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thriftlady_2

champys wrote: »

Last week the old (French) ladies in my village taught me the 4, 3, 2, 1 rule for pancake batter - that sounded simple:

4 cups of milk
3 eggs
2 cups of flour
1 pinch of s

Whisk until smooth, rest for 30 mins.

(Personally I would also add a little vegetable oil in the batter, which saves having to grease the pan each time.)

How big are their cups Champys?

Penelope_Penguin

zippychick wrote: »

is there a fool proff pancake recipe ? Searched and couldnt find one. Im designated cook of our family and we are going to mums house! I will be well under scrutiny :rolleyes:

I use this one from Delia - it's been pretty foolproof for me In fact, I got caught behind a nasty accident after work, so I rang the children and they made the batter, and I cooked it for them - clean plates allround :j

Penny. x

LouBlue

I've decided to make American ones tonight.

I have black cherries and ice cream to go on top.

champys

thriftlady wrote: »

How big are their cups Champys?

I did ask them this same question, but they laughed at me (OK, I say 'cup', but their very word in French was 'un verre'). They said that it didn't matter really, whatever size cup or glass you used with this system!

Well I put it to the test this evening and used a tin mug of unknown volume, and the pancakes were just fine. So cheers for the 4-3-2-1 rule, I'll remember that from now on......

Patchwork_Quilt

Well, I'm most disappointed. Our local Tesco doesn't sell cherry pie filling any longer, which was our favourite pancake filling.

However, it did mean that we discovered lemon curd on pancakes, which was lovely.

We had four each. Pigs!

Westywoodpecker

champys wrote: »

4 cups of milk
3 eggs
2 cups of flour
1 pinch of salt

Whisk until smooth, rest for 30 mins.

That's a really good recipe thanks Made my brood loads tonight, but still not enough for me

LouBlue

Patchwork_Quilt wrote: »

Well, I'm most disappointed. Our local Tesco doesn't sell cherry pie filling any longer, which was our favourite pancake filling.

Thats a shame, I ordered that filling online at Tescos at the weekend, just in time for tonight!

Guapa1

How I love the OS board. I thought I'd like some pancakes today, but I haven't been well, and I already have my groceries being delivered tomorrow so didn't want to spend anything today.
Well I had an egg (stamped use by feb5th), and found the thread on here about testing for freshness.
Watered down the milk to stretch and voila! Lovely tasty pancakes.

zippychick

thriftlady wrote: »

How big are their cups Champys?

Thriftlady this confused me until very recently! An american cup is the same as 8oz (or 226g) . Absolutely great if you find something equivalent to a "cup" measurement, then all those american online recipes are now accessible!

I have Rosemary conley measuring cups , and one is equivalent to an american cup. Yay, i know something! Woo hoooo!

generaloneill

Ive got butter, plain flour, large eggs, milk and sugar.

Anyone got some good pancake mix recipes using these ingredients?