Introduction:
Sometimes there’s nothing like a good feed, especially on Saturday or Sunday morning. Today was such a morning, and with hungry family in tow, the young ones decided it was time to progress dad’s training by providing a hand in the kitchen. Pancakes had been doing the rumour rounds all weekend, so as not to disappoint pancakes for breakfast it was. I am a fan of the English flat version, oozing with butter, lemon and white sugar. There’s something very comforting about them, probably associated with the memories of celebrating Shrove Tuesday as a child.
Today, however, was not going to be the traditional household pancakes, but those of the US of A. American pancakes are more cake like in their texture, and certainly pack more sustenance per serving. I do really like them though, especially accompanied with something that can soak in to them, like a berry compote.
The kids were very handy in the kitchen this morning and so in no time at all we were all sat down to beautifully risen pancakes topped with a red berry compote and vanilla yoghurt.
