Fluffy Buckwheat pancakes with Sticky Maple Blueberries

A few months ago I accidentally bought some buckwheat flakes instead of oats when doing my food shop they stayed in the cupboard for ages and I had no idea what to do with them. When I asked a cook friend she suggested that I blend up the flakes and make it into flour. It was so easy to do but I was unsure on what to do with it. I’m trying to reduce my waste at home and saw that I had two extremely over ripe (almost ready for the bin) bananas. Plus some frozen blueberries in the freezer,

Perfect for fluffy American-style pancakes
don’t you think?

I kinda winged this recipe but it actually turned out to be pretty epic. So I thought I would share here for you to try too:

⁣Ingredients:⁣ ⁣

2 overripe bananas, mashed⁣

180-200ml / of milk (I used oat) ⁣

1 egg⁣

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract⁣

130 grams buckwheat flour

⁣ 1 teaspoon baking powder⁣

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon⁣

Pinch of salt ⁣

Oil for cooking (I used coconut)

Method

⁣ ⁣ 1. Heat a large pan over medium heat. Once hot, add a thin layer of oil. (If you add too much use a kitchen towel to spread around

⁣2. In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Add the milk, eggs and vanilla, and whisk⁣

3. Add the flour, baking powder,cinnamon & salt together and mix before then adding to the bowl with the banana mixture. Whisk together till it’s thick but not too sticky

⁣ 4. Dollop 3-4 tablespoons of batter for each pancake into your hot pan. Don’t flip until you see bubbles forming around the edges (it usually takes about 30-40 seconds) ⁣ ⁣

flip then cook for another 30 seconds on the other side, repeating until all of the batter is used. ⁣ ⁣ Keep the stack in some foil until all of them are done so they keep nice and warm for serving. ⁣

Sticky Blueberries

In a bowl mix blueberries (I used frozen) and maple syrup together so all the berries are covered and sticky then throw them on top.

ENJOY!