Pancakes & Crêpes

It’s been two weeks passed now. Until today, I am still carving for PANCAKES. They are best served as a morning breakfast. In whatever toppings they had been furnished with, the most presentable are strawberries, honey, bananas, blueberries, chocolate melt or chips, whipped creams or even ice creams, they shall be so tempting and deliciously melt in the mouth as a nice meal.

Pancake

A pancake is a thin, flatbread, round cake prepared from a batter, that is baked and cooked on a hot griddle or frying pan. Most pancakes are quick breads, which use a quick leavening agent such as baking powder, while some use a yeast-raised or fermented batter.

Typically, pancakes are cooked one side on a griddle and flipped partway through to cook the other side. Depending on the region, pancakes may be served at any time of day, with a variety of toppings or fillings including jam, chocolate chips, fruit, syrup or meat. They exist in several variations in many different local cuisines.

The pancakes are made with 100 percent whole-wheat flour and get an additional fiber boost from flaxseed meal.

Crêpes

Crêpes, as the word is French origin, is a type of very thin pancake, usually made from wheat flour or buckwheat flour. Crêpes are served with a variety of fillings, from the most simple with only sugar to elaborate savoury fillings.

Crêpes are made by pouring a thin liquid batter onto a hot frying pan or flat circular hot plate, often with a trace of butter on the pan's surface. The batter is spread evenly over the cooking surface of the pan or plate either by tilting the pan or by distributing the batter with an offset spatula. There are also specially designed crêpe makers with a heatable circular surface that can be dipped in the batter and quickly pulled out to produce an ideal thickness and evenness of cooking. A cooked crêpe is a very thin pancake.

Common savoury fillings for crêpes served for lunch or dinner are cheese, ham, and eggs, ratatouille, mushrooms and various meat products.

When sweet, they can be eaten as part of breakfast or as a dessert. They can be filled and topped with various sweet toppings, often including Nutella spread, preserves, sugar (granulated or powdered), maple syrup, lemon juice, whipped cream, fruit spreads, custard, and sliced soft fruits or confiture.

And.....I'm going to make myself a pancake now...or else... Crêpes also look so tempting...:-)