Marmite Crumpets

The inspiration for this recipe came from my love of Marmite on crumpets. The recipe from The Hairy Bikers has been adapted to incorporate the delicious spread I know and love so much. So here we have them, home-made Marmite flavoured crumpets. Come on Warburtons & Marmite, let’s get these on the supermarket shelves and quickly!

Ingredients

• 350ml of whole milk
• 6 tsp of Marmite
• 225g strong white flour
• 125g plain flour
• 1tsp caster sugar
• 1 level tsp of bicarbonate of soda
• 150ml warm water
• 7g packet of fast action yeast
• butter for greasing

Warm the milk very gently until tepid. Sift both the flours into a large bowl and stir in the yeast, salt and sugar until all are well combined. Make a small well in the middle of the flour mixture and stir in the warm milk. Beat with a wooden spoon for 3 or 4 minutes until thick and elastic. Cover with cling film and set aside in a warm place for about an hour or until the mixture has doubled in size.

When the batter mix has risen, mix the bicarbonate of soda with the warm water and yes the magic ingredient (the Marmite) in a separate jug. Once mixed, add to the batter mix and beat together for a couple of minutes. Set this mixture aside for around 30 minutes or until covered in tiny bubbles.

Heat a heavy based frying pan and butter the inside of crumpet rings. Spoon in around three tablespoons of mixture or about 1cm in depth. Cook for 9 to 12 minutes or until lots of bubbles have broken the surface. Remove from the rings, turn over and cook on the other side till brown and golden.

Eat while still warm or toast after they have cooled and enjoy with lashings of butter and Marmite* (*for serious Marmite lovers only)