Sunday, September 26, 2010

perfect pancakes

To make perfect pancakes, follow this recipe. Please note, they are only fat pancakes. My favourite pancakes of all time were the thin crepe variety but I have not been able to make great gluten free thin pancakes yet.

Use half a packet of a gluten free buckwheat pancake mix. I have used freedom or orgran so far and they both work well.
add about a third of a cup of laucke white bread flour. This is an all-purpose flour that you can use for all sorts of reasons. It adds plasticity and whiteness and lightness to this pancake recipe.
Add two duck eggs or three chook eggs.
Add half water and half milk until you reach the desired consistency. ( sorry I never measure this)
Butter in the pan, wait till it begins to spit and in goes the first pancake, I put the mixture in the middle and then tilt the pan to spread the mixture thinner.

"Okay we're gonna have pancakes for dinner, who's going to go across the road to get some lemons from Steven and Denise?"
You all know about lemon and sugar. Ben and Nanna like maple syrup on their pancakes, we buy it just for them. When I was a kid we found out about "The sinner simmul special" from the simmuls of course. This is where you you melt butter onto your pancake, then you put on some golden syrup and spread it about as it melts. Then you sprinkle sugar on top. Its not for anyone who is counting calories. If you are walking to burn off your indulgences, you better plan a trek across the himalayas after this.
The Maddoxes and the elegant Van Beek introduced us to a hot berry sauce ( real or frozen berries are fine). This is where you put the berries into a saucepan with a little sugar and water and heat. You can add a teaspoon of real cornflour to it whilst it is still cool if you like your sauces thicker. Then you put it into a pouring jug and pour it over the icecream that you've already heaped on your pancake.

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