The best easy pancake batter recipe for Candlemas

By Jason Mathurin

– Published on Feb 01, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

Pancakes are quite an institution! For Candlemas or for the whole year, here is the best recipe for a successful dough…

Every year, Candlemas is held on February 2. One more excuse for delight the taste buds of the most gourmet after the Galette des Rois. French tradition has made it a point of honor to celebrate it with one of the most extraordinary dishes: pancakes! A sweetness that delights young and old alike. And this, throughout the year! For the preparation of pancake batter, everyone has their own recipe. Although this is not the most daring stage of preparation. Indeed, everything lies in the handling of your crepe maker. A failed pancake arrives so quickly… The frying pan will therefore have to be good temperature (around 200°). A ladleful of dough, a good helping hand and you’re done. For the recipe, discover the best of all… Cyril Lignac just has to watch out!

The steps to prepare pancakes

Difficult to choose among the different pancake batter recipes. However, this does not need to be a cordon bleu. You will need 300 g of flour, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 50 g of melted butter, rum, 3 eggs and 30 cl of milk. To grease your frying pan, one or two tablespoons of neutral oil will suffice. Bring yourself also a ladle, a spatula and a pancake pan. You will start by mixing the powdered ingredients first, before forming a well. Pour in the eggs and the soft butter one after the other. When mixing, you will dilute the milk as you go, until you have a liquid but thick paste. Finally, you will add a cap of rum. For cooking: pour a ladle of batter and spread it immediately over the oiled pan. Once cooked on one side, flip it over.

The list of ingredients

• 300g of flour (or 250g of flour and 50g of Cornflour)
• 3 tbsp of sugar
• 50g of butter melted (or margarine)
• 3 eggs (or 150 ml of soy cream)
• 60 cl of milk (or vegetable milk)
• 5 cl of rum (or beer)
• Optional: vanilla flavor or orange blossom

To guarantee the quality of your pancakes, you can let your dough rest for about an hour. At room temperature under a cloth or overnight in the refrigerator. If you want to do vegan pancake batter, There is nothing more simple. All you need to do is replace butter with margarine, milk with vegetable milk (soya, oats, etc.) and the 3 eggs per 150 ml of soy cream and to remove 50 g of flour to add 50g cornstarch (or Maizena). If you don’t want to add alcohol and/or flavor your pancakes, you can also replace the rum with vanilla or orange blossom flavoring. For gluten-free doughit exists different flours like flour buckwheatof chestnut or oats or even cornstarch.

How to make Cyril Lignac pancakes?

Chefs all have their own tips for making their dishes a success. Everyone convinces themselves that they have THE right recipe. If these secrets of chefs tend to make them incredible, it is clear that it is often not rocket science. Guest of RTL, Cyril Lignac agreed, in 2022, to reveal his secrets to Yannick Jadot. The quantities differ slightly from our recipe. He recommends using 2 eggs, 20 g sugar, 80 g flour. Then, 25 cl of milk, 15 g of butterbut beware, semi-salted butter ! For chocolate pancakes, you will add 10g cocoa. For more classic pancakes: vanilla, rum and orange blossom. Yes, yes, all three!

How to make Philippe Etchebest pancakes?

Philippe Etchebest is a renowned chef, in short. As such, his pancake batter recipe is popular on the Web. Again, the ingredients do not differ from traditional recipes. Everything depends on the quantity: 40g of butter, 4 eggs, 250g flour, 40g sugar powder, 60 cl of milk and a tablespoon of orange blossom. Or failing that, rum or Grand Marnier. It is also not the only one to use Grand Marnier in its preparation. Indeed, this alcohol is often used in the recipes of our grandmothers.

How to have fluffy pancakes?

For a lump-free batter and fluffy pancakes, care must be taken to maintain a good flour/liquid ratio. If you use eggs, the interest will be to beat them beforehand to make them more frothy. The rum can also be replaced by beer. This beverage will give your dough a lighter, more airy texture. Indeed, the yeasts present in this drink help to make the dough softer when cooked. You can decrease the amount of milk to add a little more beer or even water.

How to prevent pancakes from drying out?

Sometimes pancakes dry out if they are not stored properly. The pitfall is to have too runny pancake batter. To correct the situation, you can add one more egg, or a little more flour or cornstarch. Also, it will be necessary to avoid having a batter with lumps… Resting the batter is also essential to have pancakes that do not dry out. Your skillet should be hot. Adding beer also makes the dough more airy, softer and therefore less susceptible to breakage!