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Spiced Sunday Pancakes with Coffee Syrup & Bacon
Spoil dad this Father’s Day with this special breakfast recipe made possible by De’Longhi. Buttermilk is the secret to light-as-air, tender pancakes — everyone’s favourite treat for a lazy weekend breakfast. If you don’t have buttermilk, stir a tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar into a cup of milk and allow it to sit at room temperature for 10 minutes. Make the coffee syrup ahead of time, it makes more than you’ll need for this recipe but is great to have on hand to make special coffees. For a homemade coffee liqueur, mix equal parts coffee syrup and vodka and serve over ice.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4–6
Breakfast
Breakfast
Special Occasions
Ingredients
SPICED COFFEE SYRUP
250mls espresso coffee
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1 vanilla pod, split, or 2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cinnamon quill
3 whole cloves
SPICED MASCARPONE
1 cup mascarpone
2 tbsp icing sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 lemon, finely grated zest of
1 tsp lemon juice
PANCAKES
2 cups self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 orange, finely grated zest of
2 cups buttermilk
50g butter, melted, plus extra to cook
TO SERVE
fresh blueberries or sliced fresh or poached fruit
crispy fried bacon
Method
SPICED COFFEE SYRUP
Make the spiced coffee syrup by heating coffee and sugars in a pot with the vanilla, cinnamon, and cloves.
Stir to dissolve sugar, and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
Cool, remove and discard cinnamon quill. Store syrup in a clean bottle.
SPICED MASCARPONE
To make the spiced mascarpone, stir together all ingredients until evenly combined
It will keep for 4–5 days in a covered container in the fridge.
PANCAKES
When you’re ready to serve, prepare the pancakes.
Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and sugar in a mixing bowl.
Make a well in the centre, add eggs, vanilla, orange zest, buttermilk, and melted butter and whisk until smooth.
Melt a little extra butter in a heavy-based frypan.
When it is hot and bubbling, drop in a large tablespoon of batter from the end of a spoon (this ensures a round shape).
Cook over medium heat until bubbles form (2–3 minutes) then flip to cook the other side.
Transfer to a baking rack.
Repeat until all batter is used.
Serve in a stack topped with coffee sauce, and accompanied with spiced mascarpone, rashers of crispy cooked bacon, and blueberries.
