Here we go, February’s delayed post and Shrove Tuesday’s delayed pancakes. ‘Twas a hard month that ran away with me but better late than never.
I have an idea for my March post bubbling away, so I’ll be on the case soon 🙂
I tried a vegan version of this I saw on Instagram. The pancake looked great but when I tried – several times, sigh… it kept sticking to my copiously oiled pan, refused to cook through, didn’t want to stay in a circle and basically wouldn’t play nicely. It needed an egg which made in into one of the tastiest pancakes I’ve eaten.
I used to not be a huge fan of buckwheat but now I have a number of delicious combos that work. I think the mashed bananas really makes it, but delicious without if you want it as a base for your second egg, or low salt baked beans, mushrooms and so on. See what you think!
Ingredients:
6 small pancakes
80g buckwheat flour
tsp gf baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
pinch sea salt
2 mashed ripe bananas
250 ml coconut milk
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 egg
Enough light olive oil or odourless coconut oil to create a good base in your choice of pan so the mixture doesn’t stick; approx 2 tbsp worked for the small pan I used.
Topping:
Coconut yoghurt, berries and a sprinkling of cinnamon, that great blood sugar balancing spice.
Method:
Mash the bananas, beat the egg then add them to the coconut milk, maple syrup and vanilla essence, then mix together. Gently add the sieved buckwheat flour, sea salt and gf baking powder. Stir until well mixed.
Heat either odourless coconut oil or a light olive oil in your fave pancake pan (some pans really don’t respond well to pancakes – my oldest one loves them).
Pour a little mixture in the pan; when you see bubbles forming on the top of the pancake it’s ready to flip. Gently ease your ‘flipper’ beneath it as the mashed banana can sometimes stick to the base.
I make small pancakes mainly because my first one or two seldom work; I don’t want to waste too much batter in wonky shapes. Also, this way you can pile up a few, add your yoghurt and fruit topping to create a small pancake tower.
Easy to freeze and take out as and when you need a bread replacement.
Not just for Shrove Tuesday!