Buckwheat Pancakes – Easy on a Sunday Morning

Every second Sunday, Mr C heads off in his car early in the morning and I don’t see him again until the late afternoon. Most of these Sunday’s I will get up early, head to the shops, grab the papers and settle down with breakfast and coffee. I was in such a habit that I even had people waiting for my facebook update that stated I was reading the papers and drinking coffee.

A couple of weeks ago, I knew that I wanted something a little different. It had rained all day on Saturday and even though it was the middle of summer, it was more like October. Sunday was a glory with sunshine, a light sea breeze and a nice little bit of warmth.

So I hopped out of bed about an hour after Mr C left, threw on my running gear and headed off for a run with the dog. 4 miles later, I was back, papers under my arm with a want for a different breakfast. I had fresh strawberries in the fridge and greek yoghurt and a bottle of maple syrup caught my eye in the press. I knew exactly what I would make.

Buckwheat pancakes with fresh strawberries and peach, with greek yoghurt, maple syrup. And some very strong coffee.

These pancakes are super simple to make and the recipe has come from Rachel Allen’s book Favourite Food for Friends.

You will need;

75g white flour, 40g buckwheat flour, a pinch of salt, 1/8 tsp of baking powder, 1 egg, a scant 100ml of milk.

Place the flours, salt and baking powder in a bowl and mix together. Form a well in the centre and add the beaten egg and the milk and whisk briskly until the mixture is smooth and with no lumps.

Cook the pancakes on a hot frying pan. If it is a regular pan, add a little oil and wipe off with a paper towel. If the pan is non stick you will not need to do this.

This mixture will make 2 pancakes the size of your head, or 4 the size of a childs head! Not that I am suggesting eating peoples heads….

Anyway, I digress. Cook on a medium heat until golden brown on one side, turn over and cook again until golden on the other side.

Serve up with a scoop of greek yoghurt, freshly cut strawberries, or the fruit of your choice and some maple syrup.

Strawberries from Wexford, Peaches from Aldi !

Waiter, there is a balloon in my maple syrup. Can you see it?

Put your feet up, coffee within supping distance, and enjoy your breakfast.

See if you can do better than I did. I was defeated by the second pancake, but if you look closely at the top photo, you will notice who was waiting in the wings for me to fail!!!

Defeated.