Name: Blue cheese and bacon pancakes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 rashers of streaky bacon; 2 large British Lion eggs, separated; 75ml/3floz milk; 100g/4oz self raising flour; 2 tbsp caster sugar; pinch of salt; 75g/3oz blue cheese, crumbled; 1 tbsp vegetable oil for frying; fried eggs to serve

Serves: 4
Prep: 5mins
Cook: 10mins

Blue cheese and bacon pancakes are a tasty alternative to traditional pancakes.

Ingredients

6 rashers of streaky bacon
2 large British Lion eggs, separated
75ml/3floz milk
100g/4oz self raising flour
2 tbsp caster sugar
pinch of salt
75g/3oz blue cheese, crumbled
1 tbsp vegetable oil for frying
fried eggs to serve

Method

Cook the bacon under a hot grill for 5 mins, turning once until crisp. Leave to cool, then chop. Place the egg yolks and milk in a large bowl, sift over the flour, caster sugar and salt and mix well. Whisk the egg whites in a clean grease-free bowl until they form soft peaks. Fold into the flour mixture. Gently stir in the chopped bacon and blue cheese.
Heat a little oil in a large frying pan. Drop two to three large spoonfuls of the pancake mixture into the hot pan and cook for 2 mins until crisp and golden. Turn over and cook for a further 1 min until golden. Transfer to a clean tea towel to keep warm. Cook the remaining batter in the same way to make 8 pancakes.
To serve, heap the warm pancakes onto a plate, top with a fried egg if liked.

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