Happy pancake day! Can you beat this recipe?

Having demonstrated the technique a few times, the robot practiced until it honed its pancake-flipping skills. Pancake races are thought to have begun in 1445. We traditionally smother them with lemon juice and sprinkle with sugar. Now that we have studied once more the spiritual background and recalled why making pancakes is the easiest manner to empty your kitchen, let me introduce the doing-good-for-society aspect.

Place a heavy, non stick frying pan on a medium high heat (no 4 out of 6 on an electric hob).

PANCAKE Day, otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday, is the day that everyone celebrates the fried delight that is the pancake.

3 …and that’s why we eat pancakes on Pancake DayThe Lent fast traditionally omits rich foods or those that would give pleasure in favour of plain food. With Valentine’s Day falling on the same week, this is just the recipe for cooking heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. Happy Shrove Tuesday to all our readers!

The official name for this day is “Shrove Tuesday” and is derived from the Old English word “shrive” or to forgive.

Simple gluten free banana pancakes.

Many enjoy pancakes simply with lemon and sugar, though others treat making scrumptiously mouth-watering and different crepes as an art form. But we think going overboard on toppings is a much better idea and we’ll leave those to your limitless imagination.

Add egg and slowly add milk while whisking (batter will be runnier than American pancakes). If you aren’t Scottish, you might know them as Drop Scones – the ideal size and shape demands a loaded spoon of batter “dropped” on to a hot griddle.

Pour 1/4 of a cup of batter in the pan and tilt so the batter covers the bottom of the pan.

Do you go savoury or sweet? Make sure the pancake is lying flat against base of the pan with no folds, and then cook for another 30 seconds before turning out onto a warm plate.