One of the great pleasures of a tramping trip is getting back to civilisation and treating yourself to the things you’ve been missing out on in the hills. For me that’s often a stack of pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. It only recently occurred to me that there’s no real reason – at least on shorter trips – why I should wait till I get home. It is possible to have both the adventure and the pancakes!
Profile
Serves: Breakfast for two
Weight: 1000g
Volume: 200ml
Calories: 3800
Cost: $10.25
Time: 30min
Fuel: 200ml of white spirit or 70g of gas
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2.5 cups milk*
2tsp baking powder
2 eggs*
1tsp sugar
60g butter
6 rashers free range bacon
2 bananas, slightly under-ripe
100ml maple syrup
Water as needed
*These can both be substituted by milk powder and No Egg if you’re going long-haul
Method
Combine the flour, milk, baking powder, eggs and sugar. Blend together thoroughly and set aside. Melt the butter in a frypan, then pour into the batter and combine thoroughly. If possible, leave to stand for 30min to allow ingredients to bond together.
Bring a frypan up to a medium heat and add about 1/4 cup of batter, wait for bubbles to appear, then flip. Remove when golden brown on both sides. Once you’ve done enough pancakes, cook the bacon then use a little of the bacon fat to fry the bananas until slightly caramelised. Stack, drizzle with maple syrup and dig in!