Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

Achieve a better batter this Shrove Tuesday

Achieve a better batter this Shrove Tuesday

The simple things in life are hard to improve upon. You really can’t beat a golden pancake, freshly flipped and served with a squeeze of lemon juice and a sprinkle of caster sugar. Delicious.

And if you fancy something more substantial there are 1000's of fantastic savoury and sweet recipes out there to help you get creative with your crepes. But what about the batter? What is the secret ingredient which will promote your pancakes to the premier league of puddings?

The answer is simple – upgrade to Jersey and Guernsey milk. You won’t believe the difference it makes. The unique milk from Jersey and Guernsey cows is rich and creamy in flavour and is used to make an extensive range of dairy delicacies including cheese, cream, yoghurt, ice cream and butters and it’s perfect in our pancake recipe.

Perfect Pancakes

Ideally you should make this a few hours before you actually need it, to give the mixture time to rest.

250g flour
4 eggs
500ml Jersey or Guernsey milk
1 pinch of salt
50g Jersey or Guernsey butter

•Sieve the flour into a bowl and add the salt

•Stir in the eggs

•Add the milk little by little, stirring continuously to create a smooth mixture

•Melt the butter

•Add the melted butter to your mix and stir through

And why not try hot sweet pancakes with Jersey or Guernsey ice cream topped with our delicious chocolate sauce?

Bitter-Sweet Chocolate Sauce
Perfect served on top of our creamy Jersey or Guernsey ice cream.
300g broken bitter dark chocolate
150g Jersey or Guernsey butter
75ml Jersey or Guernsey double cream

•Place all the ingredients in a glass bowl over the top of a pan of simmering water
•Warm through until it has completely melted and then serve…that’s it!

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Notes to editors:

About the Jersey & Guernsey Forum

The forum is a representative body created for, and run on behalf of and by, producers and processors of milk from the Jersey and Guernsey breeds of cattle in the UK. It exists to support the development of the market for Jersey and Guernsey products.

About the Milk Development Council

The Milk Development Council (MDC) - is a Non Departmental Public Body established by the Agriculture Ministers following the reorganisation of the milk industry at the end of 1994. Their mission is ‘to advance the competitive position and enhance the technical strengths of Great Britain's Dairy Farmers’.

MDC is funded by a statutory levy on milk sold off farms in Great Britain. It is run by a Council of 11 people appointed by the Ministers, supported by staff based at the Cirencester office and in the field.

MDC’s aim is to provide the opportunities, insights and expertise that help dairy farmers improve their profits; its activities focus on three distinct areas to achieve this:

•the opportunities that can add value to, increase demand for or arrest the decline of raw milk – the focus of the MDC Market Development team

•the insight and knowledge that can increase power and aid better decision-making – the focus of the MDC Datum economics team

•the efficiency, expertise and business-focus with which milk can be produced – the remit of the MDC Farm Management team