Homemade crumpets with potted shrimps

Preparation time
less than 30 mins

Cooking time
30 mins to 1 hour

Serves
Serves 4

By Tom Brown

Ingredients

For the crumpets

  • 125g/4½oz bread flour
  • ¼ tsp caster sugar
  • 10g/1⁄3 oz fresh yeast or 7g sachet dried yeast
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 150ml/5fl oz tepid water
  • butter, for greasing

For the shrimps

  • pinch cayenne pepper
  • pinch smoked paprika
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp mace
  • 250g/9oz unsalted butter
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice
  • 2 large gherkins
  • ½ medium kohlrabi
  • handful picked flatleaf parsley leaves
  • 250g/9oz brown shrimps
  • olive oil, for drizzling
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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