Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Devonshire Split

Preparation info
  • Makes

    14

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

This is another sweet yeast-risen bun which is claimed by Cornwall as its own too. Both counties seem to go about things the same way, which means using proper clotted cream when you fill them.

Ingredients

  • 450 g/ 1 lb strong bread flour, plus more for dusting
  • 4 g/ ⅛

Method

Sift the flour into a bowl with the yeast, sugar and salt. Melt the butter and add it with the milk and hand-hot water. Mix to a soft dough. Turn out on a floured surface and knead until silky smooth and elastic. Alternatively put the liquid into a food mixer, turn on and work for 8 minutes, an easier option. Brush with olive oil (not traditional but effective), put into a bowl and cling-wrap t