Poached eggs, croissants, cheesecake crumpets or home-made granola – make your favourite or make them all. Either way, it’s the perfect ploy to spoiling your Valentine this Valentine’s Day.
Cheesecake crumpets
Ingredients
Topping
- 90g cream cheese, softened
 - 80ml (1/3 cup) fresh cream, whipped
 - mixed berries, to serve
 - honey, heated, to serve
 Crumpets
- 180g cake wheat flour
 - 10ml (2 tsp) baking powder
 - pinch of salt
 - 30ml (2 tbsp) white sugar
 - 2 large free range eggs
 - 150ml full cream fresh milk
 - 30g (2 tbsp) salted butter, melted + extra, for frying
 
Instructions
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															Mix the topping ingredients well and refrigerate until needed.
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															Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl, and mix in the
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															sugar.
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															Whisk the eggs, milk and butter in a separate bowl, and pour into the
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															flour mixture. Beat until smooth and lump-free. Leave to rest for about
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															30 minutes.
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															Melt the extra butter in a frying pan over medium heat and add
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															spoonfuls of batter. When bubbles appear on the surface, turn over
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															and fry the other side until golden. Serve with the cream cheese
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		mixture, fresh seasonal fruit and honey.

                                							






