English Pancake Batter

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 50 g butter
• 180 g flour
• 2 eggs
• 275 ml milk
• 150 ml water
• salt
• oil, for greasing

Recipe

• 1 melt a knob of butter in a pan, then leave to cool down.
• 2 meanwhile, place the flour in a bowl.
• 3 break the eggs into the bowl and pour in the milk.
• 4 mix until it turns into a smooth batter.
• 5 stir in the now cooled melted butter and leave to stand for about half an hour.
• 6 this lets the starch expand and makes the finished pancake lighter.
• 7 when you're ready to cook the pancakes, melt a little more of the butter along with a bit of oil in a frying pan.
• 8 a non-stick pan is the best.
• 9 when it is quite hot pour 1/4 cup batter into the pan.
• 10 swirl it until it covers the pan and you have a thin, even layer that should set almost immediately.
• 11 after about a minute it should be ready to flip.
• 12 cook for 30 seconds on the other side and then tip onto a plate.
• 13 repeat until you have used up all the batter.