Pancakes, Kiki and food

While watching Kiki’s Delivery Service, and seeing how Kiki goes to the local supermarché to buy food. She then starts to worry that she will have to live off pancakes for a while. I then suddenly decided to make some fluffy pancakes.

This again is stolen from the bbc food website (which i scaled down, because even i can’t stomach 4 peoples servings off pancakes not long after breakfast). It made around 3 thick medium size pancakes.
The batter is thicker than normal thin pancake batter, so it dosen’t spread out when you put it in the pan, meaning thick fluffy goodness.

1. For dry ingredents
   Mix
   70g flour
   1/2 tsp of baking powder
   pinch of salt
   2 tbsp caster sugar (i used brown muscovado sugar, use what you have)
   into a bowl.
   
   For wet
   Whisk together
   70ml milk
   1 small egg
   2 tbsp of melted butter
   into a measuring jug
   
   Honestly, don’t stress about the amounts too much, pancakes are pretty forgiving.
   
2. Mix the Dry and wet ingredients bit by bit to avoid lumps, and whisk until smooth.
3. Heat a small non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter (not too much or it gets a bit greasy, you aren’t deep frying them, plus there’s already fat in the pancake mix (egg yolk and melted butter)
4. When the butter is melted and hot, add a ladle of your mix. Wait until the top of the pancake begins to bubble, then turn it over with a spatula and cook until both sides are golden brown, (give it a wee flip if you fancy when both sides are cooked and you’re just topping up browning).
5. Remove from the pan onto a plate, add more butter to the pan and do your next one, repeat.
6. Top with whatever you fancy. I quite like set honey and some lemon juice.
   Ideas for toppings:
   Greek yoghurt, honey and nuts.
   Nutella and sliced banana.
   Raspberries/strawberries/blueberries and cream.
   
   Pancakes are really forgiving and you can tweak them however you fancy.
   (You can also add frozen berries to the mix before frying, they’ll defrost as you fry, the pancakes and the juices will seep into the batter).
   
   But seriously, as with most food, do what you want, bobs your uncle, etc, etc.