Fluffy pancakes made with pumpkin purée and warm spices.
Serves 4 | Preparation: 20 minutes | Cooking: 40 minutes | Total: 70 minutes
Times include any chilling, resting or cooling stated below. Oven temperatures are conventional; reduce by 20°C for a fan oven.
Ingredients
250 g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp salt
200 g pumpkin purée (cooked, mashed and cooled)
300 ml milk
2 eggs
30 g melted butter
4 tbsp maple syrup or honey, to serve
A little extra butter or neutral oil, for the pan
Method
Steam or roast pumpkin until soft, about 25 minutes, mash until smooth and let it cool. Drain off any excess liquid.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, sugar, spices and salt in a large bowl.
Whisk the purée, milk, eggs and melted butter, then pour into the dry mix and stir only until just combined. Lumps are fine.
Cook ladlefuls in a lightly buttered medium-hot pan until bubbles form on top, then flip and cook until golden, about 15 minutes in batches. Keep warm in a low oven.
Serve stacked with maple syrup or honey.
Variations and substitutions
Rest the batter for 10 minutes for fluffier pancakes. Add chopped walnuts if you like.
Use 200 g ready-made unsweetened pumpkin purée if preferred, adjusting the milk slightly to give a thick, spoonable batter. Maple syrup makes a honey-free topping.
Homegrown and seasonal produce
Steam peeled pumpkin pieces until soft, then drain and mash. Roasting also works but can take longer; use thick cooled purée rather than watery pumpkin flesh.
Storage and freezing
Cool promptly, cover and refrigerate within 2 hours at 5°C or below. Eat within 48 hours. Freeze cooled portions for up to 3 months; freeze carrot cake without frosting and other desserts without cream, custard or yoghurt. Defrost in the fridge and use within 24 hours. Reheat desserts served warm once until piping hot; cakes can be eaten chilled or brought briefly to serving temperature.
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