Sunday 3 June 2012

Blueberry Pancakes

I have always been a huge fan of breakfast, everything from a cereal bar to a full blown English and everything in between. I cannot start the day without at least a small bite to eat. During the week, I usually just grab some cereal before dashing off to work - stuffing a banana in my bag for elevenses, and I am sorted.

Breakfast at the weekend is a whole new ball game. I am either at home in London or in Southampton with J (who is equally keen on the whole breakfast thing). I absolutely love rustling up something special for breakfast, especially as we only have weekends together so it seems only right to make the most of our time.

My go-to is usually poached eggs with crispy bacon on toasted English muffins with lashings of hollandaise sauce (if your mouth isn't watering right now...). If not all the trimmings, then it is something loosely based around this, maybe a bacon muffin or just poached eggs. Of course, any breakfast would not be the same without a big cup of tea and a glass of juice. As much as I adore this breakfast combo, I thought it would be nice to try something different this weekend as there is the luxury of four whole days off! Yippee!

Cue blueberry pancakes. These are two things in life that I adore equally and happen to go so well together. The recipe is so easy and pretty much fool-proof as you can be pretty slapdash with measuring the ingredients. I usually just make the batter by eye as I am lazy and cannot be bothered to weigh it all out first thing in the morning!


All you need to make these little treats (makes around 6 pancakes) is:

    • 120g flour (you can either use plain or self raising, if you use plain - don't forget to add a dash of baking powder so that they will be more spongey than a usual pancake!)
    • 1tsp baking powder (only needed if using plain flour)
    • pinch of salt
    • 30g sugar
    • 1/4 pint of milk
    • 1 egg
    • 1 punnet of blueberries
    • dash of oil
  1. Firstly, pop a pan on the hob and start heating the dash of oil.
  2. Sieve out the flour and the baking powder if you are using plain flour, in to a bowl.
  3. Fold in the sugar and add the pinch of salt.
  4. In a separate jug, whisk together the milk and egg.
  5. Create a well in the middle of the flour mix and slowly pour in the milk and egg, adding bit by bit and stirring all the time to avoid lumps.
  6. Chop your blueberries in half and stir in to your batter.
  7. Depending on how thick/large you want your pancakes, use a ladle to spoon out your pancakes (it is advisable at this point to do a 'trial run' and drop in a small teaspoon full of batter just to check that your pan is hot enough/not too hot).
  8. Flip the pancake when you cant start to see bubbles popping up through, if your batter is too thick, this may not happen so watch out as they can burn rather quickly! About 20-30 secs each side should do.
  9. Pour yourself a big glass of orange juice and a brimming cup of tea, you could even smother your stack of pancakes in whipped cream and/or syrup if you fancy, pop on some trashy telly, sit back and enjoy :)

These are a seriously yummy way to start your day, so much so that we actually make two batches this morning - pancake overload!

E x


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