Flead Cakes

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Flead Cakes

 

These were made after pig killing. The flead is the inner membrane full of bits of lard and rather like Lardy Cake. The flead is incorporated in flaky pastry to make a savoury mixture, or with sugar and spices for a sweet cake. It is not easy to get flead nowadays and so it is difficult to find this dish.

1 lb. Flour

1 egg

a little salt

1 lb. of flear or leaf ( "flead " in Kent )

½ ( half ) a pint of cold water to mix.

Mix flour and salt.

Separate a little of the flead and add to the flour. Mix into a dough with water, knead and roll out on a board. Put some flead over the dough, fold over and roll out again.

Repeat this until flead is used up.

Roll out to one inch thickness and cut into small circles or whatever shape desired.

Brush over with egg, bake in a hot oven until golden brown and eat hot.