Pancakes or Irish Pancakes Step by Step

How to make Irish pancakes. I suggest a perfect dessert recipe to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. It is the perfect sweet touch to accompany a delicious beef stew with stout or directly rivals the Guinness Stout Chocolate Cake.

St. Patrick’s Day is approaching and I have decided to make pancakes. A typical sweet to celebrate the most joyful day in Ireland when in its streets are mixed in equal parts two colors, the Irish green and black Guinness. The specific date of exaltation of the pancake is called Pancakes’ Day, Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Day and usually coincides with Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

Tradition tells us that we should eat pancakes (what we know as crepes or pancakes) until we burst. A sort of “eat what you can because Lent is coming”, since in the run-up to Easter no eggs, dairy products or meat are usually eaten. That day all the Irish give themselves a tribute, nice tradition, isn’t it?

Pancake Day is also celebrated in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and some parts of the United States. A very Anglo-Saxon custom that is gradually being introduced in other countries, because who at this point has not tried some pancakes with cream and chocolate. Here I leave you with this simple and delicious recipe, perfect for Sunday mornings or for a great snack. I have also had the opportunity to use a good quality butter for the recipe and I assure you that the result is spectacular. Long live Pancakes’ Day!

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Ingredients For Irish Pancakes

• 350 g. common wheat flour 00
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder (6 g.)
• 4 eggs
• 80 g. unsalted butter
• 1 pinch of salt (3 g.)
• 100 g. icing sugar
• 320 ml. whole milk
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence (10 ml.)
• 1 pinch of ground cinnamon (3 g.)
• To accompany: nuts, strawberry jam, liquid chocolate, maple syrup, whipped cream …

Preparation of the pancake batter

Sift the flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the center. Beat the eggs with the milk, cinnamon and sugar until the mixture becomes clear.

Add the previous mixture to the bowl and mix with a whisk or an electric mixer the previous mixture, little by little, we must have a smooth paste without lumps.

Melt the butter in the microwave at low temperature for one minute. Finish melting by mixing with a fork or a whisk and add it to the dough with the tablespoon of vanilla essence.

The great trick of good pancakes is to let the dough rest for an hour in the refrigerator. This way the yeast will act and they will be very fluffy.

Although if you are in a hurry logically you can also get hands to the dough and prepare them at the moment. If you have let the dough rest we return to give a touch of mixer or rods before making the pancakes.

Preparation of the Irish pancakes

Heat a small frying pan until very hot and then lower the heat to medium. Lightly grease with a little butter and then pour enough batter to cover the bottom of the pan. Always tilting the pan so that the mixture spreads evenly.

Once in the pan the pancake will start to cook at once, we will have it about 15-20 seconds at medium temperature. When the edges begin to fold upwards (because they are toasted) it is the moment to turn it over with a fork or a spatula. If you are not good with the fork you can use the trick of turning the pancake with a plate as if it were a potato omelet, as you get practice it will no longer be necessary.

When you turn the pancake over, if the toast is not golden brown, it will be due to a lack of egg. You can take the opportunity to add another one to the cream. Brown on both sides and pile them on a large plate. Continue making the pancakes until the cream is finished. And there you have them as appetizing as in the photo. Freshly made is how they are best and simply with sugar they are delicious.

You can see in this step by step how to prepare this recipe of Irish pancakes, I am sure you will prepare them on many occasions.

Tips for scrumptious Irish pancakes

In my case I have used the small frying pan that I have to make a fried egg with which I have a pancake of perfect size. But you can use a pancake pan or a good frying pan and prepare several at the same time.

It is a very quick recipe, in about 15 minutes you will have about 20 pancakes ready to enjoy. The perfect Irish pancake recipe.

Once they are cold they can be stored in the fridge or even frozen, but only if there are leftovers… something that does not usually happen at home. This recipe makes about 15-20 pancakes, it all depends on the size of the pan. Remember that, as I advise you in the list of ingredients, you can accompany them in many ways, imagination to the power!

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