Blueberry Pancakes

This morning's breakfast menu includes, Blueberry Pancakes.

Ingredients:

1 punnet of blue berries
2 cups of self raising flour
2 cups of lite milk
1 egg
1/2 cup of raw castor sugar (or honey if preferred - or for a less sweet variety, add only a table spoon of sugar/honey)
pinch of salt
1/2 vanilla bean, scraped, discard pod. (or 1 tsp of vanilla extract)
60 gms melted butter


I am lazy, so I put all the dry ingredients into my food processor, add the melted butter and pulse for 30 seconds, add the egg and pulse for 30 seconds, then I mix the vanilla with the milk and slowly pour it in through the top, with the processor on medium, and then process until smooth (about 2 minutes).

But for those who don't have a processor, crush up the blue berries with a fork, then add the sugar and egg and beat with a whisk for about 5 minutes. then add the butter and mix for a minute. Then mix the vanilla with the milk and add the milk and flour alternately in small amounts, mixing thoroughly after each addition, to avoild lumps, beginning and ending with milk. I normally let the batter proof for one hour, covered on the bench, but this isn't essential - it just helps with cooking - if you cook them straight away, they can sometimes fall appart or be hardto flip.

To cook, I use canola spray, but you could use butter or margarine as well. Spray the entire inside surface of a small fry-pan, and place on a low heat. Add the desired amount of batter to the pan, and wait until they start to brown around the edges and bubbles form on the surface (this will take about 3-5 minutes). Then, using a clean, metal egg-flip, flip the pancake over onto the other side to cook, for about 1-2 minutes. using the handle of the fry, pan, shake the pancake loose, and turn it onto a plate, or you can lift it off with the flip.

Do this with all of the batter. The quantity will depend on how big you make your pancakes. I get about 8-10 from this mix, but mine are HUGE.

I like to eat mine with more blue berries, sliced banana and strawberries or with drizzled honey and lemon juice.