I'm smitten with buckwheat pancakes. I've only ever tried cooking whole buckwheat grains, never with much success - there are so many tastier grains out there, no reason to choke this down just to be able to say I eat buckwheat. So, I'm always a bit skeptical when there's a new round of buckwheat recipes hitting the cooking websites I watch.
THIS is why people rave about buckwheat. Skip the whole grains, go straight for the pancakes. Recipe is from here: http://awhiskandaspoon.com/2010/02/11/winter-buckwheat-pancakes/
The batter is weird. Stretchy, gluey, very dark, speckled and SO thick. As soon as the pancakes started cooking (on my new electric griddle - thanks Mama!) this great nutty aroma filled the kitchen. They cooked maybe 50% longer than a regular pancake.
These are delicious! They were fluffy, but felt substantial and they lasted so much longer than a standard pancake. I can't imagine how good they'd be if I whipped the egg whites first!
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