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Sausage Egg & Cheese American Pancake Stack

Sausage, Egg And Cheese Pancake Stack

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This is a dirty but delicious breakfast/brunch recipe – absolutely nothing refined about it. That makes it another great option for a hangover breakfast, like my best ever breakfast muffin recipe. In fact, the two recipes are pretty similar but this swaps the muffin for American pancakes, and doubles up on patty count. It’s cheesy, salty, carby, and super tasty owing to seasoning of that sausage patty. I like to use American cheese for this as, for some reason, I think it’s delicious but feel free to swap it for something a little higher quality. I just love the creamy texture of American cheese. The beauty of this recipe is you can pretty much add whatever you’d normally have in a breakfast sandwich or whatever you’ve got in your fridge – bacon, hash browns, avocado – the list is endless! Let me know in the comments what combos you try. I’m always looking for new variations!

Sausage, Egg And Cheese Pancake Stack

Serves 2 | 40 mins prep + cooking

Ingredients

2/3 batch BBC Good Food American pancake recipe (or equivalent amount of your fave recipe)

3x breakfast patty ingredients from my breakfast muffin recipe

4 slices American cheese (or cheese of your choice)

2 eggs

Maple syrup to serve

Method:

  1. Make the pancake batter. Heat a small amount of butter and oil in a pan over medium heat – you want just enough to cover the bottom of the pan but very little excess.
  2. Once hot, add a large spoonful of your pancake mix to the pan aiming for ~10cm diameter. Cook on one side until bubbles start to form in the mix and it’s started to set on top, it should also be golden brown on the bottom. The cooking time is really dependent on your pan and hob. Flip and cook on the other side until golden brown. Cover in foil & keep in the over at a low temperature to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter, re-oiling the pan as needed.
  3. Next, combine all the sausage patty ingredients in a bowl and mix until combined. Form the mix into 4 thin patties, slightly larger in diameter than the pancakes as this will shrink when cooked.
  4. Coat the bottom of a skillet or frying pan with vegetable oil and heat over high heat. Once hot, place the patty into the pan and cook for 1-2 mins until the bottom is browned & caramelised – check after 1 min as this will burn quickly if left unattended. Flip the patty and leave for 30-60seconds, then add the cheese on top. Put a lid or plate over the frying pan and leave for another 30-60 seconds until cooked through (no pink left) and the cheese is melty. Cooking time will depend on the patty thickness, the pan and hob. Set aside & cover with foil.
  5. Crack the eggs into the sausage pan still over high heat and cook to your liking. I like mine over easy but still runny.
  6. To serve, place 1 pancake on a plate followed by a sausage patty, the egg, another pancake, another sausage patty and then a final pancake on top. Drizzle with maple syrup and enjoy!
Pear, thyme caramel and whipped cream pancakes (where the pancakes are)

Where The Pancakes Are – Southwark, SE1

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We visited this pancake house as part of my best foodie friend Ros’s birthday celebrations. You should all be very familiar with her by now so you’ll understand why this is a perfect celebration for Ros. Made even better by the fact that it was preceded by puppy yoga. So our Saturday went from being swarmed by tiny puppies to pancakes – I can confirm there is no better way to spend a Saturday. Where the pancakes are is in Southwark. The restaurant has loads of outdoor seating making it a great summer brunch spot, and the indoor area also feels very light and airy.

Before the food, I ordered a Spanish latte which is quickly becoming my favourite way to have coffee – a latte but sweetened with condensed milk (I would happily drink a tin of condensed milk). As usual, Ros & I couldn’t possibly just have 1 dish each – there was so much good stuff on the menu and we wanted to to try as much as possible. So we went for 2 dishes and shared – one sweet and one savoury.

First up savoury. We got the pulled beef pastrami – this dish consisted of 2 fluffy American pancakes, pulled beef, cheddar, sauerkraut, 1000 island sauce, kale slaw and pickles. This was absolutely insane, I’ve never had pancakes like this. Firstly, the pancakes themselves were incredible – so light and fluffy. The pancakes were the perfect vessel for the toppings – a little lighter than bread, but with more richness. Secondly, all the toppings were absolutely perfect – salty pastrami, rich cheddar, creamy sauce cut through by the pickles and sauerkraut. I never would’ve expected a pancake restaurant to make such amazing and tender pastrami – my only criticism would be that I wanted more pastrami! Ros & I are both savoury lovers, so we absolutely demolished this dish.

Pastrami cheddar and sauerkraut pancakes (where the pancakes are)

Next up for our sweet dish we got 2 American pancakes topped with poached pears, thyme caramel and whipped cream. I think this may have been taken off the menu as I can’t see it on their site which is such a shame because this dish was fantastic! It used the same pancakes as the pastrami one – so very light and fluffy American pancakes. As I said, Ros & I are definitely more savoury than sweet people but both absolutely loved this dish. It wasn’t too sweet at all, the caramel was thick and almost bitter rather than being overly sweet. Thee thyme added a herbal note to the dish. The sweet sharp pears worked perfectly and stopped this dish feeling too rich and sweet. All of that topped with some super light, fluffy whipped cream and toasted almonds – the perfect bite. This one we didn’t quite finish, but that had nothing to do with the dish and more to do with the fact that we were so full from the first dish.

Pear, thyme caramel and whipped cream pancakes (where the pancakes are)

Ros & I were both so impressed with everything we ate. The pancakes were perfect, but also so were the toppings. The flavours & textures were really well balanced and thought out. I’d love to go back and try more of the menu, including the dutch baby pancakes! I really recommend this place as a weekend brunch spot, there’s such a huge variety on the menu for a place that just serves pancakes. Let me know in the comments what you think if you go!