I am truely a man of my word.

So someone has been stongly hinting that they want me to make them some pancakes. Since I cannot physically make them for her right now I have decided to give her the next best thing. VIRTUAL PANCAKES! No ordinary pancakes will do for her though, so I offer this.

Evelyn, here are your virtual Blueberry Pancakes with Gingered Maple syrup.

Blueberry Pancakes w/Gingered Maple syrup


Use fresh blueberries in this pancake recipe of you can. When cooked they will pop in your mouth releasing their flavor.

For syrup:
1 Cup Maple syrup
1 oz Ginger-root; fresh; cleaned and julienned

Pancakes:
2 eggs, separated
1 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 ¼ tsp baking powder
3 Tbs sugar
¾ tsp salt
1 cup milk
3 Tbs butter, melted
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed

1 Place Maple syrup and ginger in med saucepan.

2 Heat over Med-high until it comes to a boil.

3 Promptly remove from heat and set aside.

4 In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; set aside.

5 In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.

6 Beat egg yolks in a medium mixing bowl; add milk, vanilla and melted butter.

7 Stir egg mixture into dry ingredients; mix until batter is smooth and stir in blueberries.

8 Fold in beaten egg whites.

9 Heat pan over medium-high heat. Grease with butter.

10 Ladle ¼ cup (2oz) of batter into hot pan.

11 Place small hand full of blueberries on pancake.

12 When bubbles form in top flip pancake.

13 Finish cooking on other side.

14 Serve with Gingered Maple syrup.
 
Enjoy