Pancake Day

Tomorrow is pancake day, and while traditionally it is the day proceeding the first day of lent, it is just an excuse to pig out on scrummy pancakes!!

Yesterday I couldn't wait for the day itself and decided to make myself a stack of Blueberry and Banana pancakes. I threw into the mixture a handful of blueberries and chopped up a banana and I must say it was extremely scrummy!

I am not one for English pancakes I must admit. For a start I can't flip them right and I have been known to dispose of them on the floor or even the ceiling. So a big podgy American pancake it is! The recipe I use is here, and it is great whether you are going for sweet or savoury! I have been known to stick a lot of different things in my pancakes, but this has to be one of my most favourite fillings :) That and covering it with Bacon and Maple Syrup, mmmmmm, nom nom!

But what other ideas are there out there that I have found?
Check out some of these!

Wow look at the colours! Not sure I would want to eat that it looks so pretty!

This looks like a giant Oreo cookie stack! Or a big ooozy chocolate cake. Whatever I want it in my tummy now!

This is so cute, and you could have it as a combined pancake/valentines day treat :)

MMM, I do have a thing for blueberries at the moment!

What is your favourite filling?
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Pancakes!

If I ever find a recipe that works, I stick to it religiously! Cooking isn't my strongest point and if I ever change something it is usually after a long thought process. But this week I did something wild! WILD! (Well for me) I changed my American Pancake recipe to a savoury "brinner" (breakfast at dinner) recipe.

Ingredients to make 4 - 6 Pancakes (enough for 2 people with some scrambled egg or sausages for a side)
*135g Plain Flour
*1 tsp Baking Powder
*1/2 tsp Salt
*2 tbsp Caster Sugar
*130ml Milk
*1 large Egg, lightly beaten
*2 tbsp Melted Butter, or Olive oil, and extra for cooking.

Optional extras: Blueberrys, Chocolate chips, cooked pancetta cubes and sweetcorn (what I did on Tuesday and OMGGGGG that was scrummy! I even added some basil!) To be honest, add anything you like.

Method
1. Pop your flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar into a bowl and mix together. In a separate bowl whisk the egg, milk and butter together (keep mixing but don't get worried when the butter/oil separates, that's just science!)
2. Poor the mixture into the flour mixture and mix until smooth. Let stand for a few minutes. If your adding the optional extras add them here.
3. Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add some butter or olive oil until melted, then add a small ladle of the mixture. You will notice it is quite a thick mixture but will spread out a little. Wait until the top of the pancake begins to bubble (which if you add extras too is harder to notice but mostly you kind of know...) and when it does, turn over. Cook a little further until the pancake is about 1cm thick (or thicker if u like a thick one).
4. Keep repeating until all the pancakes are made, you can keep them warm in a low oven until you have made them all but I think they taste best straight out of a pan :)

Scrummy!

Happy Baking x