Crumpet Recipe - How To Make The Best Crumpets
Crumpet Recipe - Tea and Crumpets is so English and very much associated with Afternoon Tea, although they are good for breakfast too! Toast on one side, slather with butter and your favorite jam or honey, and watch it disappear down into all the little holes.This is a winter thing, back when I was growing up in England, these could not be purchased from the baker until the cold weather set in. The crumpet recipe originated in the North of England as a variant of the older pancakes and griddle breads that were already commonplace. My Grandmother used to call the griddle a 'girdle' which was not uncommon back then. We used to eat a lot of these kinds of 'cakes' in the winter. Girdle Scones, drop scones, potato cakes and savory rissoles, all cooked on a cast iron griddle with a huge handle on a gas stove. The griddle she used was designed to hang and cook over an open fire! When you toast these, do it under the grill/broiler, or in a toaster oven that lets you do just one side.We used to put them on the end of a big brass toasting fork and hold them in front of the fire to warm them! Then slather on the butter and jam! Crumpet Recipe Ingredients:You Will Also Need:*You may have a hard time finding these, you can purchase egg rings, or use the small cans that pineapple slices come in. Make sure there are no sharp edges before you grease them! Crumpet Recipe Method:(My grandmother used to grease everything with a piece of lard wrapped in muslin. Although lard is frowned upon these days, it does make the best greasing agent for anything done on a griddle. Give the griddle a quick spray with aerosol oil if you have no lard, but grease the rings well. Crumpet Recipe cont'dAnything my grandmother made on the griddle was consumed immediately! On cold winter afternoons we would sit around a blazing fire, eat crumpets laden with sweet cream butter and home made preserves, watching the BBC. Any left over crumpets should be lightly toasted on the bottom side. Sometimes my Grandmother did not use the rings, she would just drop the mixture onto the griddle. This results in a much thinner 'cake' that cook a lot quicker, but just as yummy. In our household we called these Pikelets. Back from Crumpet Recipe to Afternoon Teas Please Home Home | About | Contact | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy This site is for information only.
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