Pancake Day!

[Lo Siento.]

I made pancakes for breakfast on Saturday morning already. With Dulce de Leche.

 

[Ax^]

Festival aviators pfft..


Mine works once a year...

 

[Fez909]

Dulce de Leche.

God, that looks/sounds amazing. Did you make it yourself?

Can you make it using normal milk and sugar? Every recipe seems to require condensed sweetened milk!

 

[Lo Siento.]

God, that looks/sounds amazing. Did you make it yourself?

Can you make it using normal milk and sugar? Every recipe seems to require condensed sweetened milk!

you can, but the easiest way to make it is by taking a tin of condensed milk and boiling it for 4 hours (turning it over once an hour. I do not guarantee this won't fuck your saucepan up )

(without condensed milk, take 2l milk, 500g sugar, vanilla essence/vanilla pod, bring it to the boil, add a teaspoon of bicarb, then drop the heat, and keep stirring it. In about an hour, it'll be brown and thick. And you will be fucking bored)

 

[Fez909]

you can, but the easiest way to make it is by taking a tin of condensed milk and boiling it for 4 hours (turning it over once an hour. I do not guarantee this won't fuck your saucepan up )

Yeah, every recipe seems to say to do it that way. Can't find how long it takes to do with without the tin, though?

 

[Lo Siento.]

Yeah, every recipe seems to say to do it that way. Can't find how long it takes to do with without the tin, though?

see my edit. (If you're in London, you can also buy in pre-made from Borough Market, or the Spanish deli at the top of Portobello Road)

 

[Greebo]

you can, but the easiest way to make it is by taking a tin of condensed milk and boiling it for 4 hours (turning it over once an hour. I do not guarantee this won't fuck your saucepan up )<snip>

If you attempt this, whatever you do, keep the water topped up and do not on any account allow the pan to boil dry or terrible things will happen.

(without condensed milk, take 2l milk, 500g sugar, vanilla essence/vanilla pod, bring it to the boil, add a teaspoon of bicarb, then drop the heat, and keep stirring it. In about an hour, it'll be brown and thick. And you will be fucking bored)

Alternatively, you may be able to buy a tin of "caramel" or a jar of dulce de leche - not cheap until you allow for the time and effort saved.

 

[Fez909]

see my edit. (If you're in London, you can also buy in pre-made from Borough Market, or the Spanish deli at the top of Portobello Road)

Cheers. I have time to kill so I'll try it the bored way.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I knew it was Pancake Day on Tuesday, but forgot when it came to cook my dinner tonight. I did Frog in the Throat or Toad in the Hole as it is mostly known. I don't think I want a batter based meal two days in a row. I might though. If so, Maple syrup will feature. I am running out of flour now though, need to visit a shop.

 

[Lo Siento.]

Cheers. I have time to kill so I'll try it the bored way.

my commiserations to your stirring arm

 

[Lo Siento.]

If you attempt this, whatever you do, keep the water topped up and do not on any account allow the pan to boil dry or terrible things will happen.


Alternatively, you may be able to buy a tin of "caramel" or a jar of dulce de leche - not cheap until you allow for the time and effort saved.

Is that the voice of experience? (you keep the heat v.low and the lid on, so topping it up once an hour is more than enough)

 

[moose]

I'm off on me work travels tomorrow, so we had pancakes with rhubarb and stem ginger filling, topped with rose syrup, yesterday.

 

[Looby]

Our pancakes last year were proper shit. Dunno what happened but I spent a bloody fortune on ingredients and fillings but barely touched them.

I'm considering buying ready made or those mixes in a bottle.

I've got an exam tomorrow so pancakes and ice cream will be a nice treat when I get home.

 

[Orang Utan]

I had my pancakes yesterday. Oops

 

[Greebo]

Is that the voice of experience? (you keep the heat v.low and the lid on, so topping it up once an hour is more than enough)

One of my sisters in law burnt her face and neck by letting the pan boil dry (distracted by her two children) then adding cold water.

Molten caramelised condensed milk erupted over her and she was extremely lucky that none of it went near her eyes.

 

[Greebo]

my commiserations to your stirring arm

Fez909 pull up a chair and find something which you can read onehanded. Switching arms before your dominant hand and arm become tired makes the stirring far more bearable.

 

[Lo Siento.]

One of my sisters in law burnt her face and neck by letting the pan boil dry (distracted by her two children) then adding cold water.

Molten caramelised condensed milk erupted over her and she was extremely lucky that none of it went near her eyes.

eek. The molten caramelised condensed milk is supposed to stay in the can ...

 

[Lo Siento.]

Fez909 pull up a chair and find something which you can read onehanded. Switching arms before your dominant hand and arm become tired makes the stirring far more bearable.

that advice was at 8.25pm, they may already be eating dulce de leche one-handed

 

[Greebo]

eek. The molten caramelised condensed milk is supposed to stay in the can ...

And it does stay in the can, as long as the water is kept topped up.

It was just amazingly bad timing to get so distracted for so long. FWIW I've boiled those cans in a 9 litre stockpot before now - more than enough headroom for plenty of water in that.

 

[Greebo]

that advice was at 8.25pm, they may already be eating dulce de leche one-handed

Some pleasure is worth the pain.

 

[Fez909]

Fez909 pull up a chair and find something which you can read onehanded. Switching arms before your dominant hand and arm become tired makes the stirring far more bearable.

Audiobooks! But thanks for the tip.

It'll be tomorrow I do it, if I do do it, that is.

 

[badseed]

I accidentally observed this ritual today. I often make a high protein pancake from eggs and almond meal after a long bike ride.

I had one this morning with mixed berries and low fat Greek yoghurt (mixed with sweetener and cinamon). Good shit.
Praise Jebus.

 

[Boudicca]

see my edit. (If you're in London, you can also buy in pre-made from Borough Market, or the Spanish deli at the top of Portobello Road)

You can also buy it in the supermarket, I have a can in the cupboard, I think. Although it may have been consumed in the last 'I know I'm on a diet but there must be SOMETHING sweet in the house' frenzy...

 

[TitanSound]

Had 4 American style this morning. Butter and Syrup. Strong coffee. YHEZ.

 

[DrRingDing]

I'm having savoury calzone style pancakes this evening with garlic mushroom, cheese and spinach. Followed by sweet ones with top quality Danish raspberry and rhubarb jam and cream.

 

[danny la rouge]

It's Shrove Tuesday, and today we have crumpets or crepes (same thing). Yesterday I had pancakes, which look like this:

Pancakes ^

 

[mr steev]

Here we go again

 

[DrRingDing]

I accidentally observed this ritual today. I often make a high protein pancake from eggs and almond meal after a long bike ride.

What's your recipe?

 

[joustmaster]

It's Shrove Tuesday, and today we have crumpets or crepes (same thing). Yesterday I had pancakes, which look like this:

Pancakes ^

((confused foreigners))

 

[mr steev]

A pancake is a thin, flat, round cake prepared from a batter and cooked on a hotgriddle or frying pan. In Britain it is made without a raising agent, and is similar to acrêpe.[1] In America, a raising agent is used (typically baking powder). The American pancake is similar to a Scotch pancake or drop scone.[1]

HTH