The pancake, this Anglo-Saxon cousin of our beautiful Breton crepe, differs in size much smaller but especially in its thickness.
At the tasting, we must find a very soft and melting texture in our mouth. In the United States, Canada or England, we eat the pancake for breakfast or Sunday brunch .
It is usually eaten sweet with butter or maple syrup or salted with bacon.
This is for the "classic" pancake. But the pancake has not finished talking about him ... The proof.

The pancakeries land in France

Pancake Sisters

Pancake Sisters is the first pancake house to open in Paris. Karine and Sonia, two passionate cooks decided to develop a new original concept around the pancake. Exit the big fat pancakes, here they are prepared exclusively from organic ingredients. The yeast has been replaced by eggs beaten to snow to obtain a lighter texture than in the traditional recipe. The 2 pancake-addicts even replaced the cow's milk of the recipe with oat milk and developed a version of the "gluten-free" pancake.

Panster, sandwich version from Pancakes Sisters

Another original idea, the two young women had the idea to create a sandwich version (so salty) pancake based, maliciously called "the Panster ". It is simply garnish wedged between 2 beautiful pancakes salted with beet, potimarron, sesame ...

Pancake Sisters, 3 rue Lucien Sampaix, Paris 10th

Pancake night fever

Pancake Night Fever is a new pancake house that has recently opened its doors on a land already well conquered by the crepe: Normandy. This pancake shop is run by Lise, an English girl living in Caen. The atmosphere is vintage with objects and photos of American stars of the 80s. Here we played the card of organic pancake but consistent and generous. A salty version, close to a cake.

Pancake Night Fever, 23 rue Gémare in Caen

The pancake is even an art

The Beatles pancake version of Nathan Shields

The pancake does not inspire food lovers. He also inspires artists. So, Nathan Shields is making the buzz on the internet right now. This graphic designer is a virtuoso pancake. By playing with the cooking time of the dough, he managed to recreate the characters of the series The Walking Dead. On the Saipancakes site , there are dozens of artistic creations from simple pancakes.

- Every year, in February it's Pancake day

And every year, the pancake has its day of glory: Pancake Day is the equivalent of our Mardi Gras in our English neighbors. As with us, it marks the eve of the beginning of Lent. The next pancake day will take place on February 17, 2015. If, on that day, the French like to dress up, the English have fun, they make pancake races. The principle is simple: you have to run, stove in hand by making the crepe jump without making it fall.