How To Make Italian Pancakes

pancake day .

Our non always used to make us Italian .

It's the Italian equivalent of pancakes , but they're fat , little dumpy things really light and fluffy and super tasty .

And they start really simply a bit like Jamie's version .

We're gonna do the basic pancake batter .

It's a cup of flour , approximately 100 and 50 grammes if you're worried about size cup .

So about 100 and 50 mils of milk and then , um , one egg .

And that's the basic batter mix .

Give that a little whisk , and it's really important that you self raising flour for this bit because it just makes them really light and fluffy into that , we're gonna put three tablespoons of sugar , three a dash of vanilla essence and then a pinch of salt , probably about a quarter of a teaspoon , and just mix it up and try and get a little bit of air when you're whisking it .

And that is a classic mix in our we're gonna add grated apple , and then we're also gonna do a chocolate one .

So I'm just gonna grate my apple here and make sure you freshly grate the Apple Co .

Apples do go a little bit brown .

If you leave them out in the air , I'm just gonna add my grated apple to my butter mixture .

Let the apple sit in there for about 10 minutes , if you can , because then the juices of the apple go right through the mixture .

None always used to say , if you can make your batter the night before because leaving it overnight makes them even better .

So we're gonna make this one into a chocolate and hazelnut , so it's just simply the generous tablespoon of cocoa powder .

So we're just gonna stir that in , Um , so in Italy , Um , chocolate and hazelnuts is a flavour called bat or , um , you don't If you don't want to add them into the batter mix , you could always just Sprinkle them on top of the pancake .

But I just think cooking them with a haze , a good crunch , a really good texture .

It's really yummy .

So we're probably gonna put in two handful , two handfuls , but you can add anything you can really experiment .

You could add Ra seasons .

You could add , um , white chocolate .

Um , dried cranberry cranberries , apricot , cinnamon , nutmeg .

You can yeah , raspberries , gooey and so simply stir in your hazelnuts , so they're evenly distributed through the butter mix .

Make sure you get a crunch in every pancake and that is it .

We just need a hot pan to start cooking them in there .

Let's go .

Just use hot oil .

So a vegetable oil rather than butter because you want to get the temperature nice and high .

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Got the skinny one negative one .

Um , I'm just gonna do two little toppings .

You've got a tub of mascara .

You could use Greek yoghurt if you wanted , but we just love the creaminess and the richness , and it's really thick as well .

So into my tub of Musca pone I'm gonna add two tablespoons of ice and sugar .

Now , I've stupidly used a teeny bowl to do this .

I gotta be a bit careful mixing this together zest of one lemon and a squeeze of lemon juice .

It's a tiny squeeze of lemon , not too much , because you don't want to overpower it , right ?

So there's my toppings .

I'm just gonna have a little taste .

And the other one good old fashioned Nutella , I know , but this dribbled over your stack of pancakes .

It's just brilliant , and then Sprinkle some chopped hazelnuts , two toppings , mascara , Nutella lash .

So we got our Cho and haze on there for pancake .

And then the nice , simple classic crispy apple ones , which are gonna be dolloped with that lovely mascara bone and zesty lemon topping .

I think I could just eat that bowl .

I don't know if I was honest .

Now just get that dollop of Nutella .

Just about .

I haven't eaten them all yet .

Look at that .

Look at those .

We've got our chocolate with hazelnuts and then the deliciously fresh apple with the zesty lemon and muscar topping .

I think they're clambering in there .

Probably not .

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