SPELT PANCAKES RECIPES

Steps:

• Put the flour, yeast and sugar into a large bowl and blend them together. Pour in the water, and when everything looks craggy and lumpy, stir in the salt. Stir in the oil. Using your hands gather everything together into a doughy mass. Knead the dough for 100 presses, in the bowl or on a work surface. Dust lightly with flour if required. Cover the dough bowl with a large upturned mixing bowl and leave it in a warm place for the dough to double in size, which will take about an hour. Rub some oil around the inside of a 1kg/2lb loaf tin. Knead the dough for another 100 presses. Shape the dough and put it into your prepared tin. Invert a large mixing bowl over the tin and leave it to rise in a warm place for 35 minutes. Pre-heat the oven. Remove the inverted bowl and bake the loaf for 40-45 minutes. Turn the bread out of the tin, tap the base and if it sounds hollow the bread is cooked. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Sift the flours into a bowl or wide jug and tip any bits in the sieve back into the bowl. Add the egg yolks and a splash of milk then stir to a thick paste. Add the remaining milk a little at a time so you don’t make lumps in the batter.
• Whisk the egg whites until they stand up in stiff peaks, then fold them carefully into the batter – try not to squash out all the air.
• Heat a non-stick pan over a medium heat and pour in enough batter to make a pancake about 10 cm across. Cook for just under a minute until bubbles begin to pop on the surface and the edges are looking a little dry. Carefully turn the pancake over. If it is a bit wet on top, it may squirt out a little batter as you do so. In that case, leave it on the other side a little longer. Keep warm while you make the remaining pancakes. Serve with your favourite healthy toppings.