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English muffins recipe
- Cuisine: English
- Makes 9
A muffin – split, toasted and buttered – is my very favourite bread to have with
eggs for breakfast. If you own an Aga, then lucky you – muffi ns were made for
cooking straight on the top. If not, you will need a couple of heavy-based frying
pans (each large enough to hold 4 or 5 muffi ns). This dough is soft, so you might
Prefer to use a food mixer to knead it.
Ingredients
500g strong white bread flourA drizzle of sunflower oil,
Plus extra for dusting and extra for coating
5g powdered dried yeast
A handful of semolina flour
10g fine salt for coating
325ml warm water
Preparation
To knead by hand: mix the flour, yeast, salt and water in a bowl to form a stickydough. Add the oil, mix it in, then turn the dough out on to a clean work surface.
Knead until smooth and silky.
Or, to use a food mixer: fit the dough hook and add the flour, yeast, salt and water to the mixer bowl. Mix on low speed until combined, then add the oil and leave to
knead for about 10 minutes, until smooth and silky.
Shape the dough into a round, coat with a little extra oil and place in a clean bowl. Leave to rise, covered with a plastic bag, until doubled in size.
Tip the dough out on to the work surface and press all over to defl ate. Divide into
9 pieces, shape each into a round and flatten to about 1–2cm. Dust them all over
with semolina flour; this gives a lovely texture to the crust. Leave to prove on a linen
cloth or wooden board, covered with a plastic bag, until doubled in size.
Heat a couple of large heavy-based frying pans over a medium heat. Lay the muffins
in the pans and cook for a minute or so, then turn them over gently. Cook slowly
for a further 10 minutes, turning every now and then. You may need to adjust the
heat if they seem to be colouring too fast, or not fast enough. Alternatively, if you
are using an Aga, cook the muffins directly on the warm plate for up to 15 minutes,
giving them a quick blast on the hot side at the end, if you think they need it. Leave
to cool on a wire rack.
If you enjoyed this English muffins recipe then browse more English recipes, bread recipes, breakfast recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
English Restaurants
Displaying 10 of 68 English Restaurants.
| Restaurant | Book Online | Suburb | |
| 1. | Prince Albert Bar | Broadbeach | |
| 2. | Chesser Cellar | Adelaide | |
| 3. | De Bortoli Winery and Restaurant | Dixons Creek | |
| 4. | Fenix | Richmond | |
| 5. | Restaurant Balzac | Randwick | |
| 6. | Slug 'n' Lettuce Tavern | Parafield Gardens | |
| 7. | Four In Hand Hotel | Paddington | |
| 8. | The Lord Dudley Hotel | Woollahra | |
| 9. | Moon and Sixpence | Perth | |
| 10. | Bistrode CBD | Sydney |
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