Up your pancake game | Okonomiyaki

Up your pancake game | Okonomiyaki | The Pancake Series

Tomorrow, it's Shrove Tuesday and who doesn't love a day dedicated to pancakes? While sugar and lemon on your pancakes is a classic, it's fun to mix it up once in a while!

This year I have been inspired by my trip to Japan to make okonomiyaki, a savoury pancake made with cabbage and drizzled with special okonomiyaki sauce. Okonomiyaki is delicious and really easy to make. I used the recipe from the Japan Centre's website. It can be a little tricky to get your hands on all the ingredients. I used ordinary plain flour and it turned out well. For the okonomiyaki sauce, you can find it in Asian supermarkets or substitute it with Worcestershire sauce as it tastes similar.

Okonomiyaki

If Okonomiyaki is not your thing, we did a series on pancakes from different countries so it's time to crack out those recipes again to have the best ever pancake day! For savoury ideas, check out Korean vegetable pancakes or galetttes which are thin pancakes made out of buckwheat flour from Britanny. For those with a sweet tooth, why not make Kaiserschmarrn, shredded fluffy pancakes with a fruity sauce from Austria. Whatever type of pancake you choose to make, have fun!

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