What are pikelets? Pikelets are essentially mini pancakes made with flour, egg, milk and sugar. They are popular in the country I was born – New Zealand. I was recently in a position where I wanted to make pikelets but didn’t have eggs. We sailed through Indonesia a few weeks ago, trying to get to Australia during this Coronavirus pandemic.
As the fear of the virus spread through Indonesia, we found we could not go ashore to get groceries. In fact, in the end, we could not anchor anywhere, and things got a little scary. Read about our sailing nightmare here.
As our food supplies began to run low, we had to make do with what we had on board. Making pikelets as a filling treat for breakfast or lunch became a regular staple. Then came the day I had no eggs! The following recipe is what I came up with to overcome that particular obstacle.
Seriously, I did not expect these pikelets to be all that nice, but I was pleasantly surprised. Dwayne loves them and says they are as good as the pikelets made with eggs. We will definitely make these again.
Method
Mix dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add the oil and the milk and whisk well.
Pour the pikelet mix into the pouring jug for ease (or use a large spoon to pour batter into the pan).
Heat a large pan to medium-high. When the pan is hot enough, spray with cooking oil and slowly pour a small amount of batter on the pan to form round pikelets (about 2.5 inches across). Repeat adding pikelet batter to the pan. Don’t let the pikelets touch each other.
Cook until the little bubbles on top of the pikelets start to pop.
Carefully flip the pikelets and cook for another minute. Remove the pikelets and then repeat until you have used all the batter.
Serve with jam and cream, honey, or sugar and lemon. For a savoury treat, serve the pikelets with sour cream, smoked salmon and dill.
Also, use this mix –
* to make Blini (used for appetisers) make the pikelet rounds with a 1-inch diameter and top with sour cream, smoked salmon, dill or caviar.
* to make pancakes double the recipe and cook large pancakes.
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