Thermomix Christmas Morning Buckwheat and Blueberry Pancakes

Take all the hassle out of Christmas morning brekkie with these super easy, SUPER tasty pancakes from Alyce Alexandra! They’re low in sugar, made with a super filling buckwheat and banana base and vegan as well!

Save yourself some trouble on Christmas morning, and let the thermi do most of the work. Don’t have a Thermomix? Alyce has provided us with a conventional recipe too!

Buckwheat Pancakes Ingredients

1 ripe banana, peeled and halved
100g buckwheat flour
50g plain all-purpose flour
200g non-dairy milk
40g coconut sugar
Pinch fine salt
1 tsp vanilla bean powder or extract
½ tsp baking powder
100g frozen blueberries, plus extra to serve
Coconut oil, for frying

Method

1. Place banana in TM bowl, blend for 4 seconds, speed 5. Scrape down sides.

2. Add flours, milk, sugar, salt, vanilla and baking powder, mix for 15 seconds, speed 3. Scrape down sides.

3. Add blueberries and mix for 5 seconds, reverse speed 3.  

4. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Once pan is hot and the oil melted, pour out a quarter of the batter. Cook for 2 minutes, or until edges of the pancake have set, then flip and repeat.

5. Continue cooking until all batter is used up.

6. Serve pancake drizzled with maple syrup, extra blueberries and a big dollop of cashew cream.

Serves 2, makes 4 pancakes

Buckwheat and Blueberry Pancakes – Conventional Method

1. Mash banana and milk together with a fork.

2. Add flours, milk, sugar, salt, vanilla and baking powder, whisk together until smooth.

3. Add blueberries and fold through batter using a spatula.   

4. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Once pan is hot oil melted, pour out a quarter of the batter. Cook for 2 minutes, or until edges of the pancake have set, then flip and repeat.

5. Continue cooking until all batter is used up.

Serve pancake drizzled with maple syrup, extra blueberries and a big dollop of cashew cream.

Serves 2, makes 4 pancakes

Got a few bigger kids? Set them the challenge of Christmas brekkie making while you play with the toys! They must know that Santa is tired!

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