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Buttermilk Pancakes with Blueberry & Lemon Butter

Rick Stein
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Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 50g unsalted butter
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 55g caster sugar
  • 175ml buttermilk
  • 175ml milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • icing sugar, to dust

Blueberry & Lemon Butter

  • 150g blueberries
  • 55g caster sugar
  • finely grated zest and juice of ½ lemon
  • 100g unsalted butter, at room temperature

Instructions
 

  • Begin the butter a day ahead.
    For butter, cook berries, sugar and juice in a small pan over low heat for 1-2 minutes, stirring to dissolve sugar. Increase heat to medium-low for 1 minute until fruit just bursts. Add butter and zest. Remove from heat. Stir to combine (don't crush berries). Pour into 4 ramekins and chill for 2-3 hours until thick (it won't harden).
  • For pancakes, melt butter in a small pan over low heat. Pour top layer of clear (clarified) butter into a bowl. Discard milky layer at base. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Make a well in centre, add milks and eggs and whisk until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
  • Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. Brush with a little clarified butter. Using ¼ cup (60ml) batter for each, pour 2-3 pancakes into pan, spaced well apart.
  • Cook 2 minutes or until bubbles appear on top. Turn and cook for a further 1 minute until golden. Keep warm while you cook remaining pancakes, brushing pan with more butter between batches.
  • Pile 3 pancakes on each plate and serve with a ramekin of butter. Dust with icing sugar.