American Style Pancakes

Try Rachael’s perfect American Style Pancakes …

Ingredients:

• 200ml of Whole Milk
• 3 Large Gate Farm Free-Range Eggs
• 25g of Salted Butter + little extra for cooking
• 200g Marriages Self-Raising Flour
• 1 1/2 Tbsp of Baking Powder 
• 12 Rashers of Our Smoked Streaky Bacon
• Buckwud’s Organic Maple Syrup
• 1 Tbsp of Silver Spoon Caster Sugar
• Pinch of Salt 

Method:

1. Preheat your grill to a medium to high heat to cook the bacon.
2. Melt the butter then add in the milk and the eggs whisked.
3. Next in a mixing bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, pinch of salt and the baking powder.
4. Create a well in the flour mix then add the egg mix and whisk together with an electric whisk. whisk until almost smooth. A few lumps can help to create fluffy pancakes. 
5. Next, heat a non-stick frying pan on a medium heat, add a knob of butter. Make sure the whole pan has been coated in butter. 
6. When the butter starts to froth a little, pour in the pancake batter with a ladle. 
7. Whilst the pancakes cook, cook the bacon in the grill until crispy. 
8. Cook the pancake until small bubbles start to appear, this will normally take 1-2 minutes. When ready, flip the pancake over and cook until golden on both sides. 
9. Repeat until you use up the batter. 
10. Stack the pancakes and serves with the crispy bacon and lashings of maple syrup.