Today is Shrove Tuesday - aka pancake day. It is the Tuesday before Lent begins when you are meant to use up all the sugar, eggs, fat etc that you would be giving up for Lent and what better way to do it than in the form of pancakes. Those who have read this blog for awhile will know however, that as a non-Christian, for me Shrove Tuesday instead marks the end of my self imposed hot cross bun ban. From now until Easter I shall be scoffing them at every available opportunity.
But back to pancakes. S and I haven't been eating many recently. It may just be that the hot summer weather hasn't encouraged warm breakfasts, but they haven't been on our menu very often. When we do have them my sour cream and orange pancakes with blackberry sauce are still a favourite. However when we don't have all the ingredients to hand (which given the shocking blackberry harvest this year will likely be often) I revert to an old recipe based loosely on a Jamie Oliver one.
It is very simple. Mix together 1 cup of self-raising flour, 1 cup of milk, 1 egg and 1 grated apple or pear. Pan fry as per normal and eat topped with maple syrup or jam. Simple, tasty and given the fruit content actually fairly healthy.
Will you be enjoying pancakes today?
I actually deliberately bought some at the supermarket last night to eat this morning, knowing that making them before work was out of the question, and then completely forgot about them! Maybe tomorrow ... :)
ReplyDeleteDoh! Hope they were delicious.
DeleteWe're having pancakes today, and I'll be using the one cup of flour, one of milk and one egg recipe. Definitely makes the best pancakes every time.
ReplyDeleteI agree. They work perfectly every time and are delicious.
DeleteI had forgotten (or not known) that this marked your hot cross bun eating point. I will have to tell Mr Bite - he is patiently waiting and this may be the permission he needs to jump in! I like the sound of your pancake mix too, including the use of self-raising flour instead of regular. I imagine they are super fluffy!
ReplyDeleteI might write a post on my thoughts on hot cross bun consumption Kari, I'm quite opinionated on saving things "for special".
DeleteSelf raising flour does definitely help make them extra fluffy. My aim is to one day get them like a restaurant I used to go to where they had pancakes that had a crispy outside but a really fluffy inside. They were magic.
hehe enjoy your hot cross buns now, lovely! It's been too long since I made pancakes!
ReplyDeleteHeidi xo