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Banana & Olive Oil Wholemeal Pancakes

Thick wholemeal pancakes made with mashed banana and olive oil instead of butter, served with warmed berries, toasted walnuts and maple syrup.

Banana & Olive Oil Wholemeal Pancakes. Thick wholemeal pancakes made with mashed banana and olive oil instead of butter, served with warmed berries, toasted walnuts and maple syrup.
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Prep 10 minCook 14 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 125 g plain wholemeal flour
  • 7 g baking powder
  • 1 g ground cinnamon
  • 1 medium banana, peeled and mashed (120 g)
  • 1 egg (51 g, shelled)
  • 230 ml milk (237 g)
  • 25 ml extra-virgin olive oil (23 g)
  • 150 g frozen mixed berries
  • 20 g walnuts, roughly chopped
  • 25 g pure maple syrup

Method

  1. Warm the berries in a small saucepan over low heat for 4-5 minutes, until they have slumped and released their juice. Set aside. Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for 2-3 minutes, until they smell nutty, and tip them straight out.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl.
  3. In a second bowl, mash the banana smooth, then beat in the egg, milk and two-thirds of the oil.
  4. Pour the wet into the dry and stir just until no floury patches remain. The batter should be thick and a little lumpy; beating it smooth makes tough pancakes. Rest 5 minutes.
  5. Brush a non-stick frying pan with a little of the remaining oil and set over medium-low heat. Drop in heaped spoonfuls and cook 2-3 minutes, until bubbles break the surface and the edges look dry, then flip and cook 1-2 minutes more.
  6. Keep the cooked pancakes warm while you use up the batter. Serve with the warm berries, the walnuts and the maple syrup.

Safety and storage

Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from