Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day
Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day
Shrove Tuesday known as pancake day, we adopted eating pancakes back in the 16th century, it was a way of getting rid of and using up all the tempting foods i.e eggs, sugar and fat in ready for lent within the Christian faith.
Over the years it’s become more of a family fun occasion as opposed to a tradition of faith, but it also could become a couples saucy morning.
Children and Adults alike, we look forward to the day we can have pancakes either for breakfast dinner or tea and these days the variety of flavours is huge. Some include a selection of fruit or a choice of toppings such as maple syrup and across the pond they are eaten with their cooked breakfast and not just on pancake day.
If your tastebuds are more traditional, you will probably choose the Uk pancakes with a sprinkling of sugar and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
UK Pancakes are very different from our friends in the USA, ours are made with plain flour, thin and flipped in a frying pan. American pancakes (scotch pancakes or drop scones as they are called in the UK) are thick and squidgy and great for soaking up your maple syrup – yummy and thats if the maple syrup is only poured on the pancakes lol
Pictures for inspiration-
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Here are a couple of easy pancakes recipes to try and get those tastebuds working
English traditional pancakes
Time approx. 20mins – makes approx 12, 6inch pancakes
Ingredients
- 110g Plain flour, sifted
- Pinch of salt
- 2 Eggs
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200ml Semi skimmed milk
- 75ml Water
- 50g Butter
Serve
- Caster sugar
- Lemon wedges or lemon juice
- Or untraditionally, a topping of your choice
Method
- MethodSift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it, then whisk the eggs into the flour.
- Slowly add small the milk and water mixture, whisking all the while to remove lumps.
- The batter consistency should be like cream when you are done.
- Now melt the butter in your frying pan making sure your pan is hot.
- Ladle the mixture into your pan tipping the pan to spread the mixture and cook on a moderate heat for a few seconds until golden brown.
- Circular motion your pan to release your pancake and then toss it up to flip it over to cook the other side.
- Place on a plate and cover with a clean kitchen towel to keep warm while you make the rest.
- To serve, sprinkle each pancake with freshly squeezed lemon juice and caster sugar.
American pancakes
Time approx 20 minutes – makes approx 10 6inch
Ingredients
- 200g plain flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 200ml milk
- 1 egg
- 25g of butter, melted (plus extra for cooking)
- Vegetable oil for cooking
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Method
- Sieve the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl then stir in the salt and sugar
- Make a well in the centre, then gradually add the milk, egg and melted butter
- Beat together until you have a smooth consistency
- Heat a frying pan over a medium heat with a knob of butter and a drizzle of vegetable oil (let the pan get hot!)
- Once hot, ladle in the batter space the batter so they don’t stick together). Cook until lots of small bubbles appear on the surface, then flip and cook for a minute or two on the other side or until golden brown
- Add your topping and serve
Topping suggestions
- Maple syrup
- Honey
- Chocolate spread
- Treacle
- Dusting of icing sugar
- Fresh fruit
- Ice cream
- Double or single fresh cream
The list is endless lol
Just a thought…
Pancake day can be any day and if you have no family to worry about, why not spoil your partner one morning and bring them pancakes in bed… it could become a sticky affair but a lot of fun!
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For chocolate lovers, why not try chocolate pancakes? here is a link I’ve found for chocolate pancakes with great reviews https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/chocolate-pancakes.html
Experiment with your pancakes, maybe from the ingredients, replace the sugar with fruit while cooking for a healthy option, it’s fun and they can be enjoyed by all the family. As for me thats really easy, I just love pancakes hehe
Thank you for reading my post and I hope you get a little inspiration – takes some pictures if you do and send them to me, I would love to see them.
As always take care of you and yours
Sue x
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