Whenever I see blueberries, I think of pancakes. I can’t help it. My nanna managed to poach one of the four I ended up with off me, and ate hers plain. Me? Well I ate them with about nine gallons of fake maple syrup, of course. Fake because it was Tate&Lyle maple-flavoured golden syrup. Would it be wrong to admit that I prefer that to 100% genuine Canadian tree sap? Of course it would, so I’m not going to. All this talking about syrup has put me in the mood to make a treacle tart, though. I’ll add it to my to-do list.
For me, this recipe made four pancakes. I would say they were about 4-5″ in diameter. How many this makes for you will depend on how big the pancakes are and how thick you let the batter get. I’d say that unless you’re just making this for one or two people, you should at least double the recipe.
Ingredients:
- 125g self-raising flour
- 25g sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 245ml buttermilk OR milk OR a combination of both (I used half milk, half buttermilk)
- 25g butter, melted (plus extra for frying)
- 100g fresh or thawed blueberries
Sift the flour into a bowl and add the sugar and salt. In another bowl, or measuring jug, mix together the butter, egg and buttermilk/milk.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and gradually beat in the liquid until well combined. Be careful not to overmix, this will make your pancakes heavier. The batter should still look slightly lumpy. Stir in the blueberries, carefully to make sure they don’t burst.
Melt a knob of butter in a frying pan on a medium heat. Add about a ladelful of batter and fry for a couple of minutes, until the underside is golden brown. Use a spatula or fishslice to turn the pancake over and cook until this side is also golden. Turn the pancake out onto a plate and cover it with kitchen paper to keep it warm while the other pancakes are cooking. If you have a large amount of batter, you could keep them in a warm oven. Repeat this process until there’s no batter left.
Serve with gallons of syrup and fresh blueberries, or however you prefer.
Tags: blueberry, pancakes, super-easy
