Pancake Day is over, but shouldn’t it be celebrated everyday? This game-changing hack ensures your breakfast pancakes are as fluffy as ever
This pancake recipe makes thick, fluffy and delicious pancakes with just a few ingredients from your kitchen, and it’s gluten free. The star of the recipe is coconut flour.
Pancakes are such an easy dish to make, and they can be tailored to any tastes, including sweet or savoury. However, there’s one way to take them to the ‘next-level’, and chefs say this is by adding coconut flour. This recipe is also perfect for those who have a gluten intolerance.
Coconut flour is made from dried and ground coconut meat inside the shell. To create the flour, it’s first dried and then ground into a fine powder. It has a subtle coconut flavour and a soft-powdery texture.
For the health conscious, it’s a good source of protein, fibre and healthy fats, while also being low in carbs – and it works well on sweet and savoury recipes. Plus, it’s much healthier than using regular flour and it controls blood sugar. In a recipe shared by Sainsbury’s, here’s how to make the perfect pancakes using coconut flour:
How to make pancakes using coconut flour?
Ingredients:
- 150 g coconut flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 300 ml buttermilk
- 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 2 small bananas
- 2 tbsp agave syrup
- 20 g coconut flakes
Step-by-step instructions:
Using a medium bowl, mix together the coconut flour, baking power, bicarbonate of sugar, sugar and a pinch of salt. Then, add the eggs, buttermilk, and rapeseed oil. Once it has been well combined, it will create a thick mixture.
With a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-low heat, add rapeseed oil. Then, add the mixture until it creates a thick circle. Let it cook for two to three minutes until golden brown. And repeat until the mixture is finished.
Finally, serve and enjoy! You can add some fresh banana slices, agave syrup and coconut flakes. Alternatively, you can use other ingredients, sweet or savoury, depending on your taste or what’s available in the kitchen.
By following this simple recipe, chefs and non-experienced chefs can create a delicious dish that can be enjoyed at any time of the day – and it only takes a couple of minutes to make. Coconut flour is also accessible in any UK supermarket, with prices starting from £3.50.
