Yeast Pancake

Happy Pancake Day! This year I made thick American style pancakes for breakfast.

Instead of baking powder, I used yeast as a rising agent and it made lovely soft think pancakes! I intentionally prepared a small amount of mixture last night that was just enough for the breakfast... because I didn't want to fill myself up in the morning in case there are more pancakes later on!

Ingredients:

Strong flour 50g

Plain flour 50g

Yeast 3g

Brown sugar 1tbsp

Milk 140g

Butter 30g

1. Melt butter. Warm up milk to body temperature. Mix them together.

2. Mix flour, yeast and brown sugar in a bowl by using chopsticks.

3. Pour 1 into 2. Mix with chop sticks. Cover with cling film and leave it in the fridge overnight.

4. Take out the mixture from the fridge. Heat up non-stick pan.

5. Pour the mixture onto the pan. When air bubbles start to pop on the surface of the pancake, turn it over and bake the other side.

Pancake Day （どら焼き Dara yaki）

Today is Pancake Tuesday. Is everyone making pancakes?

There is no Pancake day in Japan, but I'm doing it anyway:) I made a type of Japanese pancake called "どら焼き (Dora yaki)". They are like pancake sandwiches which have Annko (sweet azuki bean paste). The pancakes are normally thick and soft sponge-like texture. The traditional Dorayaki has Annko in it, but recently a number of varieties can be found... with whipped cream, cream cheese, custard... almost anything...

Making Dorayaki at home is simple. Just make American style thick pancake with a bit of honey in it, and sandwich anything you like! Be creative, make it modern!

Ingredients;

Flour 80g

Rice flour 20g

Baking powder 1 tsp

Egg 1

Sugar 30g

Milk 100ml

Honey 1 tbsp

Annko (As much as you like)

1. Mix flour, rice flour, sugar and baking powder well in a bowl.

2. Add eggs, milk and honey into 1 and mix well.

3. Heat up the pan and spray oil.

4. Make pancakes one at a time. Cook both side.

5. Rest the cooked pancakes for 10 minutes. Sandwich Annko.