Is there anything more satisfying than whipping up a stack of pancakes?
Joe Wicks’ cookbook, Cooking For Family And Friends, features energy-boosting blueberry ones. Here’s how to make them…
American-style blueberry pancakes
Equipment
- Bowl
- Measuring jug
- Non-stick frying pan
- Ladle
Ingredients
- 300 g plain flour
- 35 g vanilla protein powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 350 ml milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp coconut oil for cooking
- 400 g blueberries plus extra for scattering
To serve
- zero-fat Greek yoghurt
- maple syrup
Method
- Tip the flour into a bowl and add the protein powder, baking powder and sugar.
- Measure out the milk, then crack the eggs straight into the measuring jug. Give the two ingredients a good whisk until well combined. Gradually pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture, stirring or whisking as you go to avoid lumps. When all the liquid has been incorporated, give the mixture a final whisk until smooth.
- Melt a little coconut oil in a good non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat. When it is hot, pour in one ladleful of the batter, which will spread out across the base of the pan to about 15cm wide and 1–1.5cm thick. Fry the pancake on the first side for three minutes, reducing the temperature a little if the pancake starts to burn.
- While the pancake is cooking, scatter about an eighth of the blueberries in a single layer over the uncooked surface of the pancake. They will be held in place by the raw batter.
- Flip the pancake and cook for a further two to three minutes, again upping or reducing the heat as necessary – these pancakes are like most other pancakes in that the first one is often not the best. Remove the pancake to a plate and keep it warm while you repeat the process with the remaining batter and blueberries.
- Serve up stacks of your pancakes with a few extra blueberries, Greek yoghurt and a cheeky drizzle of maple syrup.
Nutrition
Cooking For Family And Friends by Joe Wicks is published in hardback by Bluebird.
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Mixing bowl
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Spatula
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This recipe instructs to put the blueberries on top of the raw mixture once it’s in the pan but this causes the pancake to cook unevenly, leaving you with a stodgy, uncooked pancake. Follow the recipe but add the blueberries into the mixture otherwise they end up inedible! I had to throw mine away. 🙁