Despite living in Wales, I’ve never liked Welsh Cakes* 😳🤫 but I do love all things savoury and cheesy, so when @gemciaburro sent me this recipe for savoury Welsh Cakes I knew I had to try them. They turned out to be absolutely delicious. I ate at least 8 of them straight from the pan - I just couldn’t stop! The recipe is taken from My Food by @becalynepirkis of Great British Bake Off fame. I’ve tweaked the ingredients a little and have reduced the salt content to make them more child friendly. The original recipe also includes ham, but I swapped that for sundried tomatoes and spring onions to make my version vegetarian. The ingredients are... - 225g self raising flour - 100g unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes - 150g cheddar cheese, finely grated - 65g sundried tomatoes, chopped - 2 spring onions, sliced - 1 egg, beaten with a little milk - 1 tablespoon of oil To make... - Place the flour and butter in a food processor and blitz until they are the texture of breadcrumbs (alternatively, go old school and rub them together by hand) - Transfer to a bowl, add all the remaining ingredients and mix until combined - Use your hands to press the mixture together to form a dough. Don’t ‘work’ the mix too much - Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to a 1cm thickness - Cut out 3cm rounds using a cookie cutter or a glass - Lightly grease your frying pan / flat griddle / bakestone with butter and cook your welshcakes on a low-medium heat until they are golden brown, turning half way - Re-grease your pan between batches They are definitely best served slightly warm, so serve them fresh from the pan. They will refrigerate and freeze well too -to reheat dry-fry them for a couple of minutes or pop them in the microwave on defrost for 20 seconds or so. *Welsh Cakes, for those who don’t know, are a traditional sweet treat from Wales which usually contain saltanas and are dusted in sugar. They are the size of a chubby cookie, the ingredients are combined and shaped in the same way as a scone (biscuit) and they are cooked on a griddle, pan or traditionally, a bakestone, similar to a pancake. .
