Quinoa pancakes with crispy bacon & maple syrup
Ingredients
- 1 x 250g pouch Merchant Gourmet Simply Cooked Red & White Quinoa
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 20g cornflour
- 30g caster sugar
- 50g melted butter, plus 80g melted butter for cooking the pancakes
- Grated zest of 2 limes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
To Serve
- 8 – 12 rashers (depending on how hungry you are) streaky bacon
- 250g cream cheese or ricotta (optional)
Instructions
1. Warm the quinoa in your microwave. Get a medium sized bowl. Add the eggs, baking powder and cornflour. Whisk together until there are no lumps at all. Add the caster sugar, 50g melted butter, lime zest, vanilla extract and quinoa. Whisk together. Leave to sit for 1 hour.
2. Dip a piece of kitchen paper into melted butter then moisten the bottom of the pan. Get the pan hot over a medium heat.
3. Tip in a large serving spoonful of the mix to make pancakes of 8cm in diameter. In a 28cm pan I could comfortably do 4 pancakes at a time.
4. Cook the pancakes for 30-40 seconds each side until golden. Transfer them to a plate over a pot of simmering water if you want to keep them warm, or set them aside to reheat later. (A Microwave on low works well)
5. Fry the bacon until it is as cooked or crisp as you like it. Serve with the pancakes, maple syrup and cream cheese (if you fancy it)
Freekeh pancakes with maple bacon, avocado and sriracha
Ingredients
- 1 x 250g pouch of Merchant Gourmet Simply Cooked Freekeh
- 140g plain flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- Salt & pepper
- 2 tsp sugar
- 130ml milk
- 1 large egg
- Maple syrup
- 2 rashes of bacon per person
- 1 avocado
- Sriracha
Instructions
1.Begin with sifting your dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, sugar – chuck in anything that refuses to be sifted!) and adding the Freekeh to a bowl & mix till combined
2.In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk and egg. Combine both your wet and dry ingredients
3.Heat a frying pan, take off the heat and add a small nob of butter. Allow the butter to coat the whole pan. Whilst the pan is still off the heat, gently wipe off any excess fat
4.Return the pan to the heat and add drops of your batter to the pan. Flip when the pancakes begin to slightly bubble on the top
5.Whilst your pancakes are cooking, heat oil in a separate frying pan and begin to fry your bacon, as the bacon begins to turn crispy and golden, add a few tbsp. of maple syrup and cook for a further 3 minutes on a low heat
6.3Half your avocado, peel & scoop out. Plate 1 pancake per person, with half an avocado, maple bacon & a sriracha sauce