Castle Hotel's Pat Ryan's 'Easy' Pancakes!

It's Pancake Tuesday! Here's our head chef Pat Ryan's guide to quick and easy pancakes!

Ingredients:

1 large egg, 5 teaspoons sugar, 1 1/3 cups milk, 1 cup flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil (optional)

Directions:

1.In a bowl or mixing jug, whisk together egg, sugar and half of milk (2/3 cup).

2. Add the flour and mix throughly.

3. Then add remaining milk (2/3 cup) and baking powder. It should be the consistency of thick cream.

4. (Optional): Add 1-1/2 tsp oil if you have trouble with sticking.

5. Beat until smooth.

6. Pour about a soup spoon sized amount onto a pre-heated lightly greased frying pan or griddle (You will need to start about medium high heat but after a few rounds you will need to drop it back to medium).

7. Flip with a spatula when the top is all bubbly (should be a lovely golden colour), and cook the other side (~45 seconds/side depending on stovetop).

8. Remove from pan and pile up on a plate (cover with a paper towel until served).

9. Serve with whatever you like and enjoy.