Pancake day! Served with strawberries and a vanilla bean sauce

Well its shrove tuesday and that can only mean one thing, so heres my pancake recipe.

200ml Milk 50ml water
2 large eggs
140g flour
20g sugar
1 tsp salt
zest of a lemon

whisk up the eggs with the sugar and the lemon zest, then add the milk, then from a height sieve the flour and salt into the mixture whilst whisking, then briskly whisk the mixture until smooth, I then usually chill it in the fridge for 30 minutes.

The quality of the pancake really only depends on the quality of the pan, you need a good thick based pan which preferably is non stick and never used before, rarely is this the case, so its best to salt your pan and have it on a high heat for 10 minutes, then carefully remove the salt (now extremly hot so be careful!) and wipe pan clean with a dry cloth, then add a small amount of butter or oil, making sure the pan is evenly coated, after which remove the excess oil, making sure that its not too hot that the oil starts to smoke.

When you have finally got to this stage, add a small ladle of the batter and swirl it round to get an even smooth covering, cook on one side for about 1 minute until the edges crisp and start to lift, then attempt to flip it (or use a spatula)

You can add various things into your mix, for example, the seeds of a vanilla pod, cinnamon, five spice, various fruit zests, blueberrys, cardamom...to name a few


enjoy :)