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Gordon Ramsay Pancake Recipe

Gordon Ramsay Pancake Recipe

My Gordon Ramsay-style pancake recipe — a rested batter, a hot buttered pan, and thin, lacy pancakes every time.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 8 Pancakes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: British
Calories: 130
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g plain flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 300 ml whole milk
  • 50 ml water
  • 25 g unsalted butter melted, plus extra for the pan
  • Lemon wedges and caster sugar to serve

Method
 

  1. Whisk flour and salt, add eggs, gradually whisk in milk and water.
  2. Whisk in melted butter.
  3. Rest batter at least 15 minutes.
  4. Heat butter in a pan until foaming.
  5. Pour in batter, tilting to coat thinly, cook 1–2 minutes.
  6. Flip, cook 30–45 seconds more.
  7. Repeat with remaining batter.
  8. Serve with lemon juice and sugar.

Notes

Resting the batter gives a noticeably more tender pancake.
A properly hot pan is essential for thin, lacy, golden pancakes.
Freeze well, stacked with baking paper, for up to 2 months.
The first pancake often isn't perfect — this is normal.