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Banana and Pecan Pancakes

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  • Go nuts for these pancakes, topped with candied pecans and maple butter.
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Ingredients

  • 500ml buttermilk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla essence
  • 280g plain flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 50g pecans, toasted and finely ground (not Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped )
  • 55g unsalted butter, melted
  • 3 bananas, peeled and Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please sliced in 1/2-cm circles
  • Maple butter, recipe follows
  • Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please Icing sugar, to garnish
  • Candied pecans, to garnish

  • For the maple butter:

  • 225g unsalted butter, softened
  • 65ml pure maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 piece parchment or greaseproof paper

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Banana and Pecan Pancakes

1) Preheat the oven to 95 degrees C.

2) In a large mixing bowl Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla together so they are well combined. In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry and stir with a spoon to get rid of the lumps. Fold in the pecans, most of the melted butter and Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk until batter is smooth.

Note: You can also Technique: Blend Mixing two or more ingredients with another so that they combine together as one mixture. You can also use the main blade of a food processor to blend. I know this Teach me, please blend the ingredients for the batter in a food processor, then add in the pecans and melted butter.

3) Heat a pan over medium low heat and swirl around a little melted butter to keep the pancakes from sticking. Using a ladle pour the batter into the pan, see Cook's note.*Cook the pancakes on 1 side until they are set and then lightly press the bananas into the batter. When small bubbles appear on the uncooked surface, flip the pancakes and cook until golden on both sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer pancakes to a warming plate in the oven while you make the rest.

4) To serve, Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slice the maple-honey butter, layer it between the stack of pancakes and place in the oven to melt for 1 1/2 minutes. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and candied pecans.

*Cook's note: The trick to perfect round pancakes is pouring all the batter in the same spot and letting it roll out to a complete circle.

5) To make the maple butter: In a mixing bowl, using a spatula Technique: Mash Crushing one or more ingredients to create a uniform purée that still has some body. You can mash using a mash and purée kit fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please mash the butter with the maple syrup and honey until well blended. Roll it up in the paper, like a tube and twist the ends. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.