Shrove Tuesday

Tuesday February 5th was pancake day, so when the Harry & George came home from school we decided to make some pancakes. My mum always used to make pancakes for my brother and I when we were growing up and it's a tradition that I am keen to continue.

The boys helped me to mix up the ingredients and were egging me on to toss the pancakes 'really, really high, mummy!'.........I told them the story of my mum once tossing a pancake so high that it stuck on the kitchen ceiling! And I seem to recall another one landing on the dog's head (our labrador, Lucy). The boys thought this was hilarious and kept asking me to re-tell the story in-between deciding on what to put inside their pancakes prior to rolling.

The most popular fillings were:-

1. Lemon and sugar

2. Ice cream

3. Toffee sauce and white chocolate drops

Then when Simon came home from work, he helped us to finish off the pancake mix. I found this easy mix on the internet....

Ingredients

100g white plain flour

1 egg

150ml milk

150ml water

1 tspn olive oil (plus more for greasing the pan)

Method

Sift the flour into a basin, make a well in the centre and break in the egg.

Add a little milk and stir gently.

Add the rest of the milk slowly and stir until smooth.

Stir in the water and oil and beat for one minute.

Heat a drop of oil in an omelette pan. When the pan is really hot, pour in about 3 tbsps of batter.

Cook for just under one minue - using a spatula to keep an eye on how it's cooking.

Now the fun bit...FLIP IT - or if you find you're dropping too many, turn it over with the spatula.

Cook the other side for about 15 seconds.

Harry loved them so much, he asked me to make another batch on Wednesday night!