How to Make Pancakes with Coal
Times have changed a lot since we launched activated charcoal powder as a teeth whitening powder. It seems that almost every culinary dish has become a black beauty, so we wanted to launch our own charcoal pancake recipe to celebrate Shrove Tuesday on March 5th.
Ingredients:
250g white flour
150ml semi-skimmed milk
60g butter
3 free range eggs
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp activated charcoal
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp lemon yoghurt
Raspberry preserves
1 pinch of salt
Directions:
Preheat a non-stick pan and melt the butter, then add some of the butter to another bowl
Sieve the flour, cinnamon, activated charcoal, vanilla extract and baking powder into a large bowl and add a pinch of salt
Crack the eggs into the mixture and stir. Then add the milk, stirring a little at a time
Once all the lumps are gone, add the reserved butter and stir again
Pour the mixture into the hot pan and fry for about 2 minutes
Flip the pancakes over and fry for another 1-2 minutes
Top the pancakes with the topping of your choice, we recommend raspberry preserves and lemon yogurt
Afterthoughts
The pancakes were light and fluffy and tasted great, especially combined with the preserves. We tried several toppings that all tasted great, including a lemony version as well as a savory version that we may document later, but this one was our favorite.
The red pancakes also looked really nice next to the black ones.
These are also designed in the American pancake style, but can also be used with pancakes as long as the charcoal powder is very fine as you don’t want any lumps left when forming the final mixture. This may actually make for a future post as we are obsessed with savory pancakes!
