Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts

Monday, 10 March 2014

Fluffy Pancakes

Who doesn't love pancakes?  These were the fluffiest pancakes that I've ever made.  Believe it or not, the secret ingredient is buttermilk!  It's the buttermilk that make the pancakes fluffy and tall.

If you don't have buttermilk at home, don't worry.  You can add 2 tbsp white vinegar to 3/4 cups of full cream milk and then set them aside for 5 mins. to "sour".


Another tips is using a non-stick pan to cook the pancakes and do NOT add any oil onto the pan, otherwise the pancake will be easily burnt especially on the sides.  See the above pancakes that I made, don't they look like those hot cakes in McDonald's? :-)

Ingredients (serves 4):


- 3/4 cup Buttermilk (or substitute by 3/4 cup full cream milk & 2 tbsp white vinegar, wait for 5 mins before use)
- 1 Medium Egg
- 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter
- 1 cup White Flour
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda (Bicarbonate Soda)
- 1/2 tsp Salt

Directions:


1.  Combine all the dry ingredients (i.e. flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda & salt) in a large bowl.

2.  Whisk egg & melted butter into the buttermilk.

3.  Pour the wet ingredients (i.e. buttermilk mixture) into the dry ingredients.

4.  Using a large balloon whisk, gently mix all the ingredients together until all lumps are gone.  Do NOT overmix.

5.  Heat a non-stick small / medium pan over low heat.  Pour some batter onto the pan and cook until bubbles appear on the surface.  Flip with a spatula and cook the other side until slightly brown.

6.  Serve with pure maple syrup & butter, enjoy!

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Lamb or Rabbit?




I know this is not related to baking or cake decoration, but I've to post this as it is such a funny photo.

This year, my husband bought me a French cook book as my Valentine’s Day present.  I hadn’t had a chance to try any of those recipes until last Sunday. 

In the book, there is a recipe for braised lamb shanks.  I’m not a lamb lover, but when I looked at the mouth watering picture in the book,  I said to myself “why not give it a go?”.

I could not find lamb shanks, so I bought a lamb leg instead.   Anyhow, just when I was searing the top part of the leg in the frying pan, I noticed something interesting........  It looked like a rabbit!!