In time for Pancake Day, embrace the one time of the year you can eat pancakes for your dinner without feeling guilty! This February 16th, impress family and friends with your culinar skills and enlist the help of the NEW Salter Aquatronic Kitchen Scale. The Salter Aquatronic Scale is just £30.44 from Salamander Cookshop, the online cookware retailer.
The stylish easy to use scale is a great addition to your kitchen. A bakers dream, the scales allow you to measure both liquid and dry ingredients in the same recipe - the clever Aquatronic function allowing easy measurement of liquids, and you can also weigh ingredients in your own bowl making the pancake mixing process hassle free!
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For an internationally celebrated occasion, recipes can often vary from metric to imperial, the Salter Scale is designed to measure in Litres, UK Pints, US Cups and Fluid Ounces, accomodating all cooking requirements.
Give our recommended healthy pancake recipe a try, from sweet topping to savoury sides, pancake day is perfect for getting creative in the kitchen!
125 g (4 oz) brown or wholemeal plain flour
1 egg
300 ml (1⁄2 pint) skimmed milk
(If using wholemeal flour you will need a little more)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil, plus
A little extra for cooking, or use an oil–water spray
Topping ideas
Chopped fresh fruit
Chopped apple, raisins and ground cinnamon
Cottage cheese
Low-fat cream cheese
Fruit spread or preserve
1. Sift the flour into a bowl. If using wholemeal flour, also add the bran left in the sieve to the flour in the bowl.
2. Beat the egg, milk and oil together and then slowly add to the flour. Stir the mixture until a smooth batter forms.
3. Leave to stand for about 20 minutes, and then stir again.
4. Heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan, or spray with an oil–water spray. When the oil is hot, add 2 tablespoons of the pancake mixture and shake the pan so that it spreads.
5. Cook the pancake for 2 minutes until the underside is lightly browned, then flip or turn over and cook the other side for a minute or so.
6. Keep the pancake warm in the oven while you cook the rest – you can stack one on top of the other as they are cooked. The mixture should make 8 pancakes in all. Serve with your chosen topping.
*Recipe found in the book, Hamlyn All Colour: Cakes and Bakes*
http://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/
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