One Giant Crumpet

Whilst flicking through Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course book, given to us for Christmas, this recipe immediately caught my eye. Surely the only thing better than crumpets is a giant crumpet!

Reading through the recipe I was pleased that they seemed to simple to make - had we known this months ago we would have made them from scratch from the start as they taste a million times better.

Ingredients:
175g strong white flour
.25 teaspoon of salt
Small pinch of caster sugar
.5 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon dried yeast
125ml warm milk (not too hot)
150ml warm water (not too hot
Butter

Method:

1. Sift the flour, salt, sugar and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Make a small well in the centre and add the yeast. Gently pour in the warm milk and water, ensure it is not too hot or you'll kill the yeast.
2. Bring the flour from the outside of the bowl into the liquid and mix until you have a batter. It is quite thick  but if too thick you can add upto another 100ml of warm water. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about an hour - it will have almost doubled in size.
   
   

   

   The batter

3. Heat a non-stick frying pan (I use a pancake pan) over a medium heat and add a little butter. Stir the batter and then pour into the pan. Turn down the heat and cook for 10-15 minutes. 

   

   After 10 minutes - almost dry

4. Once the batter is dry on top place a little butter around the edges of the crumpet and then flip over and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

   

   Cooking the other side

5. Finally serve up with your favourite topping. Ours has to be butter and jam.

   

   The giant crumpet in all its glory!