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Pancake Recipe From Scratch

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:56:20 +0000

Pancakes are a delicious way to start your day. They are not hard to make at all, and a beginner cook can easily make these from scratch. There is no need to buy the frozen ones, they are not as tasty or as light and fluffy as ones that you make yourself. They do have pancakes mixes that work well and taste good, but you are paying a lot more for the convince of having all the dry ingredients measured out and put into a box for you. You can easily do this yourself at home. You can even mix up a double batch and store some in an airtight container to use another day. Pancakes are not only good in the mornings, they make a quick, tasty and easy dinner as well when you are in the mood for something light. You can also change them up easily with add ins.

Here is an easy pancake recipe from scratch

You will need the following ingredients, if you want to make extra batter, just double or triple the ingredients:

- 2 cups of flour,

- 1/4 cup of granulated sugar,

- 1 tablespoon of baking powder,

- 1/2 teaspoon of salt,

- 2 eggs,

- 1/4 cup of vegetable oil,

- and 1 1/2 cups of milk.

Break the eggs in a bowl, beat them, add the milk and oil. Set that bowl aside. In a different bowl mix all the dry ingredients. Now add the dry ingredients into the liquid, mix it but not too much, it should be a bit lumpy, the more mixing you do, the tougher your pancakes will turn out.

Put a little butter or oil on a griddle or frying pan, let it heat up, pour some batter onto the pan, you can make your pancakes small, like silver dollar ones, or large. Let it cook until you see bubbles on the top and the edges are dry, once you see that flip and cook the other side. The other side doesn't take as long. Serve with butter and maple syrup, or you can sprinkle powdered sugar over them.

If you would like, you can add blueberries to the batter for blueberry pancakes, or chocolate chips for chocolate chip pancakes. You can also mash a banana up in the batter to make yummy banana pancakes. Your family will enjoy the pancakes and you saved some money by making the batter yourself.

Crepe Suzette Recipe

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:57:00 +0000

Even if you haven’t ever had Crepe Suzette, you’ve probably heard of this famous crepe dish. Most of us have probably watched a scene from a movie or television show in which the waiter in a high-class restaurant prepares them at the table with a flourish of liqueur and flame.

Probably the most interesting thing about the original crepe Suzette recipe is that it was an accident :)! In 1895, a waiter at a posh restaurant in Paris was prepping their signature dessert for the Prince of Wales. A burning chafing dish was on his cart as he worked and he accidentally caught the liqueurs he was going to use in the dessert on fire. Rather than throw it away, he took a taste and discovered it was delicious. The Prince was also impressed and insisted this new dish be named for the young lady who accompanied him – thus the name, Crepes Suzette.

Fair warning to all who plan to embark on this culinary adventure: a crepe Suzette recipe is not simple. It involves making the crepes and the sauce, then combining the two and performing the perfect flambé. Making the crepes is the easy part.

Ingredients for Crepes Suzette
(makes about 15 crepes)

2 cups of flour
2-1 cups of whole milk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons of melted butter
salt
vanilla extract (optional)
vegetable oil

Instructions for Crepes

1. Sift the flour into a large bowl and mix in a pinch of salt.

2. Make a “crater” with the back of a large spoon and crack the eggs into this crater.

3. Gradually pull the flour into the crater with a whisk until the eggs and flour are mixed well.

4. Slowly add the milk, whisking well between each bit of milk added.

5. Continue to stir the batter until it looks bubbly on top.

6. Stir in the melted butter and a few drops of vanilla.

To make the crepes:

1. Put a small amount of vegetable oil on a paper towel and wipe the bottom of the crepe pan. (You’ll need to repeat this for each crepe.)

2. Heat the pan on medium high heat.

3. Drop about 3 tablespoons of crepe batter into the pan and swirl the pan so that the batter spreads out evenly over the bottom.

4. Cook for about 1 minute, and then flip the crepe to cook the other side for 30 seconds.

Repeat this process for each crepe. NOTE: The first one or two crepes may end up being “throw-aways” while you find the right temperature for the pan.

Ingredients for Crepe Suzette Sauce

This recipe is enough for 8 crepes. Rather than doubling the recipe, it is recommended to make two separate batches.

1 orange rind, shredded*
3 cup sugar
5 ounces of butter at room temperature
1 cup Grand Marnier liqueur**
1 cup Cognac

*You can use a cheese grater to shred the rind while still on the orange.
**You can use another orange liqueur like Cointreau.

