Banana pancakes: wonderful recipe from the Canary Islands

The banana pancakes They are also a classic in the recipes of the Canary Islands pastries on the dates of Carnival. This is a recipe of yesteryear transmitted from generation to generation and in which our grandmothers and mothers took advantage of the bananas that had been ripe to give them an outlet.

We can also say that this recipe is a recipe for use and that in addition to preparing it on Carnival dates are also traditional at Easter or at any time of the year when we want to take advantage of those bananas that are already ripe.

The banana pancakes are sprinkled with granulated sugar or luster sugar, traditionally accompanied by a splash of honey. Other suggestions to accompany banana pancakes and that are very rich are:

  • With a ball of vanilla ice cream.
  • Bathed with hot chocolate.
  • With cream.

In addition, these pancakes are ideal to enjoy at breakfast, dessert or snacks.

The bananas They are a fruit that gives us many nutritional properties, it is rich in potassium, fiber, magnesium, iron, beta carotene, folic acid, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E ... as well as a large amount of carbohydrates.

Therefore the banana is a highly healthy food for all members of the family especially for the little ones who are in the growth stage.

The banana is a fruit that teens often like, these pancakes are another way to offer bananas to children, and children often like them.

Recipe of banana pancakes

Ingredients:

  • Half a kilo of ripe bananas.
  • 3 eggs.
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar.
  • 200 ml. milk.
  • 120 grams of flour.
  • A teaspoon of yeast
  • A pinch of ground cinnamon.
  • A few granites of anise.
  • One lemon's juice.
  • Sunflower oil or virgin olive oil mild flavor.
  • Sugar luster to sprinkle.
  • Honey to accompany.

Elaboration:

  1. We remove the skin from bananas. Cut the bananas into slices, put them in the glass of the blender and add the lemon juice, sugar, eggs and beat everything well.
  2. Then add the granites of anise, cinnamon, milk, flour and yeast. We return to beat until the dough is well linked and without lumps. The dough should not be liquid but rather thick consistency.
  3. Put the oil in a pan and with high heat heat the oil to fry the banana pancakes.
  4. When the oil is hot with the help of a soup spoon, we take dough to fry the pancakes. We browned the pancakes on both sides.
  5. We cover a plate or tray with absorbent paper or napkins to go putting the pancakes and to drain the surplus oil.
  6. Once we have all the pancakes fried, we put the pancakes in a dish to cool them and take them to the table. At the time of presenting the pancakes, sprinkle them with a little bit of luster sugar or sprinkled with granulated sugar.

As we have said before, they are served accompanied by a splash of honey on top, or we can also taste them accompanied by a little ball of vanilla ice cream, with cream or bathed in hot chocolate. ThemesRecipes of the Canaries Recipes of pancakes

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