Banana Chocolate Chip Pancake

 

I got the recipe of this dish from Hannah Miles. The recipe can be a bit too sweet for Asian people, so I reduced the amount of maple syrup. Below is my formula for 2 people:

Step 1: Crush 1 ripe banana in a bowl. Squeeze in 1/4 lemon, add maple syrup (15ml), a pinch of salt, flour (30-50g), baking soda (a pinch), egg yolk (1/2 to 1), melt butter (1 tablespoon). Mix well until it has a dropping consistency. Set this mixture aside.

Step 2: Whisk egg white (1/2 to 1) to stiff peak. How to have this? Use a hand mixer, start with low speed for a few seconds until you see bubbles, then increase the speed gradually but maximum level 3/5 (medium). Keep hand mixer straight to the bowl that contain the egg white. After 30 seconds or a minute, you will see the white cloud forming and as soon as you think it cannot leave the bowl even if you hold it upside down, stop the whisk.

Step 3: Mix well the batter in Step 1 with the whisked egg white in Step 2 and chocolate chips (10-50g up to your taste). Then put this batter in fridge for 30 minutes. During this time, do Step 4 and 5.

Step 4: Heat butter (20g) on a frying pan. Add maple syrup (20ml) and heavy cream (30ml). Wait until butter has melt and the mixture has well blended (just 1-2 minutes) then set aside.

Step 5: Slice another banana (0.5 cm thick) and sprinkle 1.5 tablespoon of caster sugar. Mix them well to make sure banana is all coated with sugar. Then put these slices directly to a pan, flip when one side starts to caramelize and turn off the heat when the other side has become golden brown. Set aside.

Step 6: Take the batter in Step 3 out of the fridge and pour onto a pan that is containing melting butter in batches (see pictures below). Pan frying for a few minutes both sides of the pancakes until they are firm (but soft enough to cut through easily). Take them out to plates, pour in the liquid in Step 4 and decorate with caramelized banana slices in Step 5.

The pancakes smell very nice. The combination of the sweet, slightly nutty flavor of the bananas with the rich, creamy taste of the chocolate chips makes for a decadent and satisfying breakfast treat. It is not greasy thanks to this combination and most importantly in my point, the warmth of pancakes themselves which were just out from the hot pan. 

Step 3

Step 6