Maple and Cinnamon Pancakes

Breakfast this morning was my lovely warming and tasty Maple and Cinnamon Pancakes...yummy :))

Maple and Cinnamon Pancakes

1 cup self raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp soft brown sugar 

1 tsp cinnamon 

Pinch of salt

1 cup milk

1 egg

1-2 tbsp maple syrup

Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl

Add the milk, egg and maple syrup to a jug and whisk together

Add the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk until well incorporated

Heat some oil and butter in a pan and when it's heated up pour most of the oil/butter into a small bowl and set aside and then spoon small amounts of the pancake mix into the pan and cook until bubbles appear to pop on the top and is golden underneath and turn over and cook the other side

Remove from the pan and stack on top of each other, this will keep them fairly warm while you continue with the rest of the pancake mix

When ready to serve, drizzle a small amount of maple syrup over the top or caramelised apples

Enjoy 

You can also add 1/2 tsp ginger to make gingerbread pancakes :))

Maple Mustard Pulled Pork

Most weekends we have friends or family over so I spend a lot of time in my kitchen preparing a feast, this week was no exception. I had decided to do a recipe that I had tried out on my boys a few weeks previous which went down so well that when I mentioned I would do for our friends my husband almost started salivating. Maple mustard pulled pork, you will not believe your taste buds when you try it, it is definitely one to try and honestly it really is quite an easy laid back recipe, it's slow cooked to give you time to either rest or if like me, prepare more food including a pudding haha :)) well heres the recipe. I served mine with halloumi flat breads and salad...with Spanish stuffed aubergine and green veg...I'm still struggling to move now and we finished dinner three hours ago...oooops

Maple mustard pulled pork

40g sea salt
200g light muscovado sugar
2kg/4lb 8oz piece pork shoulder
100ml maple syrup
100g wholegrain mustard

Mix the sea salt and 100g of the sugar in a large food bag, add the pork and coat it well. (If you don't have a bag, rub over the pork in a dish and cover with cling film.) Leave in the fridge overnight.
The next day, remove the pork and wipe down the meat with kitchen paper. Heat oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1. Mix the remaining sugar, the maple syrup, mustard and some ground pepper. Rub half the mixture over the pork and Roast for 6 hrs.
After the 6 hours remove the pork and spoon the remaining maple mixture over the pork and roast for 1 hr more.
Rest the meat for 30 mins on a plate loosely covered with foil. To serve, tear the pork into big fat chunks and serve