TheATeam: Pancake Day

Hey guys its April & Amreeta....~~ooohh that's right joint blog post!~~

This week we are going to be telling you how to make the perfect British AND American pancake! for both the sweet and savoury monster within you!

Everyone has a little pancake monster within them that doesn't allow you to just eat one pancake and be satisfied but instead makes you involuntarily eat a million pancakes!

Aprils British Pancakes

Ingredients

110g/4oz plain flour, sifted
pinch of salt
2 eggs
200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water

How to make the perfect pancake batter;

Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl
Now make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it
Then begin whisking the eggs - any sort of whisk or even a fork will do
Next gradually add small quantities of the milk and water mixture, still whisking (don't worry about any lumps as they will eventually disappear as you whisk)
Then whisk once more until the batter is smooth, with the consistency of thin cream

Cooking your creation!

Now get the pan really hot, It's also helpful if you use a ladle to pour the batter into the hot pan
As soon as the batter hits the hot pan, tip it around from side to side to get the base evenly coated with batter
It should take only half a minute or so to cook; you can lift the edge with a spatula to see if it's tinged gold
Now the best bit! FLIP the pancake- don't let all your hard work be wasted by flipping it on the floor or in my case, flipping it to high and it sticking to the ceiling

To Serve

Sprinkle each pancake with freshly squeezed lemon juice and a dusting of either caster sugar, or icing sugar
Fold in half, then in half again to form triangles, or simply roll them up

Alternatively, you can top your pancake with whatever your heart desires! Milkyway spread, ice cream, Nutella, fruit/fruit compote, nuts, cream, melted chocolate!

Either way its not good for the diet so you may as well go for it!

~~Taadddaahhh.. your British pancake is complete!~~

Amreeta's American Pancakes

You will need:

1 cup Self raising flour
1 egg
1/2 cup Milk
4 tsp brown sugar
Pinch of salt
Olive Oil
Maple syrup
Fruit of choice

1) Add the flour, egg, milk, salt and sugar to a bowl and mix until smooth.

2) Heat a non stick pan on low- medium heat and add 1 tsp of olive oil, making sure the olive coats the pan. Spoon the mixture into the pan, I usually do two small pancakes to a pan or one medium sized one. When bubbles start to appear on the surface (2 minutes) you can flip the pancake.