Basic Pancake Recipe

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Below is a basic pancake recipe and tips on pouring the batter as well as how to master the art of flipping pancakes. Pancakes are quick and easy to make and bring the family together around the table on a rainy day. Pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, pancakes with blueberries and cheese, pancakes with cinnamon and maple syrup... the options are endless. Follow this quick and easy pancake recipe and add your favourite toppings. Yay for pancakes!
pancake recipe

Ingredients
110g (4 oz) flour
2 large eggs
300 ml (1/2 pint) milk
Pinch of salt
Makingthe Pancake Batter
Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl, making a pile in the middle,like a tiny mountain. Then use a spoon to make a crater in the middle. Break the eggs into the crater and then mix this with a spoon, when the flour is mixed into the eggs you can start using an electric whisk if you have one, or a hand held whisk if you are going the manual labour route, gradually add the milk. Mixing the eggs in gently before going electric prevents flour going all over the place.
Whizz the whisk until the flour, eggs and milk have made a smooth runny batter.
Pouring out the Perfect Pancake
Now you can get out your frying pan and a ladle. It might take some experimentation, but an average size ladle generally makes a good measuring device for a good pancake. So after putting just a small drop of oil in the pan and smearing that about as the stove heats the pan, you can drop in a ladle full of pancake batter. Drop it into the middle and then work the pan in your wrist so that the batter spreads around the pan evenly. Place the pan back onto the stove and wait for a minute or so and you should be able to see when the top of the pancake gets a bit firmer and does not look all batter like, then you can use a spatula to gently work the pancake loose around the edges and flip it over. The other side of the pancake needs less time, just enough to lightly brown it.
How to Flip a Pancake
Pancake flipping is a skill that is not too tricky to develop, yet is mighty impressive. First of all, follow the instructions above (poring out the perfect pancake) until you reach the part where you loosen the edges of the pancake with a spatula. (This loosening might not even be necessary in some non-stick pans.)
Now, when the pancake is loosened and you can slide it around in the pan by shaking your wrist from side to side, you want to manoeuvre the pancake to the far end of the pan (the end away from the handle.) So the pan will be angled downward away from you.
Next you give a swift flick of the wrist, shooting the pancake into a somersault. Use your hand-eye-coordination to catch it again. You might suffer one or two pancake casualties, but you'll pick up the knack soon enough. With just a few practice tosses you can go from a little baby flip to a massively impressive triple flip which scrapes the ceiling and earns a cheer from the children. A dad making pancakes in this way is well fun for little ones.


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