Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside for about an hour until bubbling it may take longer if the kitchen is cool. Sift the flour into a medium bowl and stir in the sugar.

Cook the pikelets on both sides until golden brown.

. Stir with a wooden spoon while gradually pouring in the milk until you reach the consistency. Prepare your frying pan over medium heat with a little bit of butter or oil. 5 20 minutes A classic and easy recipe for pikelets which are mini pancakes and an Australian tea-time treat.

Add the oil mix then turn out on to a work surface and knead until. Drop tablespoons of the batter into the pan and cook until bubbles appear on the topside of the pikelets. Serve the pikelets straight away.

1 handful semolina flour for coating To knead by hand mix the flour salt yeast and water in a bowl to form a sticky dough. Heat a heavy-based frying pan or flat griddle pan not. Spoon ladlefuls onto a pan that is medium-hot.

Method Tip the flour yeast sugar and salt into a medium-sized bowl whisk to combine and make a well in the middle. Try not to over whisk the batter as it can often make the pikelets go tough. Make a well in the center and add the egg.

Cook like pikelets. Whisk the egg and pour into the centre of the well. Put the flour yeast and salt into a bowl and mix well.

Add the warm water and milk and whisk until well combined. Take a tablespoon of the batter at a time and drop in a frypan with butter and basically cook as if it were an American pancake - brown underneath and then turn over - should. Add the vinegar or lemon juice to the milk to sour it and set aside.

They are light and fluffy and delicious served warm or cold. Pour the warm milk into the. Nana always made her pikelet batter by hand but if you want you can mix this with an electric beater Sift the flour and sugar into a large bowl and make a well in the centre.

Warm the milk until tepid either in the microwave or in a small pan over a gentle heat.