It’s Shrove Tuesday and here at Caravan Times we’ve been thinking (lots) about tasty pancake recipes. Luckily for us, we were able to call upon the expertise of a caravan chef who had a rather tasty pancake recipe up her sleeve.
Monica Rivron is the author of the Caravan Cookbook, a beautifully photographed collection of recipes that caravanners will find easy to make. She first discovered caravanning ten years ago while filming a caravan holiday for the BBC with husband Rowland – and since then has collected together a compendium of tasty meals that can be cooked while touring.
To celebrate Pancake Day, Monica and her publisher Anova Books have kindly allowed us to publish this classic recipe for crêpes from the Caravan Cookbook. And if this whets your appetite, you can purchase copies of Monica’s cookbook here.
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Crêpes
Here is a basic recipe for crêpes, which are wonderfully wonderfully versatile. Our favourite toppings are the obvious ones: Nutella: ice cream; lemon and sugar; and golden syrup. We also enjoy bacon and banana; Maltesers; and hot sugared pineapple.
Makes 6
4 eggs
140g/ 8fl oz/ 1 cup plain flour
250ml/ 8fl oz/ 1 cup milk
Pinch salt
Butter, for frying
Preparation
Put the ingredients into the blender in this order: eggs, flour, milk then salt.
This stops the flour sticking to the bottom. Blend together. Allowing the mixture to stand for 30 minutes will improve the texture, but sometimes you just can’t wait!
Melt a little butter in a frying pan, pour in 1/6 of the mixture, then fry each crêpe until golden.
Serve immediately.
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If you’d like the chance to win a copy of the Caravan Cookbook, you can enter our competition here.
A quick survey of the Caravan Times office revealed some of our favourite fillings include stewed apple and cinnamon, ice cream and hot chocolate sauce (while one of the CT crew likes to keep it savoury with cream cheese and asparagus!)
Yet whatever your favourite filling, Caravan Times wishes a Happy Pancake Day to one and all!
