Comments on Towards Sustainability: Buckwheat pancakes

Well I might try the kefir then - I'm not fami...

2009-08-25T15:21:06.863+10:00

Well I might try the kefir then - I'm not familiar with it - is it readily available or do you make your own?
James

Hi James, Glad to hear that you enjoyed them :-) ...

2009-08-24T09:25:34.203+10:00

Hi James,

Glad to hear that you enjoyed them :-) I guess I hadn't noticed the salt before as I use kefir instead of buttermilk (so no salt) and unsalted butter! Salt is generally added to yeast breads to help control the rate of rise but pancakes aren't bread so I guess it wouldn't hurt to leave it out :-)

Cheers, Julie

I did make the pancakes on Saturday - feedback was...

2009-08-23T19:46:31.405+10:00

I did make the pancakes on Saturday - feedback was "you can make these again!" i.e. pretty positive. As is turned out I ended up making them with 100% buckwheat flour which was just fine - still really light. Only change I would make next time would be to leave out adding any salt - with salt in both the butter and buttermilk, I don't think it needs any extra.
Thanks again for the recipe
James

Julie - I've been looking for a pancake variat...

2009-08-19T15:41:39.708+10:00

Julie - I've been looking for a pancake variation so I'm going to give your buckwheat pancake recipe a go for my wife's birthday breakfast on Saturday.
James