Eggs Benedict for brekky tomorrow!
A Swiss friend of mine has been trying to bake English Muffins for a while now and could never get them right so gave up. He's just brought me a packet of these from Denner. He insists they are exactly the same as the English Muffins he's used to. They're called "Weizen Toastbrötchen", 99 raps for a pack of 4 and Denner at Limmatplatz in ZH have a pile of them at half price (BBF 12th April).
They look more like crumpets
Let us know what they taste like.
( you're not off the hook though )
We buy them often enough. These are English muffins. A perfect accompaniment to a fried egg, bacon and a dollop of ketchup. Pop them in a toaster and you're good to go.
They look like crumpets to me!!
Maybe just a bad photo, but in the flesh they are nothing like crumpets, and very much like muffins.
Our local (Fribourg) coop has been selling these for a while:
https://www.coopathome.ch/en/Harry/H...fins/p/4033852
(as name would suggest - English Muffins, not crumpets!)
Muffins are fairly easy to find.... crumpets aren't; almost certainly due to their short shelf-life of 3-4 days; the muffins sold here will keep for weeks (if not months). Never bothered as I think they're rather dry, crumpets I'll either make if it's a special occasion or buy frozen from Jims.
Bought some from HyperU France 2 days ago. They had white and wholemeal too- always keep some in freezer.
Sourdough English Muffins:
The night before you want your muffins make the "sponge" by mixing the following together.
110 g ripe 100% sourdough starter
160 g flour
100 g whole wheat flour
250 g milk
Cover and leave to rest overnight.
Next morning add;
75 g flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1.5 tsp honey
Mix roughly then turn out onto a floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes until you have a smooth dough. It is very sticky at first but bear with it and do not add extra flour.
Now flatten to about 1cm and cut out your muffins. Place on semolina dusted parchment, cover and leave to rest for about 1 hour.
Lightly oil a griddle or pan and cook you muffins for about 7 minutes on each side until browned. It is worth turning them every couple of minutes to help keep the sides firm.
Cool ready for toasting or eat as they are.
Oh so nice with English artisanal cured bacon!
junkfood.ch is great for American food including English muffins
Has anyone had any luck finding Thomas English Muffins here in CH?
Not interested in recipes but if anyone knows who sells them, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks!
Presuming Thomas is just a brand name you're familiar with, there are lots of threads about buying (English) muffins already. A quick search on 'muffins' brings up quite a few, one of which l will merge this one into. https://www.englishforum.ch/food-dri...muffins-2.html
Thanks for posting junkfood.ch, they have it in all variations. My friend will be ecstatic.
grumpy grapefruit sells them in his shop at Viadukt in Zurich (today only with raisins, so go tomorrow )
The photo is of a single muffin sliced in half, so you see the "bubbly" interior, making it look like the top of 2 crumpets.
A Tunisian shop called Palais de Lys makes some calling them Pain de Semoule, bought them yesterday in fact from Manor Market (4.50 CHF for 6) - near the ethnic foods kiosk
Just made myself a Cheddar egg mcmuffin