Pancake Day

February 5, 2008 pod
Tags: Day, Delia Smith, Pancakes, Recipe, Shrove Tuesday, things to do with kids

A good excuse to post a blog that can fit into many of my categories!

Here is a really easy Pancake Recipe- with thanks to Delia Smith as it is a cross between her recipe and mine!

Pancake Mix – Ingredients

4oz plain flour

pinch of salt

2 eggs

7fl oz milk mixed with 3fl oz of water

2oz butter

Method

Sift flour and salt through a sieve into a large bowl – hold sieve high to get loads of air into mix!

Make a well in middle and break in the two eggs – whisk them into the flour mix. ( A fork would do just keep going !)

Add small amounts of the milk & water mix. Whisk it in and keep whisking until all liquid is included. Don’t worry about lumps just keep whisking and they will go!Make sure you include any flour from around the edges of the bowl. Whisk until smooth.  (A bit like a runny cream )

(If making batter ahead of time, I put my batter in its bowl in the fridge at this point and add the butter just when I am about to cook)

Melt the 2oz of butter in a pan then add 2 Table spoons of it to the batter and whisk it in. Pour the rest of the melted butter into a bowl and use it to grease the pan you will be cooking in. I find a wodge of kitchen roll wiped round the pan ( carefully of course!) after each pancake helps ensure an even coating of ‘grease’. It mops up excess too.!

A really hot pan is a must! So be careful!!!! Def. a bit forTHE GROWN UP TO DO IF MAKING THEM WITH THE KIDS!

When ready to cook turn down heat to medium and try a ‘test’pancake  if it works it is a perk for the Chef or those helping!If not you know to adjust heat, amount of batter used or oil etc.

I find a 7inch pan will probably need about a 2 or 3 tablespoons of mixture.  It is a personal thing some like thin some like thick – you decide! Try using a ladle to put the batter in the pan it all goes into together then! As soon as batter hits the pan pur it round the edge and side to side to get an even coating. Cook till you think it is done ( About a minute) flip it over( If feeling flash and confident flip it in air and catch in pan if not use a spatula!)Cook the other side.

Serve and enjoy with sugar and lemon juice! Yum Yum! Or of course whatever you fancy!

 Delia suggests stacking them between sheets of greaseproof on a plate over a bowl of water to keep them hot  - I say serve and eat!

 

 

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