Happy Pancake Day!

Rye pancakes with honey, ricotta and nuts (For your delectation, in honour of Shrove Tuesday)

So, 100g rye flour goes in a bowl with 1 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp sugar.

Into a well in the mixed dry ingredients goes 1 egg, 20 g of melted butter and about 100ml milk.

You beat it til it's smooth and about the thickness of double cream (these are little fatties, not those skinny crepes).

You heat some butter and oil in a frying pan til its hot.

And drop in a ladle-full of batter.

And then stand there impatient and wait til it's browned on the underside.

Flip

Cook until browned on the other side.

And on to the next one...

And so on. It takes ages, doesn't it, but I think it's worth it.

The filling is a couple of tbsps ricotta with a couple of tbsps yoghurt, and loads of honey, beaten til smooth. One pancake, a smear of honeyricotturt, a sprinkle of chopped nuts (pecans, hazelnuts, almonds, whatever), the same again to create a little stack.

It was crying out for some sliced banana but even without pretty good! AND I just had a cold one left over, and it was surprisingly delicious.