Irene Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Staffordshire Oatcakes Prep Time: 1 hr Total Time: 1 hr 6 mins Serves: 3-6, Yield: 6.0 large oatcakes Ingredients 150 g fine oatmeal 150 g wholemeal flour 300 ml milk 300 ml water 7 g sachet quick-rising yeast 1 teaspoon sugar salt Directions 1. Pour the milk and water in a saucepan and warm gently on the hob. This is just to create good conditions for the yeast when the batter is mixed so, as always, keep it below 30°C. 2. Add all of the dry ingredients to a bowl and mix together before starting to whisk in all of the warm milk and water. I was looking to get a reasonably thin batter and 600ml did the trick on this occasion. Of course, add less or more milk and water as the situation dictates. Once the batter is mixed, cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm room for about an hour, allowing the yeast to make the batter nice and bubbly. 3. When it’s ready, give the batter a gentle stir, smear a little butter or oil on a hot, non-stick skillet and add enough of the batter to thinly coat the bottom. Cook on one side until golden (about 3 minutes) and gently flip over and cook the other side for another couple of minutes. 4. Note: As oatcakes contain less flour, and wholemeal flour at that, they contain less gluten and will be more prone to tear. I’m guessing this is why people bulk them up with plain flour, but it’s by no means a problem, it just means a gentler hand is required. No vigorous skillet-shaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'll be down on the next train Irene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Yummy ... and the fillings are delicious too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted October 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 Bacon, Cheshire cheese and plum tomatoes with Staffordshire Oatcakes. Absolutely yummy. I remember as a child, my father taking me on Sunday morning, to collect the oatcakes from our relatively local shop. We would wait whilst they were cooked. Not long ago, I tried the recipe above. I even ground the oats! They were scrumptious. The oatcakes which you can buy in a supermarket bear no resemblance whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 I've never made my own, just from the local oatcake shop. But they are filling aren't they! Can't eat too many of them. Irene .. I bet the fellas would struggle to stay decent if we asked them what they thought this meant. A saggarmakers bottom knocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 "A saggarmakers bottom knocker", has, in my understanding of these things, an important testing role to play in the brewing business. Just how it would go down on a saggermaker I dare not envisage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 WRONG ! as anybody who's worked in the ceramics industry will tell you . read this & This Now I'll admit that most Saggar makers & Bottom Knockers will probably have sampled the produce of the brewing industry ( unless they'd taken the pledge ) but they were otherwise not involved in brewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 11, 2017 Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 They sell like hot oat cakes in Stoke on Trent, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted October 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2017 11 hours ago, morty said: Irene .. I bet the fellas would struggle to stay decent if we asked them what they thought this meant. A saggarmakers bottom knocker. They struggle to stay decent most of the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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