I'm Keef and today I'm going to do

something really really simple, really

delicious and yummy. I'm going to show you

how to make British pancakes.

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I say British y'know, somebody will

inevitably say "well basically those are

French crepes" - and they're very close but

I say British to distinguish them from

North American pancakes which are a

whole different kettle of fish.

So very quick, very easy, let's do it!

Right, ingredients for the pancakes, I've got

110 grams of plain white all-purpose

flour, 200 ml of milk, 75 ml of water ,

50 grams of unsalted butter, 3 medium eggs,

and a very small pinch of salt. So what

you want to do is just throw your pinch

of salt in there, stir that together

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And...

stir in the eggs. I'll just put the

water in with the milk and add half the

water to the batter mix...

and the rest of it.

So, y'know, it's a pretty runny

mixture, which is great because it gives

you very thin pancakes. And that's what we want.

Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday,

Mardi Gras - they're all similar things.

There are, it's well, originally a

religious festival that takes place the

day before Ash Wednesday which is the

beginning of Lent which is 40 days

before Easter. So that means it's on a

different date every year which is

really, really confusing! So the basic

idea of pancakes is to use up stuff that

you're not allowed to eat during Lent. So

yeah, not convinced by that, but there you go.

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Now before you cook your pancakes you

want to get all your ducks in a row. Get

all your fillings ready because once the

cooking of pancakes begins you've got to

be there full-time until it's finished.

So the most traditional filling, or

topping, for a British pancake for

Pancake Day is just lemon and sugar. And

y'know, your topping can be sweet or

savoury and the only limit is

your imagination really. And also, what

you've got in your cupboard. So I've got

some caramel sauce left over from when

I made millionaire shortbread - that's got

to get used quick. And I've also got some

grated cheese and some finely chopped

red onion. So I've got a bit water

simmering in a pan and I'm going to put a

plate on top and we're going to use that to

stack up the pancakes as we cook them.

I've got the knob of butter melting in

the frying pan,

so pour the melted butter into a little

bowl and keep it beside your...

stove, your hob.

And you want to put most of that,

well, a couple of tablespoons of that in

with your batter.

So away we go. Let's do the first one

- the first one is always going to be a disaster.

It's just how it goes - that's OK,

because the chef gets to eat it.

Told you it'd be a disaster didn't i?!

Right so you get rid of that,

and we'll add more batter.

So as you put it in, swirl it around the pan

so the whole bottom is covered and as it

starts to set around the edge just

loosen it with a spatula and flip it. Yay!

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I'll just let it cook for a couple of

seconds on the other side - slide that out

onto your plate. So the aim is to get

your pancakes pretty thin.

So, an observation - don't flip it when there's

liquid batter still on the top. It'll set

in a bit and then you can flip it.

Yay! So you'll get the hang of flipping it after

a bit. If you don't you can always use a

spatula and I won't tell anybody!

"Ooh yeah"

"Mrs. Keef Cooks! "

"You rowdy person"

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"And I've got pink hair"

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"Have a pancake "

"Ooh yeah"

"Right, I'm going to have a savoury one"

"Cos I'm like that"

"OK, so you just roll 'em up"

"Or you can fold them into quarters"

"No, I'll fold it into quarters"

"You roll yours up"

"OK, whatever you say darling"

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"She's such a liar "

"Now that's the taste of childhood mm-hmm"

"We should do this more often"

"Oh, umm"

"Yeah"

"Oh is that raw onion?"

"Ooh yeah"

"Ooh is that a bit fierce?"

"No it's red onion, so it's not."

"OK"

"Not too fierce"

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"Right then"

"These are lovely and thin"

"Whenever l make pancakes,"

"I made thick. I like them that way."

"But you don't, do you?"

"They're meant to be thin."

"It's the rules."

"And I put sultanas in the batter."

"So I suppose it's more like a..."

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"Look at you!"

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"Oh yeah"

"Yeah, you make 'em about that thick."

"With sultanas in it?!"

"With sultanas in."

"It's not curry, y'know."

"No, I know."

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"I am actually shocked."

"Bye"

"Tara."

OK, so that's how we make thin

pancakes without sultanas

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And yeah, thanks for watching, see you next time.

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