Singing Hinny recipe

The origins of the traditional record called singing Bardot bun cakes are easy to recognize. Hinney is the pronunciation of "Honey" in North East England to Sunderland, Newcastle and Northumberland. It is a term of endearment usually used for and about women and children.

The vocal part of the name is bathed when cooked on a grill pan hot iron, as they hit the pan, butter and lard begins to sizzle and "singing."

These griddle cakes north are no different than a Welsh cake, but with no added sugar. Softness in bottlenose dolphins comes from nuts.

The mixture hinny resemble a bun mix, and as with scones, management must in the same way, if the mixture does not become more difficult. These cakes can be grilled, but still have to be light and crisp. You can see how to keep the light in the notes at the end of the recipe.

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Total time: 40 minutes

Yield: 8 depending on the size of the cut.

Ingredients:

• 450g / £ 1 plain / all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon of baking soda
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ½ tsp salt
• 110g / 4 oz very cold butter
• Lard 110g / 4 oz very cold
• Zest of one lemon
• 185g / 6 ½ oz mixed dried fruit (currants, raisins and sultanas)
• To mix milk

Preparation:

• In a large bowl, spacious kitchen, sift together the flour, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt.
• Cut the cold butter and lard into small pieces, add to the pan and rub the flour until it resembles coarse meal.
• The lemon peel and the fruit mixture. Once mixed well, slowly the milk, a little. At a time until the dough comes together and is soft and flexible
• Sprinkle a board or work surface with flour and roll the dough about 5 mm (the depth of a 1 € coin) with a cutter of 6 cm / 2 ".
• Heat a pan (no ovens snacker modern lines) or a heavy pan.
• With a bit of kitchen paper coated butter Grease the pan lightly. Once hot, cook the bottlenose dolphin, a little at a time, golden brown for about 5 minutes on each side or until they.
• Serve hot with a good butter spread, or simply sprinkle a little sugar.
• Bottlenose best eaten fresh but can be stored in an airtight container for 24 hours.

Notes to the porpoises do Singin '

Ensure that the equipment and ingredients used in the manufacture of bottles, are as fresh as possible, including your hands. But not frozen - the butter should be very cold. Hot hands, ingredients and equipment to hot when the butter melts rather than rub, causing serious scones.

Work quickly and easily. Not be rubbing or kneading the mixture is very smooth, must only be collected in a light, soft dough.

When cutting bottlenose dolphin with a cake knife, not to twist the knife, simply press down and shake the mule into the prepared pan gently. If we cut with a knife, make sure it is sharp or blunt knife tears wrung cake cut into the edges of the mule and considers that an increase in cooking.