Scatter, Sprinkle, Squeeze

Goodness me, I nearly missed the fact that today is a very important holiday: Shrove Tuesday! Thank goodness one of my friends posted about it on Facebook this morning, and I was able to have crepes for breakfast after all.

I hope you enjoyed some too, and not ones poured out of a carton! Home-made pancakes are just too easy to make. Here’s how:

Skinny Pancakes (Crepes)
1 cup plain flour
1.5 cups milk (250mL)
1 egg
pinch salt 

Put flour into bowl. Add salt. Smash egg into it. Pour half of the milk into the bowl. Use whisk and briskly combine ingredients into a smooth batter. Pour in rest of milk. Whisk.

This entire process takes about three (3) minutes – or faster if you’re messy. That’s all. It is easy.

…you can of course start frying right away if you are desperate.

Leave batter to rest one half hour – this will make the batter lighter, but you can of course start frying right away if you are desperate.

I have a cast-iron French long-handled crepe pan that I only use to make pancakes. I use a bit of vegetable oil, and wipe it out with paper towel before I pour in about half a soup ladle of batter.

I eat them with a scattering of sugar, a sprinkle of cinnamon and a squeeze of lemon. Delicious! You can eat them with whatever you want.

Happy Pancake Day!