Make your singing mule?

The origins of the plate as called traditional bun cake Singin 'Bardot is 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 song is called, is when agglomerate cooked in a hot skillet court, as they hit the pan, butter and lard begins to sizzle and "sing."

These griddle cakes north are no different than a Welsh cake, but with no added sugar. Softness in the bottlenose dolphin is the dried fruit.

The mixture hinny resembles a bun mix, and, as in rolls, require manipulation in the same way, if the mixture does not become more difficult. These may griddle cakes, but still 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 pound plain / all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon of baking soda
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ½ tsp salt
• 110g / 4 oz cold butter
• 110g / 4 oz very cold bacon
• Peel of one lemon
• 185g / 6 ½ oz dried mixed fruit (currants, raisins and sultanas)
• Mixed milk

Preparation:

• In a large cooking a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt.
• Cut the cold butter and lard into small pieces, add to the bowl and rub with baking flour until it resembles meal.
• The lemon peel and the fruit mixture. Once mixed well and add 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 place the dough about 5 mm (the depth of a 1 € coin) rolling with a cutter of 6 cm / 2 ".
• Heat a pan (no modern banded iron pans) or a heavy pan.
• With a bit of paper with cooking lard coated, grease pan lightly. Once hot, cook the mule, a little at a time, golden brown for about 5 minutes on each side or until they.
• Serve hot with a good spread of butter, or just sprinkle with some sugar.
• Porpoises best eaten fresh but can be stored in an airtight container for 24 hours.

Comments when you hinny Singin '

Make sure that the equipment and ingredients to make mules, are as fresh as possible, including your hands. But not frozen - the butter should be very cold. Hot hands, ingredients and equipment if too hot the butter melts instead of rubbing causing serious scones.

Quick and easy to operate. Avoid excessive scrubbing and kneading the mixture, which need not be very smooth, must be collected only in a light, soft dough.

When cutting, turn the cake with a knife mule, not the knife, simply press down and shake the mules into the prepared pan. If you cut with a knife, make sure it is sharp or blunt knife circular cutting wrung tears on the banks of the mule and avoids any increase during baking.