Here is a great recipe for Pancake Day by TV chef Marcus Bean – Light and Fluffy Blueberry Pancake seems simply delicious.
Good looking and self-taught chef, Marcus Bean, won Iron chef UK in 2010 on Channel 4.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
135g Self Raising flour
2 tbsp Caster sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
130ml Milk
1 medium egg
Small punnet of blueberries (about 150g)
Maple Syrup to serve
Method:
1 – Mix the flour, caster sugar and baking powder together.
2 – Add the milk and egg, whisk together until combined, now add your blueberries and fold together.
3 – Leave the mix for 2-3 minutes, put a frying pan on a medium heat add tbsp of oil.
4 – Add 1-2 spoonfuls of mix to the pan and gently shape into a circle, repeat until the pan has four pancakes, cook on a medium heat for 1-2 minutes on each side.
5- Remove from the pan and serve straight away and drizzled with maple syrup.
For those wanting to sport Marcus Bean’s look on Pancake Day, Emma Bridgewater has created two limited edition aprons for Sport Relief available from HomeSense and TK Maxx stores – at least £6.50 per apron is going to Sport Relief.
