Savour fluffy banana-infused pancakes topped with caramelised bananas, glazed walnuts, and maple syrup. Enjoy them for breakfast or dessert with a scoop of ice cream!
Pancakes
Ingredients
3 bananas, chopped (approx. 230g flesh, 400g with skin)
⅓ cup brown sugar
2 cups plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1½ cups milk
3 eggs, separated
¼ cup melted butter, extra for greasing
Method
Place bananas, sugar, sifted flour, baking powder, cinnamon, milk, egg yolks and melted butter in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth and free of lumps.
Transfer to a large bowl. Whisk egg whites in a separate bowl until soft peaks form. Fold egg white into pancake batter until just combined. (Do not beat)
Grease a large, non-stick frying pan with butter and place over medium low heat. Use an 80ml measuring cup to scoop and pour mixture into hot pan.
Cook 2-3 pancakes at a time for 2 minutes or until bubbles appear on the surface. Turn over and cook for 1-2 minutes until puffed and brown. Remove to a plate. Repeat greasing pan and cooking pancakes.
Topping
Ingredients
40g butter, melted
3 small banana’s, halved lengthways
½ cup chopped walnuts
¼ cup maple syrup, extra to serve
French Vanilla Ice Cream, to serve
Method
To make topping, melt butter in another separate non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add banana halves and cook for 2 minutes each side until golden. Remove and set aside on a plate.
Add walnuts and maple syrup to same pan and cook for 1-2 minutes until walnuts are glazed. Remove from the heat.
Serve pancakes topped with banana, walnut mixture and a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle with extra maple syrup.
Tips & Hints
If mixture is lumpy from the food processor, you can pass it through a coarse sieve before folding through the egg white.
Find mini bananas in supermarkets, or you can use 2 regular bananas and cut in half acrossways and lengthways to caramelise.
If you have new non-stick pan, you don’t need to add any butter to the pan to cook pancakes. This will give you a completely smooth brown pancake.
