Simple Recipe for Coconut Pancakes

July 2002

Coconut Pancakes - Robyn Cook

This recipe is ideal for those new to camping and the great outdoors. This month we feature page 32 of Robyn Cook’s “Holiday Cookbook”. There is a review of the book if you follow the link. We are off to Armstrong Creek and I will be doing the making and photographs there as we will be using an open fire seeing it's the middle of winter. So you won’t have any photographs for a few days till we get back from our late working weekend. In the meantime, just reading the following will start your mouth watering - the perfect snack or breakfast for these cold winter days! Why wait for the photos - they sound so simple you could do it NOW!!!!

You will need

1 cup self raising flour
1 egg
˝ cup coconut milk
ľ cup milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon desiccated coconut
butter

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy.
Let sit for half an hour
Mix again and add more milk if the batter is too thick.
Melt a little butter in a heated frypan.
Pour a large spoonful of batter onto the frypan and cook at a moderate heat.
Turn pancake when bubbles form on top, cook the other side and serve with topping of your choice.

TIP:- The trick to making pancakes on an open fire is to have no flame and just use the coals. Notice that even though I have a very low fire that the pancakes on the right are ever so slightly overdone. Don't worry about the shape too much. These are the wonkiest ones I have ever made as we left the big spoon at home and it was darn hard to just pour a smidgen in the pan!

Robyn recommends two yummy sauces - both of which sound delicious for Coconut Pancakes.

Banana and Orange Sauce

4 Cavendish bananas
Juice of 2 oranges
2 teaspoons raw sugar
1 teaspoon butter.

Slice bananas into rounds. In a small saucepan, gently simmer the bananas, butter, juice and sugar until soft and creamy smooth.

Blueberry and Ricotta Sauce

1 cup tinned blueberries
˝ cup smooth ricotta cheese
Ľ cup orange juice
2 teaspoons sugar

Place all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer gently for 3 to 5 minutes.

Now which sauce will we try first????

Till next month

Take care - Chrissy

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