Pancake Day

Tues 5 Feb 2008

Tuesday was, of course, Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday). Easter is ridiculously early this year!

While I had no intention of using up all my eggs, butter and sugar we still had to have pancakes on Tuesday. Normally, when making a crêpe batter, I do it by feel. After all, it's not complicated to crack one egg (or two), beat in some flour, and let down with milk to get the right consistency. I like to make the mix in advance and leave it in the fridge overnight.

However, I thought that actually following a recipe wouldn't kill me, and set about narrowing the field to just one.

I ended up choosing a sweet crêpe batter from Auguste Escoffier's Ma Cuisine. Let's face it - a French crêpe has got to be a good one!

For two, take 70g of plain flour and mix with 30g of caster sugar and a pinch of salt. Beat in 2 eggs, a tablespoon of rum (or brandy or kirsch - and you can probably be more generous) and let down with milk. Finish with a teaspoon of melted butter and then cook.

We both prefer our pancakes with lemon and sugar (although I was tempted to go the Nutella route for a while), and we decided to add extra milk after we cooked the first couple as the crêpes were too thick. The sweet batter was a pleasant change from the standard savoury - although the disadvantage is that if you make too much mixture you're limited to desserts to use up the spare pancakes.

Hmm, I guess 'disadvantage' might be the wrong word to use!

tagged with: pancakes, crepes, shrove tuesday

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