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American pancakes

Serves 4

Preparation time
less than 30 mins

Cooking time
10 to 30 mins

Ingredients

255g/9oz plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp caster sugar 250ml/9fl oz milk 2 medium eggs, lightly beaten 6 tbsp cottage cheese 55g/2oz unsalted butter, melted To serve: chopped pecans maple syrup

Method

1. Beat the eggs into the milk and add the melted butter. 2. Sift the flour with the baking powder, salt and sugar. 3. Make a well in the centre of the flour and pour in the milk. 4. Using a wooden spoon beat the mixture quickly to make a batter. 5. Stir in the cottage cheese. 6. Heat a heavy based frying pan. Grease with butter and pour in the batter to make rounds approximately 8cm/3¾ inch diameter. 7. Cook until bubbles start to appear on the surface, this will take approximately 1 minute. Flip the pancake over and cook the other side. 8. Continue until you have used up all the batter. 9. Heat the maple syrup in a small pan and add the chopped pecans. 10. Serve the pancakes and pour over the maple syrup.

Other ways:

Serves 4 (8-12 pancakes)

Preparation time
less than 30 mins

Cooking time
10 to 30 mins

Ingredients

250g/9oz plain flour2 tsp baking powder1 tsp sea salt3 tbsp sugar250ml/9fl oz milk2 eggs, lightly beaten50g/2oz unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for cookingFor the maple butter syrup80ml/3fl oz maple syrup25g/1oz unsalted butter

Method

1. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl.2. Mix the milk, eggs and the melted butter in a large jug, then add the flour mixture and mix quickly to make a batter - don' t worry about any lumps.3. Heat a cast iron frying pan or flat-surfaced griddle until medium-hot, grease lightly with the extra butter and pour in the batter in batches to make rounds 8-10cm/3-4in in diameter.4. Cook for 1-2 minutes or until bubbles form on top of the pancakes and the underside is golden, then flip each one over and cook for one minute. 5. Keep the pancakes warm in the oven while you cook the remaining batches.6. Heat the maple syrup and butter together in a small pan or in the microwave.7. Stack the pancakes on warmed plates and pour over the buttery syrup. To make cottage cheese pancakes, make the batter as above then stir in eight tablespoons of cottage cheese and cook as above. Serve with fresh berries, cherry or blackcurrant jam and crème fraîche, sour cream or thick yoghurt.

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