English Pancakes

Submitted by ddav0962

"I found this recipe on the web while searching for recipes for ZWT."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 12 pancakes
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 236.59 ml all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 295.73 ml whole milk
• 2 lemons, juiced
• salt

directions

1. Whip together all ingredients. Let stand at least 15 minutes.
2. Heat frying pan to med-high heat.
3. Into pan, spoon about a tablespoon of the mix. Tip pan to get the mix to fully cover the bottom of pan base.
4. Heat until bubbles show and then flip over and cook the other side.
5. Roll or fold and place in warm oven until all pancakes are made.
6. Serve with a sprinkle of sugar.

Reviews

[Marie F.]

OK, somehow an American has misunderstood this recipe they read somewhere. Most Brits have their pancakes w/ lemon juice & sugar added on top. The lemon juice IS NOT added into the wet ingredients but added once the pancake is cooked with a sprinkle of sugar. If you are worried about the recipe being a little bland you can add a pinch of salt with the Plain/or as the yanks call it All Purpose flour. If you don't like lemon then make an american style batter (which is thicker) and add butter/maple syrup. Bob's your uncle.

 

[carolanne.king]

This recipe was a disaster and I attribute it to the adding of lemon juice to the batter. The batter would not stay together in the pan nor did it solidify. I have made english pancakes many times and I have never had this happen before. I had to throw the whole thing away and rely on my old standby from BBC

 

[Sarah]

These were good. I think that the key is to mix the wet and dry ingredients separately before mixing them all together.

 

[Pauline E.]

I’ve never even heard of putting lemon juice IN the batter before it’s cooked, people usually just squeeze lemon juice onto the pancake after it’s cooked ! (I don’t because I don’t like the taste of lemons) What is “all purpose” flour ?

 

[Elizabeth O.]

I don’t know who thought adding lemon juice to pancake batter was a good idea. They had a bitter and almost spicy taste. Inedible. I trusted the reviews on this post but I’m sorely disappointed. They were, however, extremely tender but unfortunately that didn’t make up for the lemon juice. Breakfast ruined.