Jamie's Ministry of Food
By Jamie Oliver
15 mins
Super easy
serves 4
About the recipe
Super-easy to make and ready in just 15 minutes, these pancakes make the perfect weekend breakfast or brunch — a great way to get the whole family together! Get creative with sweet or savoury toppings.
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Ingredients
1 large free-range egg
1 cup of self-raising flour
1 cup of milk
200g blueberries
olive oil
4 tablespoons natural yoghurt
Top Tip
EASY SWAPS
– You can cook up this hero batter in four delicious ways: classic crêpes, fat, fluffy pancakes, wicked waffles or pancake sandwiches.
– If you don’t have blueberries, blackberries or raspberries would work a treat, or simply leave out altogether.
TERRIFIC TOPPINGS
– A squeeze of lemon and a small sprinkling of golden caster sugar would be delicious.
– Up your fruit count with a handful of seasonal mixed berries, such as strawberries, blackberries, or raspberries.
– Peeled and sliced banana, grated apple or pear, or even drained tinned fruit in juice are also winners.
– You could finish with a dusting of ground cinnamon, a drizzle of maple syrup, or a dollop of Greek-style yoghurt.
– Go savoury! A rasher of grilled higher-welfare streaky bacon would be super-tasty.
Method
- Crack the egg into a large mixing bowl, add the flour, milk and a tiny pinch of sea salt.
- Whisk everything together until you have a lovely smooth batter, then fold through the blueberries.
- Heat ½ a tablespoon of olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat, carefully tilting the pan to spread the oil out evenly.
- Add a few ladles of batter to the pan, leaving space between each one so they have room to spread out slightly – each ladleful will make one pancake, and you’ll need to work in batches.
- Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until little bubbles appear on the surface and the bases are golden, then carefully flip them over.
- When the pancakes are golden on both sides, remove to a plate.
- Repeat with the remaining batter, adding a little more oil to the pan between batches, if needed.
- Serve the pancakes while they’re still hot, with a dollop of yoghurt and some extra fresh berries, if you like.
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