It's Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day - on Tues 9th February... Summer Tanberry is here to show you how to make the best pancakes ever!
You will need:
125g (4oz) plain flour
pinch of salt
2 large eggs
300ml (1/2 pint milk)
vegetable oil to fry
- Sift the flour into a bowl and add salt. Make a dip in centre of the sifted flour and break egg into this. Whisk into the flour and gradually add the milk, whisking all the time until you have a lump free batter.
- Place batter in the fridge for 30 mins to chill.
- Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add a little vegetable oil and ensure it thinly coats base of pan.
- Pour in a little batter and swirl so it fills the base of pan. Cook for one minute, then flip with a spatula or toss if you are brave. Cook other side until golden and turn onto a plate.
- Lightly oil pan before each new pancake until the batter is all used up.
To serve:
- Go traditional and serve your pancakes with a simple scatter of lemon juice and sugar!
-Try a savoury filling... grated cheese with red onion or mushroom is different and very cool!
- Fresh fruit, berries or chopped banana are perfect with homemade pancakes... sweet but healthy too!
- Get decadent and go for Nutella or melted chocolate with some squirty cream!
- Maple syrup drizzled over the pancakes is traditional across the Atlantic, and hard to beat!
Did you know that Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins? It is the last day of feasting before the 'fasting' of Lent, when christians traditionally give up certain foods or eat frugally for forty days and forty nights. Traditionally, pancakes were eaten - sweet, rich or spicy - as a final feast before the Lenten fast began.
Cathy says:
Do YOU make your own pancakes on Shrove Tuesday? Summer's recipe means you can certainly give it a go! COMMENT BELOW to tell us how you get on!
125g (4oz) plain flour
pinch of salt
2 large eggs
300ml (1/2 pint milk)
vegetable oil to fry
- Sift the flour into a bowl and add salt. Make a dip in centre of the sifted flour and break egg into this. Whisk into the flour and gradually add the milk, whisking all the time until you have a lump free batter.
- Place batter in the fridge for 30 mins to chill.
- Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add a little vegetable oil and ensure it thinly coats base of pan.
- Lightly oil pan before each new pancake until the batter is all used up.
To serve:
- Go traditional and serve your pancakes with a simple scatter of lemon juice and sugar!
-Try a savoury filling... grated cheese with red onion or mushroom is different and very cool!
- Fresh fruit, berries or chopped banana are perfect with homemade pancakes... sweet but healthy too!
- Maple syrup drizzled over the pancakes is traditional across the Atlantic, and hard to beat!
Did you know that Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins? It is the last day of feasting before the 'fasting' of Lent, when christians traditionally give up certain foods or eat frugally for forty days and forty nights. Traditionally, pancakes were eaten - sweet, rich or spicy - as a final feast before the Lenten fast began.
Cathy says:
Do YOU make your own pancakes on Shrove Tuesday? Summer's recipe means you can certainly give it a go! COMMENT BELOW to tell us how you get on!
I can not WAIT to try it out tomorrow (#pancakeday!)
ReplyDeleteCathy: You are the best at drawing!!! And writing!!!
ReplyDeleteI always make the pancakes in my house, because I'm the only one who doesn't try to eat them fresh from the frying pan!
ReplyDeleteMine are even simpler to make: just a cup of flour, a cup of milk and an egg. Sometimes I add a little vanilla essence too :) you just beat it with a fork then the mix is good to fry and doesn't need oil :)
I can't wait to try it, Pancake Day or not!!!
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