Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there!

By the time I get this show on the road, it will be well past breakfast time. No worries since these yummy buttermilk pancakes are good any time of day. I love how the little ramekins of blueberry lemon butter dress up the plate.

Buttermilk Pancakes With Blueberry And Lemon Butter

Ingredients:

50g unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 cups self rising flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
175ml buttermilk
175ml milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
confectioners’ sugar, to dust
Blueberry And Lemon Butter (recipe follows)

Directions:

1. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Make a well in center and add both milks and eggs. Whisk until smooth. Stir in vanilla.

2. Heat a griddle over medium heat. Brush with some of the melted butter. Ladle 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. Cook 2 minutes or until bubbles appear on top. Turn and cook for 1 minute longer until golden. Keep warm while preparing remaining pancakes, brushing griddle with more butter between batches.

3. Serve pancakes with a ramekin of butter and a dusting of confectioners’ sugar.

Serves 4 (makes about 12 pancakes)

Blueberry And Lemon Butter

Ingredients:

150g blueberries
1/4 cup sugar
Finely grated zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
100g unsalted butter, softened

Directions:

1. Cook berries, sugar and juice in a small pan over low heat for 1-2 minutes, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

2. Increase heat to medium-low and cook for 1 minute longer until the berries just start to burst.

3. Add butter and zest. Remove from heat.

4. Stir to combine, but don’t crush the berries. Pour into 4 ramekins and chill for 2 hours until thick.

Recipes from Delicious Magazine

Seattle-based duo, The Local Strangers, have a new album out titled ‘Take What You Can Carry’. Packed with an eclectic mix of alt-countryish tunes, I am loving it more with every listen. The He/She harmonies are fantastic. There is also a disc full of the songs performed live, acoustically.

Check out The Local Strangers on the band’s Website, where you can learn of upcoming shows in Washington and buy their music.

Cheers!