Matcha Crumpets (Paleo/Gluten-Free)
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Serves: 6-8
 
Paleo and gluten-free Matcha Crumpets draped with a raw white chocolate matcha ganache and chopped pistachios, they're sure to knock your socks off!
Ingredients
For the crumpets:
  • 1 cup tapioca/arrowroot flour
  • ¾ cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp Matchæologist® Midori Culinary Matcha
  • 1.5 tbsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp quick yeast
  • 1 tsp milled chia seeds (optional but great for texture)
  • ¼ tsp fine Himalayan pink salt (if coarse grind)
  • 100ml boiled water
  • 100ml nut milk
  • 75ml cold water
  • 3 tbsp coconut sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3-4 tbsp raw honey/maple syrup/agave
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 25g raw grass-fed butter/coconut oil (for cooking)
For the matcha ganache:
Optional toppings:
  • Cacao nibs
  • Dried fruit such as mulberries or goji berries
  • Chopped toasted pistachios
Instructions
  1. Switch on your oven at the lowest heat and leave for 10 minutes to warm sufficiently.
  2. In a large heatproof mixing bowl sieve in your tapioca flour, almond flour, and matcha. Add your baking powder, quick yeast, milled chia seeds and Himalayan pink salt. Using a whisk thoroughly mix the ingredients until evenly distributed.
  3. In a measuring jug combine your 100ml boiled water with the coconut sugar and stir until dissolved. Stir in your almond milk followed by your cold water. Slowly pour 100ml of your milk mix into your dry ingredients, whisking quickly. Next whisk in your eggs and liquid sweetener of choice until you start to make a nice smooth batter.
  4. Pour in another 100ml of your milk mix into your batter a small amount at a time, whisking thoroughly. Gradually pour in more of the milk mixture if needed until the batter becomes the consistency of thick cream - think double cream. If you have any of your milk mixture left leave to one side as you may need it after the proofing stage!
  5. Turn your oven off but leave the light on and cover your mixing bowl with a damp towel. Place into the pre-heated oven for 15 minutes. Be sure to leave the door open for the first 5 minutes and then close for the remaining 10.
  6. Remove your mixture from the oven and give it a quick whisk - if your batter seems thicker than the consistency of double cream then pour in a little of your reserved milk mix until the texture is right. Add in your red wine vinegar followed by your bicarbonate of soda and whisk. Place back into the oven for another 15 minutes. Remove from the oven very carefully and be sure not to agitate the mixture - DO NOT STIR! The bicarbonate of soda is what creates the holes in your crumpets!
  7. Take your crumpet rings and generously grease them with butter or coconut oil. Heat a large frying pan or skillet on a low heat and gently brush with butter or coconut oil then place your pre-greased crumpet rings in the pan. Pour in ⅔ cup into each crumpet ring. If using cookie cutters you'll probably only want to use around 3 tbsp of mix per crumpet.
  8. Remember do not to stir or agitate the mixture in the mixing bowl or the pan otherwise you will lose those beautiful holes!
  9. Gently place a lid onto your frying pan and leave to cook for around 6 minutes. Firstly you will see lots of tiny bubbles form on the surface which transform into larger ones and then begin to burst. Once the surface of the crumpets begin to look firm it will be time to lift the rings off. Using two forks anchor into the upper lip of the rings and firmly but slowly lift the rings off.
  10. Remove the crumpets and place them under the grill until fully firm on top. You can flip them over in the pan and cook for another 2-3 minutes, however they will turn brown on top rather than staying a nice green.
  11. Repeat the process until you have cooked all of the batter. Serve toasted with some melted grass-fed butter and a poached egg, or matcha ganache, cacao nibs, and pistachios!
Notes
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If using active dried yeast you will need to prepare a yeast starter and follow the instructions in my Paleo Crumpets recipe for this using the same proportions of liquids within the recipe.

*Please note that Prep Time is equal to 10 minutes plus 45 minutes proofing.
**Please note that all cup measurements used are British cups and thus equal to 250ml unless stated otherwise.
Recipe by Greens of the Stone Age at https://greensofthestoneage.com/matcha-crumpets-paleo-gluten-free/