Thegreataustralianpikelets Recipes

PIKELETS (AUSTRALIAN PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Sift together flour, salt and baking soda into a large bowl.
• Place milk, egg, sugar, butter and vanilla in the center of the flour mixture.
• Beat until smooth and a thick pouring consistency.
• Heat greased frying pan over medium high heat. Drop batter by the spoonful into pan.
• Cook until you see bubbles appear.
• Turn the pickelets over with a spatula and continue cooking until the underside is light brown.
• Remove from pan and place on a cloth or between layers of paper towel to cool.

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN PIKELETS

Steps:

• In a pouring jug, whisk together well the egg, sugar and half of the milk.
• Add the flour and mix thoroughly.
• Then add milk until the batter is the consistency of a thick cream.
• Beat until smooth.
• Pour about a soup spoon sized amount onto a preheated lightly greased frypan (You will need to start about medium high heat but after a few rounds you will need to drop it back to medium).
• Flip with a spatula when the top is all bubbly (should be a lovely golden colour), and cook the other side.
• Remove from pan and pile piklets up on a plate (cover with a paper towel so they don't go rubbery).
• Serve with jam, honey or maple syrup etc.
• Enjoy.

PIKELETS WITH CINNAMON APPLE SLICES

Steps:

• Sift the flour into a mixing bowl and stir in the sugar; Mix together the egg, melted butter and milk; Whisk into the flour mixture.
• Heat a greased frying pan and add 2 tablespoons of mixture into the pan for each pikelet; Cook for 2 minutes or until bubbles appear on the surface of the pikelet; Turn over and cook for another 30 seconds.
• Remove from pan and keep warm; Repeat with pikelet mixture.
• For the cinnamon apples: Melt the margarine in a small sauce pan. Add the sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice and stir until well combined; Add the slices of apple and simmer in the mixture until tender (about 4 minutes).
• Serve slices of apple on top of the pikelets and drizzle the sauce over.
• For a nice dessert, accompany with a spoonful of ice cream.

PIKELETS

Steps:

• Beat the egg and sugar until thick and add with the milk to the sifted flour, salt and baking powder.
• Add the melted butter last.
• Mix until smooth and cook in spoonfuls on a hot greased griddle or frypan.

PIKELETS - GOOD OLD AUSSIE ONES

Steps:

• Sift the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda together into a medium sized bowl.
• Make a well in the centre, add the sugar, egg, soured milk and the melted butter.
• Stir gradually, drawing in the flour from the sides, to make a smooth batter.
• Put tablespoonfuls of the batter on to a hot, greased griddle or fry pan.
• If the batter thickens while cooking the pikelets just add a little more milk.
• Use enough milk to make the batter the original consistency.
• Cook each pikelet until bubbles appear on top and brown underneath.
• Turn the pikelet to brown the other side.
• Continue until all the batter is used.
• Serve with strawberry jam and cream.

PIKELETS

Steps:

• Mix all of ingredients.
• Cook like pikelets.
• (Take a tablespoon of the batter at a time and drop in a frypan with butter and basically cook as if it were an American pancake - brown underneath and then turn over - should be a lot smaller than normal pancakes).