This afternoon I made Pancakes a la Kent (thanks!); and to all you lot who didn't make it to Brixton: you missed out! ; p I'll be testing Todd's recipes pretty soon so you'll get another chance or two. : )
In the meantime I'd like to return the recipe favour, so here's a - non-veggie (sorry) - recipe for Speckwaffeln (not meat pancakes Jeff, but close enough ; ) ). Speck is a German thang so there is no English word for it; it's a sort of bacon. If you can't get Speck then bacon will do. You also need a waffle iron. These waffles are typically eaten in Germany around carnival time (~February) but you don't _have_ to wait until then. : ) To make about 20 waffles you need: 200g Schinkenspeck, ie bacon 150g onions 6 eggs 300g flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 pack dry yeast (follow directions on pack for how much dry yeast to use for xg of flour) 1/4ltr lukewarm milk 100g melted butter - Cut the bacon into very small cubes. Peel the onions and chop very fine. Separate the egg yolks from the whites. - Mix the flour with the salt and the dry yeast in a bowl. Add the egg yolks, the lukewarm milk and the melted butter and stir well. Cover the bowl and let the dough stand in a warm place for 30mins until it's about double in size. - Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Stir the bacon cubes and the chopped onion into the dough, lastly gently fold in the egg whites. - Brush the waffle iron with oil and heat. Pour in 2-3 tbsps at a time and bake the waffles 4-6mins until golden brown. I like them with creme fraiche on top... A pint of Hessian "Aeppelwoi" (apple wine) goes down a treat with these - cider will do I suppose. : ) Enjoy! Anya _______________________________________________________________________ Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on 0800 970 8890
