Acorn Toastie

Recipe by Jed Wheeler

The lighter and fluffier mouth-feel of acorn makes for a delicious breakfast and this delightful spin on a pancake will start your day off right. Recipe serves 4.

Ingredients

• 1 cup acorn flour

• 1 cup wheat flour

• 1.5 teaspoons Baking Soda

• 1.5 teaspoons Baking Powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• ¼ cup sugar

• ½ teaspoon vanilla

• 2 eggs for the batter + 1 additional egg for each toastie

• 1.5 cups buttermilk

• 2 tablespoons melted butter

Process:

• Mix dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls

• Heat a saucepan to hot enough to fry an egg, add a little butter

• Whisk together wet and dry ingredients while the pan heats

• Crack an egg into the pan, let it sizzle just a moment and then add the batter in a ring around the yolk

• When the bubbles in the batter soft closing, and before the yolk is cooked solid, flip.

• Serve when cooked through with butter and jam or syrup

• Repeat until batter is used up.

Variations

• If you want to go gluten free, use 2 cups of acorn and no wheat flour. Add an extra egg to the batter to help bind it.

• The batter also makes a lovely pancake on its own without the fried egg.