Sourdough Crumpets

This is not my recipe… the recipe originated here (I believe)… but I want to share this because its a great way to use up (instead of throwing out) excess Sourdough Starter.  Enjoy!!


This makes 8, if you only have 4 crumpet rings I suggest only doing 1/2 the recipe at a time (for best bubbles).


Ingredients:
  1 cup Sourdough starter
  1 tsp Sugar
  1/2 tsp Sea Salt (if course grind it fine)
  1/2 tsp Baking Soda


Whisk together Sourdough starter, sugar, salt.


Wipe a griddle with a bit of oil, if using Crumpet rings wipe them with oil as well (as you can tell by my pic mine still stick a bit - I'm thinking I might wipe with Crisco next time).  Place the griddle (with rings if using) on the stove and set the heat to Medium (or Med-Lo if an extra large burner), allow griddle and rings to warm.  Add in Baking Soda and Whisk to incorporate, you should notice the batter start to rise - this is due to the reaction of the Baking Soda with the acid in the batter.  Evenly distribute the batter in the rings, allow crumpets to cook until tops (shown above) appear dry, flip and allow tops to brown just slightly for a few seconds (this is a good time to work crumpets loose from the rings if they're stuck).  Cool on a rack if not eating right away, toast and top as desired - I like good jam/preserves on mine.


Update 4/19/12:  I just had a 1/2 batch of these for breakfast, today I topped mine with a smear of Chèvre & a bit of Orange Marmalade… Wow!  What a winning combination!!