Happy Days with the Naked Chef
By Jamie Oliver
20 mins
Super easy
serves 4
About the recipe
Forget everything you thought you knew about breakfast – this is about bringing easy techniques and epic texture to your plate! If you want to know how to make American pancakes that are seriously next level (we're talking thick, cloud-like, and ridiculously fluffy) then you’ve landed on the perfect pancake recipe. We'll show you how to nail that American pancake batter every time, giving you golden, diner-style stacks in no time. Pile them up with fruit, a dollop of crème fraîche, bacon, syrup… Whatever you fancy.
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Ingredients
3 large free-range eggs
115g plain flour
1 heaped teaspoon baking powder
140ml milk
Top Tip
Blueberry pancakes (pictured) are great but you must try corn pancakes. On one condition – you must use fresh corn. To do this, remove the outer leaves and carefully run a knife down the cob – this will loosen all the lovely pieces of corn. Sprinkle these raw over your pancake, before flipping it in the pan. I like to have some grilled bacon over my corn pancakes, drizzled with a little maple syrup. It tastes great!
Method
- First separate the eggs, putting the whites into one bowl and the yolks into another.
- Add the flour, baking powder and milk to the yolks and mix to a smooth thick batter.
- Whisk the whites with 1 pinch of sea salt until they form stiff peaks, then fold into the batter – it is now ready to use.
- Heat a non-stick pan over a medium heat, pour some of the batter into the pan and cook for a couple of minutes, or until it starts to look golden and firm.
- At this point sprinkle your chosen flavouring (see below) onto the uncooked side before loosening with a spatula and flipping the pancake over. Continue frying until both sides are golden.
- You can make these pancakes large or small, depending on what you prefer. Serve them with a drizzle of maple syrup, or even with some butter or crème fraîche. If you choose to sprinkle with a flavouring, try one of these... Fresh corn from the cob, crispy bacon or pancetta, blueberries, banana, stewed apple, grated chocolate – anything else you can imagine...
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