Recipe: Oat Pancakes (sweet and savoury)

Yep once again I was in the mood for pancakes. Not just for breakfast, for lunch as well. That's right pancake for lunch and it was delicious!

Breakfast was a stack of mixed berry pancakes with bananas and honey.

Serves 1

Ingredients 

1/4 cup oat flour (rolled oats blended into flour)

1/4 milk 

1/2 an egg 

1/8 tsp baking powder 

1/4 cup mixed berries 

To serve,

1 banana 

Honey

Method

In a food processor blend the oats, milk, 1/2 and egg, baking powder and berries together (I reserved some blueberries and mixed them into the batter whole afterwards).

On medium heat pour the batter into a lightly oiled pan to your desired size. When bubbles start to form flip the pancakes and cook for 1 minute. 

Plate up and serve with your own choice of toppings :)

Lunch was a massive corn pancake topped with tomato, corn and teriyaki salmon. The batter base is the same as the breakfast pancakes, but instead of mixed berries I added corn. I used frozen corn kernels.

Ingredients 

1/4 cup oat flour (rolled oats blended into flour)

1/4 milk 

1/2 an egg 

1/8 tsp baking powder 

1/4 cup corn kernels (cooked)

To serve,

1 small tomato 

1 tbsp corn kernels 

Slices of teriyaki salmon 

Parsley leaves 

Method

In a food processor blend the oats, milk, 1/2 and egg, and baking powder together. When the batter is smooth stir in the corn kernels. 

On medium heat pour the batter into a lightly oiled pan to your desired size. When bubbles start to form flip the pancakes and cook until the underside is golden brown. 

Plate up and serve with tomato wedges, corn and salmon slices. 

Teriyaki salmon 

Thinly slice a salmon fillet. 

Cook on a pan on medium heat until nearly cooked through. Turn off heat and add a mix of teriyaki and soy sauce to taste (1:1 ratio). Toss salmon slices around pan so they are coated in sauce.  

Bourke Street Bakery, Surry Hills

I could smell it before I saw it. Bourke Street Bakery, a little store on the corner of Bourke and Devonshire St.

At last I have tried THE much talked about pork and fennel sausage roll ($4.50). That was all I had my eyes on for the savouries whilst my friend went for the new beef and beer pie with cheesy mash ($6). I tried a bit of my friend's pie and the first thing that hit me was the beer - it was strong but it works well with the other flavours. The pie base was thin, buttery and holds together well. The mash - cheesy and fluffy - tops the pie perfectly. 

Pork and fennel sausage roll ($4.50), beef and beer pie with cheesy mash ($6)

 Now, to my long awaited sausage roll. To be honest I actually preferred the flavours in the pie over the sausage roll. It's my first time trying fennel and I wasn't sure if I liked it. It may be more of an acquired taste. That being said, the encasing pastry was lovely and flaky, and the pork was still tender and moist.

Cross section of the pork and fennel sausage roll.

And how could I possibly leave without trying their equally as famous ginger brulee tart? This time I was not disappointed. The tart was everything I imaged it to be - thin buttery pastry, punchy ginger custard and the crack of the brulee top. My friend is not a fan of ginger and opted for the strawberry meringue tart. The tart base was just as buttery and thin holding a fragrant strawberry mousse a layer of fresh strawberries and the pillowy, not too sweet meringue.

Strawberry meringue tart ($5.50), ginger brulee tart ($5)

Seating 

3 small in-store tables - sits max of 6 people 

A few tables are set up outside but its hard to find a shady spot during lunch time

Probably easier to take-away