cook top for 2 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
- Serve with your favourite jam, golden syrup or grill with cheese and ham.
Just to let you know that although 'crumpet' is a slang word for girl, it is not considered polite to use it these days!
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