It turns out even the best of us cry flipping hell with those first efforts, so don’t beat yourself (or the batter) up too much
Is it inevitable that the first pancake won’t be as good as the rest of the batch? It’s certainly my experience, but why is this, and how to avoid it?
Ian, Ystalyfera, Swansea Valley
Ian’s question was prompted at least in part by a Yotam Ottolenghi recipe in Feast last autumn for rye pancakes (to go with crispy duck, British-style) in which he admitted that, while the batter mix was ostensibly enough for 11 pancakes, “the first few attempts aren’t usually the best”, so it’s best to plan on getting only eight out of it. If even our culinary idols have issues with the first pancake or three, Ian wondered, what hope is there for the rest of us?
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