Rich yeast buns, with a vivid yellow colour ... Remove from the heat and lightly crumble the saffron threads between your fingers into the milk, then stir. Stir in the clotted cream and butter ...

Repeat the process of filling the dough with cheese, and arrange the cheese buns on a baking tray of your choice. I used disposable aluminium trays and managed to get 2 trays of 15 cheese buns each.

Buns vary regionally; in a basic recipe, the flour and yeast are combined with an amount of liquid (usually water or milk) to form a soft dough mixture, which is then left to rise (often more than ...