Traditional pancakes
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Get the pancake perfect and you can create lots of variations. Try this easy recipe for traditional lemon and sugar pancakes.
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Prep time: 10 mins
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Cooking time: 10 mins
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Makes: 8-10
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Skill level: Easy peasy
Ingredients
Perfect pancakes need a hot pan - add a few drops of water and if it bounces or steams, it's hot enough.
- 110g plain flour, sifted
- Pinch of salt
- 2 Freedom Food-labelled eggs
- 200ml milk mixed with 75ml water
- 50g butter
To serve:
- Golden caster sugar
- Lemon wedges
Method
- Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Whisk the eggs making sure all the flour from around the edge of the bowl is incorporated.
- Add the milk and water mixture a little at a time. Whisk continuously until all the milk and water is added and the batter is smooth and has the consistency of thin cream.
- Melt the butter in a pan. Add 2tbsp of it into the batter and whisk it in, then pour the rest into a bowl and use it to oil the pan, using kitchen paper to smear it round before you make each pancake.
- Heat a pan over a high heat, reduce the temperature, wipe with a little of the melted butter and add two ladles full of batter. Swirl the batter round the pan and cook for about 30 secs. Make sure the pancake is loose and toss. Cook for a further few seconds and serve with a generous sprinkling of sugar and lots of lemon juice.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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malikah, posted 5 months ago
i have been making pancks for years a i am very bsaid to say this recipe may have just beaten mine im so upset
