Full Stack

For some today is Mardi Gras which can end up you losing your shirt for beads and others it's Shrove Tuesday which means pancakes.

So what's a guy like Austin to do?

Shirtless Pancake breakfast/dinner? Guess that depends on who's flipping his stack.

You're making pancakes?

A full stack? With whipped butter and maple syrup?

And who's shirtless?

Gonna get me some pancakes.

"Who wants a pancake, Sweet and piping hot?..."

Just in case, the Pancake Man can make this for this Dutch Baby.

Buckwheat Pannekoek (Dutch Pancakes)with Apples and Cacao Nibs
Recipe adapted from Phillip Kirschen-Clark, Vandaag, NYC

Yield: 6 pancakes

INGREDIENTS

1½ cups sugar

½ cup buckwheat flour

½ cup pastry flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

14 extra-large eggs

3 Honeycrisp apples (or other sweet-tart apple), cored and finely diced (about 5 cups)

¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons cacao nibs (optional)

¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, preferably grade B, plus more for serving

¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter


DIRECTIONS


1. In a medium bowl, whisk the sugar with the buckwheat flour, pastry flour, baking powder and salt.

2. In a blender or food processor, pulse the eggs until lightly beaten. Add the flour mixture and blend until smooth. Let the batter rest at room temperature for 30 minutes or refrigerate overnight (see Note).

3. Meanwhile, divide the apples between two bowls. Add half of the cacao nibs to each bowl, and add the maple syrup to one of the bowls. Preheat the oven to 450˚.

4. In an 8-inch nonstick skillet, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter over medium heat, swirling the skillet to coat. Add a sixth (about ⅓ cup) of the apple-cacao-nib mixture (that wasn't mixed with the syrup) and cook for 30 seconds. Pour ¾ cup of the batter into the skillet and warm for 30 seconds.

5. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake the pancake until lightly browned on top, about 8 minutes. Flip the pancake onto a plate and top with a sixth (about ⅓ cup) of the apple-cacao-syrup mixture. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve the pancakes hot, with additional maple syrup for drizzling, if desired.

Note: The batter can be covered and refrigerated overnight after Step 2. Pulse the batter briefly in the blender before using.


Crazy Tree is barking up the same tree tonight. (ie repeat) So if you want to experience BrookeDavis'(TM)Bachelorette Party again now's your chance.

And Jake in NY? Looks like he was in the city to celebrate his brother in law Peter's 40th birthday.

Didn't Jake say that his family always celebrates with pancakes?

When Shrove meets Source Code.
And Two Wheel Tuesday