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Recipe by Lotte Duncan
Ingredients
- 225g plain flour
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 250ml semi-skimmed milk
- 2 tbsps melted (cooled) Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter
- 1 heaped tbsp of plain chocolate chips
- 1 heaped tbsp of white chocolate chips – mixed together
For the orange Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter
- 570ml double cream
- Technique: Grate Shredding a large ingredient to produce small, evenly-sized morsels. You can grate ingredients using a grating disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please Grated zest of 1 small orange
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsps light brown sugar
- 2 tbsps maple syrup
Method
How to make Chocolate Chip Fluffy Pancakes
It's best to prepare your homemade sweet orange Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter before you start your pancakes.
To make the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , pour the cream into a mixing bowl and using an electric 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 , start beating. Keep beating until the cream starts to look like its curdling it will turn slightly yellow.
Continue beating and you’ll start to see it separating and liquid coming out of the mix. Pour this liquid off and keep. You should get about 255ml which you can always use to make scones with.
As you continue to beat, the mixture will start to resemble Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter . The liquid will continue to come out and you need to keep pouring it off.
Stop beating with the 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 now and finish off with a wooden spoon. You need to keep pushing it about to remove any remaining liquid.
Now take the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter in your hands and run it under the cold tap. Place the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter in a clean bowl and then beat in the orange zest, ground cinnamon and sugar. Finally, beat in the maple syrup.
Take a piece of greaseproof paper and spoon the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter on to it. Using the paper, shape the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter into a rectangle, wrap and then tie with some string. Store in the fridge for up to 1 week.
To make the pancakes, sift the flour, baking powder into a large bowl and then stir in the caster sugar. In a separate bowl or jug, lightly 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 together the egg and milk, then 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 in the melted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter . Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture and, using a 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 , beat until you have a smooth batter. Any lumps will soon disappear with a little mixing. Let the batter stand for a few minutes. Now fold in the chocolate chips.
Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter . When it's melted, add a ladle of batter (or two if your frying pan is big enough to cook two pancakes at the same time). It may seem very thick but this is exactly what you want! Wait until the top of the pancake begins to bubble, then turn it over and cook until both sides are golden brown and the pancake has risen to about 1cm (½in) thick.
Repeat until all the batter is used up. You can keep the pancakes warm in a low oven, but they taste best fresh out the pan.
Stack however many pancakes you want to eat on a plate and scoop a large spoonful of the delicious Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter on top....and if you really want to....add some more maple syrup....and perhaps some ice cream!!
Recipes taken from 'Lotte's Country Kitchen' by Lotte Duncan, priced £20, published by Absolute Press.