I got an Idea for Valentinres Day Breakfast. Chocolate Pan Cakes with Chocolate Gravey . Yes I am a Chocololic. Still Valentines Day is a day for Chocolate, and Cadburry Chocolate Cream Eggs start showing up. I use 2 of them Cubed and added to my Trekken Double Chocolate Fudge Cake. More on that later. Chocolate is said to be an Aphrodesiac which may be why it is so popular on Valentine's Day, and Dark Chocolate is very high in Antioxidents being very good in lowering the blood presure. CHOCOLATE IS HEALTHY Now getting back to Valentine's Day Breakfast.
Take a BOX OF YOUR favorate PAN CAKE MIX. You can get it with Blueberries, Buttermilk so you don't need to add Milk, or Eggs because they are in the mix. Whey is a form of milk. Remember little Miss Muffet eating her Curds amd Whey. I like Belgian Waffle Mix and use it for Pan Cakes. Oh yes that's right according to the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ~ Life, The Universe and Everything the word Belgium is obsean. Then why do they HAVE Belgium Waffle mix in the grocery store?
TO MAKE PAN CAKES WITHOUT MIX SEE COOKING SCHOOL LINK AT BOTTOM OF PAGE. WELL HAPPY VALENTINES DAY AND Back to the recepie for ~ YOO
CHOCOLATE VALENTINE PANCAKES
MAKE 2 CUPS OF HOT CHOCOLATE WITH 4 TO 6 TBS, OF COCOA POWDER depending on how strong you like it. I like it real strong for cooking. After pouring boiling water over Cocoa stirr it up but don't get it mad. LET IT COOL DOWN AWHILE.
IN A PLASTIC CONTANER WITH COVER like Butter comes in to keep extra mix in frig. or BOWL trying not to get too boweled over with the idea of Chocolate Pan Cakes POUR 2 CUPS OF PANCAKE MIX.
SLOWLY POUR ABOUT 1 1/2 CUP COLD COCOA OVER THE MIX STIRRING CLOCKWISE UNTIL IT IS SLIGHTLY THICKISH AND SLOWLY DROPS OFF A SPOON. You do not want it too liquidy. I do this by sight of texture. If it is too thin add more Pancake Mix. Drink what Cocoa is left over. LET MIX SET A FEW MINUTES to become one with itself.
PUT 2 TABLESPOONS OF CONOLA OIL IN FRYING PAN SPREADING OVER THE BOTTOM. DROP A TAD OF MIX INTO OIL AND WAIT TILL IT SIZZLES ~ THEN THE OIL IS HOT ENOUGH TO USE. USING SPOON TO GUIDE IT SLOWLY POUR THICKISH PANCAKE BATTER OVER AND INTO FRYING PAN. If it runs when poured into the pqan it is too thin and the Pancake can fall apart when you try to flip it.
IT SHOULD BE ABOUT 6 INCHES OR SIZE OF YOUR PALM. I Dont mean the kind they give away in Church Palm Sunday and I make crosses out of. I mean the bottom of your hand. WHICHEVER IS BIGGER AND NOT TOO THIN FOR EASY FLIPPING leastways until you are real good flipping Flap Jacks or Pancakes
FOR VALENTINES DAY PANCAKES ~ IMMEDIATELLY AfTER POURING BATTER INTO THE PAN MAKING A 5 TO 6 INCH PANCAKE USE THE BACK OF A SPOON TO STRETCH 3 CORNERS OF THE PANCAKE A LITTLE AND SHAPE IT TO LOOK LIKE A HEART. IF USING REGULAR OR SOY MILK INSTEAD OF COCOA YOU MIGHT TRY ADDING RED FOOD COLORING TO THE BATTER BEFORE MAKING THEM FOR RED HEART SHAPED PANCAKES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY AT PRESENT SO CAN'T TELL HOW OR IF IT WORKS :^{(
AN EGG CAN BE ADDED BUT YOU MUST ADOPT THE BATTER SO YOU HAVE PROPER CONSISTENCY. THE MIX I USE HAS EGGS IN IT. I wonder if I can use A CADBERRY CHOCOLATE EGG. If I do I will add it to the Liquid Cocoa before adding like Chocolate Chips for Chocolate Chip Pan Cakes first, then add the Pan Cake Mix.
FLIPPING THE PANCAKE OR FLAP JACK
I like to flip the flap jacks so I PUT a layer about 2 TABLESPOONS OF OIL IN THE FRYING PAN. I use a medium sized one with outward curved edges to make flipping easier. Cast Iron ones are too heavy for me. No short handles should be used.
PUT A TAD BIT OF PAN CAKE MIX IN OIL AND WAIT TILL IT SIZZLES. THEN THE OIL IS READY. SLOWLY POUR WITH A SPOON PAN CAKE BATTER INTO THE FRYING PAN. SHOULD BE THICK ENOUGH TO DROP OFF THE SPOON SLOWLY. WHEN THE EDGE BUBBLES AND LOOKS FIRM try sliding it in the pan. I lift edges with turner to check color or you can do that when flipping them.
HOW TO FLIP THE PANCAKE OR FLIPPING THE FLAP JACK ~
First slide the pancake back and forth in the layer of oil on the pan. Then start moving the pan in a clockwise circle above the stove. Balance Pan Handle in your Palm with your thumb on the handl above the bend in the first finger on underside of it.and hand and end of handle in your palm so that the wrist can move the pan. Moving the pan clockwise over the stove watch how the pancake slides in the pan. Give it a test run lifting the pan up quickly to see if the Pancake wants to leave the comfort of the pan. When it does it is ready to flip. Move the pan in a clockwise motion abit watching the pan cake slide in the pan. When it slides around easy and is near the center then quickly jerk your wrist upward and somewhat toward you lifting the pan upward and flipping the flap jack ~ I mean pancake. We used to call them Flap Jacks when I grew up. Anyome know why?
Now that you have flipped it the funn really begins. Move it arround on the pan abit more watching the movement and then quickly flip it again. Not too high though. You don't want to catch it on the ceiling. Continue to watch and flip them. Get a rhythem going. You can now tell/see the color on both sides and decide which side needs to be cooked longer. Continue flipping until the oil in the pan is too low and it may burn. I usually burn the first one a little on one side if I let the oil get too low in the pan before starting. You do not however want so much oil the pancake will splash it when it lands. That can cause GREASE BURNS. I usefinely chewed Plantain leaves spit on the burn or if real bad Bag Balm from parm store.
I continue flipping the flap jack until most of oil is gone. I like to then try to flip it into the air and try to catch it on a plate. It involves catching in plate with left hand while flipping it with the right. Do it over a clean stove, counter or cookie sheet in case you miss catching it.
TEST WITH TOOTHPICK to see if cener is done if in doubt. If Toothpick comes out dry it is O.K. I try to put it in at an angal so does not look like a hole and can be covered easily with fixins like Butter (Put some on before reheating pancakes in a microwave as it pulls moisture out of foods. I keep a small cup or glass full of water in a corner of the microwave for this reason).
You can also put on the Pan Cakes ~ Maple Syrup, Jam Preserves ~ I like Apple Butter, or Chocolate Gravey. I am not puttintg you on. If I make a stack I put some on each one or you can put it on all of them.
Now the question is how do you cut the pancakes? Fork, Knife and Fork, Spoonor maybe Chop Sticks. Do you do it a bite at a time, Criss cross with knife and fork or just a fork til all are cut, one guy I knew cut from the center out or do you eat them rolled up or another way?
HOW TO MAKE PANCAKES WITHOUT THE MIX
http://www.deliaonline.com/cookeryschool/howto/how_0000000025.asp
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