Healthy Food: Pancake Day 2012, Martin Place, CBD Sydney (21 Feb 2012)

Monday, February 20, 2012

Pancake Day 2012, Martin Place, CBD Sydney (21 Feb 2012)

Martin Place (in between Castlereagh and Pitt St), Sydney NSW 2000

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A bit of flippin' breakfast fun

Thanks to Olivia Kelly from Porter Novelli for giving me the heads up about Pancake Day happenings in Martin Place between 7 am til 11 am. Arriving around 9.45 am I managed to see a few keen people still flipping pancakes around the place trying to beat the Guinness World Records for the most pancakes flipped in one minute — supposedly 117. I caught Brad Jolly from Alchemy Restaurant still flipping a few himself. There were some successful looking pancakes being cooked and perhaps some not so successful pancakes unless you prefer them a bit black and burnt. Usually not allowing enough time for breakfast I welcomed the free pancakes being given out. I chose banana, strawberry, jam and cream for my topping which helped fill me up for the day — I would have gone for seconds or thirds if I had the time. I rally love pancakes with a mixed berry compote and freshly whipped cream.

Pancake Recipe:

Makes 20 small pancakes
Preparation time: 10 minutes, Cooking time: 15 minutes

4 eggs

1½ cups self-raising flour

1½ cups (375mL) skim milk

1 tbs low fat spread

1. Sift flour into a bowl. Make a well in the centre. Whisk together the milk and eggs in a large bowl.

2. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture, whisking constantly until a smooth batter forms.

3. Heat a non-stick frying pan over low heat and melt a little low fat spread.

4. Add 2 tablespoons of mixture, spread quickly to form a circle. Cook until bubbly, a little dry around the edges, and lightly browned on the bottom; turn and brown the other side.

5. Serve these delicious pancakes with your favourite topping.

Some Flippin' Facts:

• The largest pancake ever made and flipped measured 15.01m wide, 2.5cm deep and weighed three tonnes.

• The second side of a pancake only takes half the amount of time to cook as the first.

• Pancakes have traditionally been eaten on Shrove Tuesday for more than 1,000 years!

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Very simple recipe and can be topped with many different ingredients depending on what your taste prefers, Usually a crowd pleaser

CONS: Easily burnt if you're not careful, Not so good for gluten and dairy-free folks

MUST TRY: Getting someone else to cook them, they usually taste better I think

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