{"id":2414,"date":"2018-03-23T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevillagedirectory.co.uk\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2019-03-21T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T13:16:50","slug":"cake-bake-perfect-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/?p=2414","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Pancakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/perfect-pancakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2415 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/perfect-pancakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whip up a classic pancake batter to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. Simply serve the traditional way with sugar and lemon juice or try one of our extra special sweet or savoury serving ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ingredients:<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 100g plain flour<br \/>\n\u2022 Pinch of salt<br \/>\n\u2022 1 large egg<br \/>\n\u2022 300ml milk (or milk and water mixed)<br \/>\n\u2022 Sunflower oil or unsalted butter, for frying<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Method<\/span><br \/>\n1. Sift the flour into a large bowl, add the salt and make a well in the centre. Add the egg and beat with a balloon whisk, gradually drawing in some of the flour.<br \/>\n2. Slowly pour in the milk, whisking all the time and drawing in the rest of the flour, until you have a smooth batter which is about the consistency of single cream.<br \/>\n3. Stand the batter for about 30 minutes to allow the starch grains in the flour to soften and expand \u2013this will give a lighter pancake. If the batter has thickened slightly then just whisk in a splash of milk.<br \/>\n4. Heat a little sunflower oil or a knob of butter in a non-stick shallow frying pan (about 20cm diameter)until almost smoking then quickly ladle in enough of the batter to thinly cover the base of the pan, swirling the pan to give an even layer.<br \/>\n5. Cook for 1-2 minutes until small air bubbles appear in the pancake then flip it over and cook for a further minute until golden. Repeat with the rest of the mixture, serving the pancakes as they are cooked or interleaving with baking paper and keeping warm in a low oven.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">SWEET<\/span><br \/>\nChoc \u2018n\u2019 nuts \u2013 spread warmed pancakes with chocolate and hazelnut spread then fold into quarters. Drizzle with warmed chocolate sauce and serve with toasted hazelnuts.<br \/>\nOrange cream \u2013 heat 4tbsp thin-shred marmalade with 150ml orange juice in a frying pan and simmer for a few minutes until syrupy. Fold the pancakes and add to the pan, turning to coat in the syrup. Serve topped with whipped cream or cr\u00e8me fraiche.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">SAVOURY<\/span><br \/>\nCheese and bacon melts \u2013 add 2tsp dried Italian herbs to the pancake batter. Fill each cooked pancake with some grated Cheddar and 2 rashers crisply fried smoked bacon rashers. Fold over and pop in a hot oven for 10 minutes until the cheese has melted.<br \/>\nTuna parcels \u2013 place a spoonful of canned flaked tuna fish in the centre of each cooked pancake and top with some canned sweetcorn and chopped spring onion. Fold the pancakes to make parcels and enclose the filling. Serve with sweet chilli sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Whip up a classic pancake batter to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. Simply serve the traditional way with sugar and lemon juice or try one of our extra special sweet or savoury serving ideas. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ingredients: \u2022 100g plain flour \u2022 Pinch of salt \u2022 1 large egg \u2022 300ml milk (or milk and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cakes-puddings","category-recipes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2761,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions\/2761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}