Strawberry buttermilk pancakes alongside elderflower in addition to poached rhubarb

I can't believe it's been an entire calendar month since I blogged. Time flies , every bit they say.
Apparently it's been hence long that I completely forgot that my previous postal service was pancake related every bit well. I unremarkably endeavor to vary each postal service a fleck to a greater extent than , but i tin never select to many bang-up pancake recipes. Right?
It's likewise a whole calendar month since I travelled to French Republic , in addition to to nation y'all the truth , I haven't fifty-fifty begun to expect at the photos yet. I know that I've been busy this calendar month , but what select I done , really? I can't convey myself to remember. And inwards a few days I'm leaving for French Republic again.
When I was inwards French Republic a calendar month agone , the elderflower was already blooming in addition to it was actually hot. Looking exterior correct at nowadays , it looks similar November. Raining in addition to 14°C. Which likewise agency that the elderflower hither has actually been struggling to bloom. I don't think I've always seen it bloom this belatedly , in addition to it's non fifty-fifty quite at that topographic point yet! So if y'all alive inwards a solid soil where the elderflower has already bloomed , experience real gratuitous to brand these pancakes without it every bit they are hence delicious amongst merely strawberries. Incredibly fluffy , lite in addition to merely perfect!







STRAWBERRY BUTTERMILK PANCAKES
WITH ELDERFLOWER AND POACHED RHUBARB
Serves 3-4
Note that this recipe makes to a greater extent than pancakes than pictured (I was hungry)!

INGREDIENTS
PANCAKES
1 loving cup all role flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla pulverization or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 loving cup buttermilk
two medium eggs
25 g butter (1/4 stick) , melted in addition to cooled

125 g chopped strawberries (about 3/4 cup)
3-5 elderflower heads

POACHED RHUBARB
100 g rhubarb , trimmed in addition to finely chopped (about 3/4 cup)
1/2 loving cup water
four tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp vanilla pulverization or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract


DIRECTIONS
PANCAKES
1. Sift flour , baking pulverization , baking soda , tabular array salt in addition to vanilla pulverization into a bowl.
2. Mix together the buttermilk in addition to eggs inwards a pocket-size bowl (and vanilla extract if using).
3. Add the moisture ingredients to the dry out in addition to stir carefully until mixture is smooth. Cover the bowl amongst plastic wind in addition to allow stand upwardly fifteen minutes inwards roomtemperature. Add the butter in addition to stir until smooth. Stir inwards the chopped strawberries.
4. Heat a nonstick frying pan amongst some butter. Pour well-nigh 2-3 tbsp of batter into the frying pan in addition to forthwith sprinkle the altitude of the pancake amongst some elderflower blossoms. Turn in addition to tyke until golden brown.

POACHED RHUBARB
1. Put rhubarb , H2O , carbohydrate , lemon juice in addition to vanilla inwards a saucepan.
2. Let simmer real gently for well-nigh 2-3 minutes or until rhubarb is soft , non mushy!
3. Put a strainer on altitude of a bowl. Pour mixture into strainer in addition to position the rhubarb pieces inwards some other bowl to cool. Pour the liquid dorsum into the saucepan in addition to allow simmer until slightly thickened , well-nigh 5-10 minutes. Pour into a bowl to allow cool , in addition to hence add together the rhubarb.
4. Spoon the rhubarb pieces on altitude of your pancakes in addition to pour some rhubarb "syrup" on top. Serve amongst toasted almond flakes in addition to fresh strawberries.