Pancake Recipes - How To Make A Simple Plain Pancake Mix With Tasty Sweet & Savoury Pancake Fillings
Posted: Friday, February 05, 2010
by Kacycarr
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Pancake Recipes - Did you get chocolates given to you as a valentine gift and scoffed the lot till you made yourself feel sick? Did you sit in the corner with your box of fancies doing your best not to rustle the wrappers for fear of anyone hearing you, and asking you for one? Did you love every minute of having to decide whether to sink your teeth into a soft centred chocolate or bite into one with a Brazil nut inside? Well get ready because the time for filling your face and stuffing your belly isn't over yet.
An English Pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a pan. Castor sugar (superfine sugar) is sprinkled over the top with a squirt of fresh lemon juice. The pancake is then rolled. Some people add golden syrup or Jam. Of course what is spread over the top or rolled inside the pancake boils down to personal choice.
If you want shredded cabbage wrapped in your pancake then you can have cabbage. It's just that traditionally pancakes made on Shove Tuesday usually come filled with sweet fillings. Are you going to be making pancakes for the family this year and looking for fillings and pancake recipes, if so below are ideas to make your pancakes tasty and appetizing.
Basic Pancake Recipe
Ingredients
110g/4oz plain flour, sifted
salt
2 eggs
200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water
50g/2oz butter
caster sugar
lemon juice
lemon wedges
Instructions
Into a mixing basin sift the flour and salt in. Make a well in the middle of the flour and break the eggs into it then whisk. Next add milk and water a little at a time while still whisking till smooth and the batter creamy. Now melt the 50g/2oz of butter in a pan. Spoon 2 tbsp of it into the batter and whisk, then pour the rest into a bowl and use it to grease the pan.
Heat the pan till really hot, and then turn down the heat down, do a dummy run pancake first to see if you're using the correct amount of batter. 2 tbsp is about right for an 18cm/7in pan. Spoon the batter into a ladle so it can be poured into the hot pan in one go. Once the batter has been poured into the pan, tip it from side to side to get the base evenly coated. It should take only half a minute to cook; you can lift the edge with a palette knife to see if it's tinged a golden brown. Flip the pancake over with a pan slice or palette knife - the other side will need a few seconds only - then simply slide it out of the pan onto a plate.
Stack the pancakes as you make them between sheets of greaseproof paper on a plate.
To serve, sprinkle each pancake with freshly squeezed lemon juice and caster sugar, fold in half, then in half again to form triangles, or else simply roll them up. How much filling is used is up to them eating the pancakes. Leave the lemon and castor sugar within reach for them to help themselves.
Crepes
Ingredients:
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- Salt
- 1 cup of milk.
- 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar
Preparation Instructions:
In a mixing basin, sift all of the dry ingredients inside then make a well in the center.
Using another bowl beat the egg whites and then adds the remaining liquid ingredients.
Now combine contents from both bowls and mix thoroughly.
Lightly coat a frying pan or skillet with cooking oil. Heat the pan over medium-high.
Pour enough batter into the pan to make one crepe.
Cook turning once when browned on the bottom.
Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe
Ingredients:
1 medium egg
1 cup of milk
¾ cup of unbleached white flour
¾ cup of whole wheat flour
½ cup of cooked pumpkin
1 tablespoon of sugar
2 teaspoons of baking powder
¼ teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Pinch of ground nutmeg
Pinch of ground ginger
Vegetable oil.
Instructions:
Using a mixing basin mix all of the ingredients together (except vegetable oil.)
Use the vegetable oil to lightly oil a griddle, then once hot pour the pancake batter in.
Flip the pancakes over when bubbles break around the edges.
Serve pancakes hot.
Banana Pancakes recipe
Ingredients:
4 medium eggs, separated
2 cups of flour
1 cup of milk
1 cup of pureed banana
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Pinch of cinnamon
Cooking Oil
Instructions:
Beat the egg whites until they are stiff; then refrigerate.
Mix together the flour, egg yolks and milk.
Add the banana puree and mix.
Add the vanilla and cinnamon and blend thoroughly.
Coat the skillet with cooking oil; then heat.
Fold 4 tablespoons of egg white into 1 cup of pancake batter.
Pour into hot skillet.
Cook pancakes turning once.
Pancakes can be eaten hot or cold, and are generally filled or topped with a sweet or savoury sauce or condiment. Let us list some of those sauces and other for you to pick from to go with your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.
- Lemon Curd
- Peanut Butter
- Cheese
- Treacle
- Jam
- Marmalade
- Chocolate Spread
Layer smoked salmon slices over the pancake, with a squirt of lemon and spoon a dollop of crème fraiche on top with fresh dill and black pepper
Heat a little dulce de leche or toffee sauce in a pot, and add a couple of sliced dessert apples. Cook till apples are soft and well-coated in the sauce. Serve in the pancakes with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Top pancakes with Greek yoghurt, sliced bananas and a drizzle of honey. If you don't like bananas, try fresh berries, segmented oranges or just a handful of dried fruit and nuts.
As long as you get the batter mix right which is simple to make then you can add whatever topping you like. If you are watching your weight you don't have to miss out. There are plenty of low fat pancake recipes for you to choose from online. If this is one day you have decided what the hell it's Pancake Day, then you can work off those added calories just as quick as you put them on.
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