'Pancake Day' Pancakes

(Pancake image from here)

This recipe has been requested, it is the recipe that I use to cook our 'Pancake Day' pancakes every year.

As a child we did not celebrate Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday. It was only when I went to England when I was 23 years old that I discovered the tradition. As you may already know, if there is food involved in a celebration, I'm in!

A very dear friend cooked these pancakes for me on my first ever Pancake Day.

'Pancake Day' Pancakes
(Pancakes with lemon and sugar)

makes 12

• 1 cup plain four
• pinch of salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup of milk mixed with 1/4 cup water
• 60 grams butter (melted)

to serve:
• lemon wedges
• raw sugar

Sift the flour and pinch of salt into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs. Gently whisk a little flour into the egg, then gradually add the milk mixture and then 2 tablespoons of melted butter. The batter should be the consistency of pouring cream. Don't worry if there are still little lumps in the mixture and don't overmix. Heat a 20 cm crepe pan over a high heat. Dip some paper towel into the remaining melted butter and grease the pan. Fill a ladle with a quanity of 2 tablespoons and pour into the pan, tilt the pan from side to side to get an even coating of the batter. Cook for 30 seconds on each side, until pale golden and crisp at the edges. Stack the pancakes as you go. To serve, sprinkle the warm pancakes with some raw sugar and squeeze over the lemon juice.

This recipe is from 'Delicious' Magazine, March 2007 issue.