Kentish Flead Cakes

• 12 oz flead
• 1¾ plain flour
• ½ salt
• 2

The flead (sometimes known as ‘flair’) or ‘flare’) is the fat which lines the abdominal wall and is packed round the kidneys of a pig.

Sift the flour and salt. Rub the butter into the flour. Remove the skin from the flead, and shred the flead finely. Mix with the flour and butter, and form into a smooth pliable dough with cold water. Turn on to a floured board and beat with a rolling pi