American-style Blueberry Pancakes

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American-style Blueberry Pancakes

Serves approx 20 pancakes

Ingredients

  • 100g Self-Raising Flour
  • 100g Plain Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 30g Caster Sugar
  • 300ml Milk (or Buttermilk)
  • 1 Large Free-range Egg
  • 30g Unsalted Butter (melted and cooled)
  • 200g Blueberries
  • 50ml Maple Syrup
  • A little extra butter, or spray oil, for cooking

Directions

1. Sift the flours and baking powder together into a large bowl
2. Stir in the salt and sugar
3. Make a well in the centre, and add the egg and milk
4. Mix until you have a smooth batter with no lumps
5. Gently stir in half of the blueberries
6. Heat a small amount of oil or butter in the pan.
7. Place tablespoons full of batter per pancake with no more than two or three per pan. Cook for about three minutes on a medium heat, until bubbles start to appear on the surface, then flip.
8. Cook the other side for another two minutes, or until golden brown.
9. Keep the pancakes warm while you cook the rest.
10. In the meantime, add the rest of the blueberries and the maple syrup in a small saucepan, and heat until the berries have burst and the syrup is a rich dark blue/purple.
11. Serve your pancakes in small stacks and pour over a little of the blueberry syrup
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