Real honey can sometimes be a challenge to find, but more and more people are starting to keep their own bees in and out of the city, and the results - as well as being undeniably more delicious - are far more sustainable than commercially produced honey.

At Milk we like to buy whole combs of honey from the hives of a primary school down the road. It makes all the difference! Make sure to get your hands on the good stuff to enjoy these crumpets with - you've gone to the effort of making them, after all! 

The following makes roughly 16 crumpets. 

You Will Need: 

10g dry yeast
10g caster sugar
175 g warm water
230 g plain flour
230 g strong flour
1 g cream of tarter
325 g warm water
10 g sea salt
170 g warm milk
3 g bicarbonate of soda

One. Whisk yeast, sugar and 175 g warm water in bowl and leave in a warm place for approx. 10 min until frothy.

Two. In large bowl mix plain flour, bread flour, cream of tarter together. Add 325g warm water and the activated yeast in water. Mix together for around 2 minutes, until it's all come together.

Three. Cover with cling film and leave in warm place for around one hour or until doubled in size.

Four. Kneed in salt and then let stand for a further 20 minutes in a warm place.

Five. Warm the milk over a low heat and mix in the bicarbonate of soda until dissolved. Add the mixture to the batter and kneed in.

Six. Heat two frying pans with a generous amount of oil on medium heat. Spray your rings with oil spray and place on the frying pans. Put a ¼ cup of batter in each ring and leave until there are lots of holes and the top starts to firm. Remove from ring, flip over and cook until they are a light brown colour.

Note: if the crumpets do not form holes properly, thin out the batter with a tablespoonor two of water.