Instructions for Saucing the Crepes

Before beginning these steps, simmer a pot of water (make sure it is not boiling). Put a plate on top of the simmering pot.

1. Stir the orange rind and butter together.

2. Melt about 1 teaspoon of this mixture in a pan over medium heat.

3. Place one crepe in the pan and heat for 30 seconds on each side.

4. Sprinkle sugar on the crepe and then fold it in half and the half again to form a triangle.

5. Put the completed crepe on the plate over the simmering water.

When all of the crepes are done you are ready for the true test – the flambé.

1. Combine the liqueurs and heat them in a saucepan just until the liquid begins to bubble. Do not bring to a complete boil or the alcohol will burn off.

2. Place each crepe on a serving plate.

3. Drizzle about 2 tablespoons of the liqueur mixture over a crepe and light the fumes around the edges immediately so that the crepe does not soak up the liqueur. Use long matches or a long barbeque lighter.

4. Let the crepe cook until the flame disappears on its own and serve it immediately.

Crepe Suzette Variations

A true flambé is done in a chafing dish, large skillet, or a pan made specifically for flambéing. You can use one of these and transfer the crepes to serving plates after the flame has gone out.

Nigella Pancake Recipe

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:19 +0000

We sometimes follow different food sites on the web to get some fresh ideas for pancakes that we could share on our site. One of the cool food sites to check out is the bbc food website. They have loads of different recipes. They also have quite a few pancake recipes and one of the more popular ones is the Nigella pancake recipe. Well, actually it is called homemade instant pancake mix with blueberry syrup but since the author/cook behind this recipe is Nigella Lawson (she also has a nice food website, check it out here) we called it simply Nigellas pancake recipe. Anyway, we tried it this weekend and decided to share it with one difference - the original recipe wants you to make a pancake mix. But our version will just make you one batch of pancakes that you will without a doubt eat right away:)! And its in cups and spoons. Here it goes:

Nigella Pancake Recipe Ingredients
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3-4 tsp caster sugar
• 1 tbsp melted butter

For the blueberry syrup
• 125ml/41fl oz maple syrup
• 200g/7oz blueberries

1. First mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.

2. Then slightly beat one egg and add it to the bowl. Also add milk and melted butter. Mix untile you have a nice and even pancake batter.

3. Take a non-stick frying pan or a griddle and don't add any oil. You need a pan that is in good condition, if it's full of scratches then you better add a drop of oil or butter.

4. Pour some batter onto the hot griddle so you make a round pancake about 4 inches in diameter.

5. When bubbles appear on the top of the pancake turn it around and cook it on the other side until it turns until golden-brown. Approximately 1 min each side.

Blueberry syrup
1. Put blueberries into a pan and pour maple syrup over them then bring them to a boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Blueberries should be slightly broken down.

Serving
Just pour the blueberry syrup over the pancake and enjoy. We did!:)

Oh, one more tip from Nigella - if you are left with some blueberry syrup leftovers put them into the fridge and you can either mix it with some yogurt or put it on your bread.

This concludes "our" Nigella pancake recipe. Enjoy!

Pancake mix recipe - How to make pancake mix

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:21:04 +0000

You can of course buy already made pancake mix in most of the stores but you can also make it at home. This way you know exactly what goes into it. The point here is to make more pancake mix that you would need for making pancakes once. Otherwise this would be just an ordinary pancake recipe and not a pancake mix recipe :). So what do we need?

Pancake Mix Ingredients
1lb 5oz plain flour (600g)
3 tsp baking powder
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
21oz caster sugar (40g)

How to make pancake mix? All you need to do is combine all the ingredients above in a big bowl and mix them well so the baking powder, soda, salt and sugar are evenly distributed throughout the flour. Then place the pancake mix into and airtight container, seal it and store it until you need it.

And how do you make pancakes with this pancake mix?
As said, there is too much of this mix for one batch of pancakes. Depending on how much mix will you use you add eggs and milk. You should add one slightly beaten egg and 250ml/9fl oz milk for every 150g/51oz of pancake mix. Then all you have to do is mix the egg and milk into the dry ingredients until you get a nice and even batter and start making pancakes.

This is is, making pancake mix is simple and it can save you some time if you make pancakes often.

Gluten Free Pancake Recipe

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:03:00 +0000

There is a surprising number of people who may love pancakes but “pancakes don’t love them”. Wheat flour, which is the staple of pancakes, contains a protein called gluten. Gluten can cause certain health issues for some people, so here is a recipe that is gluten free.