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Fake Dog Food #1: Dara's Pancakes

Written by • December 28 2008 • 11 comments

As you may well know, The Fake Dog Men have a fondness for food. Perhaps fondness is putting it too lightly. We love food. And so, finally, we’ve decided to put this love of ours to good use. This is the first installment of what we like to call Fake Dog Food. Paul, Gearoid and I shall share our favourite recipes in the hope that you, too, will enjoy them. Because, as we well know, you don’t even need an occassion to enjoy good food.

Pancakes!

Now, any of our Irish fans will be familiar with pancakes presented in their traditional Irish style; thin and flat. These are quite delicious, a fact to which we can all attest, but I’ve always had a longing for those American-style pancakes we only see on TV; stacked and drizzled in maple syrup. And they’re really not very hard to make. The recipe quite similar to the Irish one, with one key difference – baking powder.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 and a half mugs of flour
1 mug of milk
2 – 3 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of sugar
Pinch of salt
Butter

To serve:
Strawberries
Cherries
Maple Syrup

Makes 10 pancakes

If you’re using self-raising flour, then you can leave out the baking powder. I’ve only used a teaspoon of sugar, but American recipes call for a lot more. Others also include melted butter in the mix, but we’ll be frying them in butter, so it all depends on your personal taste, and if you’d like to see retirement age or not.

Steps:
Batter Mix
Mix the flour, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl. Whisk the eggs, then add them and the milk to the bowl. Whisk well, until the mixture becomes nice and thick. Leave the mixture to sit for half an hour, or as long as you can, before cooking it.

Melt a knob of butter into a frying pan. Pour some of the mixture into the pan. A full ladel scoop is more than enough for one pancake. (Remember, these pancakes are smaller than Irish ones and will rise when cooked, so don’t make them too big.) You should be able to cook two at a time, depending on the size of your pan.
In the Pan
Cook on a medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes until they begin to bubble. Then, turn them over and cook for a further 30 seconds to a minute. They should be golden brown on each side. The pancakes are best eaten straight out of the pan, but if you’re cooking a few you can keep the rest warm in a low-heated oven.

Chopped Fruit
While they’re cooking, chop the fruit into nice chunks on a chopping board and ready for serving.

Dara's Pancakes
Stack them high and serve with chopped fruit and maple syrup.
Don’t worry if you don’t have any maple syrup, honey works just as well.
Alternate, less healthy, servings suggestions include;
Pancakes with bacon & maple syrup
Pancakes with butter & maple syrup

However you serve them, do enjoy!
Enjoy!

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  1. That looks absolutely delicious. Now, one question … what does the baking soda add to the recipe in terms of taste or final form?

    — THE FUTURIST! · Dec 28, 01:01 PM · #

  2. It doesn’t really alter the taste, but it makes them rise. Otherwise they’d be a bit flatter, and more like the ones we’re used to over here. You can’t really go wrong with them, though!

    — Dara · Dec 28, 01:28 PM · #

  3. They look delicious! But 3 tablespoons of baking soda? That’s 45g, that can’t be right, it’d make them gigantic!

    — Gearóid · Dec 28, 01:29 PM · #

  4. My original measure was 2 – 3, as I used somewhere in between. It worked for me, though! I did make 10 pancakes out of it…

    — Dara · Dec 28, 01:32 PM · #

  5. Whatever the amount of baking soda, I can say they were indeed delicious!

    — Laura · Dec 28, 01:35 PM · #

  6. The cherries are a lovely touch.

    — Paul · Dec 29, 08:56 AM · #

  7. Just 10?
    how do you expect to feed yourself?

    — Noel · Dec 30, 12:19 PM · #

  8. Next time I’ll certainly make more!

    We’re going to need a bigger bowl…

    — Dara · Dec 31, 07:39 AM · #

  9. I can’t wait for this bigger bowl…..yum yum

    — sandra moynihan · Jan 15, 04:39 PM · #

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    — B.R.M watches for him · May 19, 02:32 AM · #

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