Anna Hancock’s Banana Maca Power Pancakes/Crepes
Anna Hancock's Banana Maca Power Pancakes/Crepes
Anna’s recipe is so yummy & easy to make, and has no flour at all! It is great for warm-up week, is filling and satiating and a wonderful replacement for toast or cereal kinda breakfasts. Serves 2 people.
Ingredients:
1 ripe banana
2 eggs - from happy pasture raised chickens
1 tbsp. maca powder (optional) - honestly, skip this if you don't have maca, it's nice, but is not a necessary binding agent or anything
pinch of Himalayan pink salt or other good quality sea salt
little grind of black pepper
Optional - a pinch of cayenne
Optional - a little ground ginger
Recommended - a little cinnamon
coconut oil, for cooking (or grass fed ghee)
How to:
Peel and slice your banana
Place banana slices, two eggs, a tablespoon of maca powder, salt (and spices) in a blender or food processor.
Pulse/blend until well incorporated and smooth. Set aside.
Place a large skillet* over medium heat.
Add about half a teaspoon of coconut oil to the skillet and swirl around until evenly distributed around the pan.
Once pan is hot, pour about ¼ cup of batter per pancake onto skillet (* sj note - I advise making small ones, one at a time, on a small pan as they are easier to flip)
Cook them as you would crepes.
Watch not to burn your crepes, but be patient and don't flip too soon (a well-heated, well-oiled pan helps flipping a lot! It's a practice!)
You may need to rinse/cool down the pan and start over again with more coconut oil if it gets burnt.
Anna's top tip for turning: They are very unstable - even when you have thoroughly cooked one side. So to get them circular, slowly trickle the batter into the pan so they start to set as you pour. Coconut oil does seem to burn them if the heat is too hot. When one side is done, and before you turn the crepe, pop your pan under the grill briefly to help set the top before you flip.
You can serve however you like but I don't think they need anything added.
Anna's serving suggestion: Cook a peeled and chopped pear in another pan with some coconut oil, orange juice and zest, add some pecans at the end.