Pancakes are an English tradition at Easter time

I England er det tradisjon med pannekaker til påske.

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent - the 40 days leading up to Easter - was traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were "shriven" (absolved from their sins). A bell would be rung to call people to confession.

Shrove Tuesday was the last opportunity to use up eggs and fats before starting on the Lenten fast and pancakes are the perfect way of using up these ingredients.

A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a frying pan. A traditional English pancake is very thin and is served immediately. Golden syrup or lemon juice and caster sugar are the usual toppings for pancakes.

The pancake has a very long history and featured in cookery books as far back as 1439. The tradition of tossing or flipping them is almost as old.

Recipe:

110 g flour

1 pinch of salt

2 eggs

200 ml milk mixed with 75 ml water

50 g butter

Lemon

Sugar

Syrup

1. Mix flour and salt in a bowl

2. Whisk in the eggs.

3. Gratually add the milk and the water. Whisk till all the lumps are gone.

4. Melt some of the butter and cover the frying pan in butter.

5. Put in enough batter to cover the pan with a thin layer.

6. Make a test pancake. If you can lift up the edges and see if it is golden brown underneath, it is time to flip it.

7. When the other side also have become golden brown, it will slip out of the frying pan and to a plate.

When serving:

Sprinkle each pancake with fresh lemon juice and sugar.

Or spread a thin layer of syrup on top of the pancake.

Enjoy!