Today is the first day of the holiday... (we call it 'Krokusvakantie' in Dutch).
The girls are staying at my parents house for some days and my lovely man was in France for his job so it was just me, myself and i at the table this morning. But being home alone doesn't mean that we can't make some effort for breakfast, right?
Now that i had time by my side i decided to spoil myself with pancakes and some freshly made blueberrysyrup. I sprinkled some fresh blueberries and almonds on top and they were absolutely georgeous!
I owe this recipe to Nigella Lawson ; I must admit i am totally inspired by her recipe for instant pancakemix (as featured in one of the best cookbooks ever; Nigella express). For years this was the favourite of my children and it is so easy to make. Since i found out four months ago that i am intolerant to wheat i decided to give it a twist. Now that i make the pancakes with a mix of speltflour and buckwheat my belly is happy and my children still love them to bits.
Note: In the original recipe Nigella used 250 ml of milk but i think it's easier to spoon when you use 200 ml.
Pancakemix
- 500 gr spelt flour
- 100 gr buckwheat flour
- 3 tablespoons of baking powder
- 2 teaspoons of bicarbonate de soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 40 grams caster sugar (or vanilla sugar)
- Mix all the ingredients together and store in a jar.
For 150g of Pancake Mix
- 150 gr of pancake mix
- 1 egg
- 200 millilitres milk (i prefer half skimmed lactosefree milk but you can use any milk you want)
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- add and whisk together
- heat a flat pan with no oil.
- spoon drops of 1½-2 tablespoons of batter into the pan
- when bubbles appear on the surface of the little pancakes, flip them over to make them golden brown on both sides. A minute or so a side should do it.
- Should make about 15 pancakes, each about 8cm/3inches in diameter.
Blueberry syrup for pancakes
- mix 200 gr fresh blueberries in a pan with 1,25 dl ahornsyrup
- let them boil for around 2, 3 minutes
- spoon the syrup in a can and put it on the table with the pancakes
- topping; sprinkle some almonds and fresh blueberries on top.
