Lilac honeycomb pancakes | Recipe on Due fili d'erba | Two Blades of grass | Photos, styling and recipe by Thais FK

At the end of June we visited Latvia. In Riga there’s an amazing Market Place from where one can find so many goods. We were told to buy honey from there, as they sell it unprocessed and in huge 5 kilos jars at a very reasonable price. One thing I was not expecting to find and definitely the best souvenir I bought from there was raw honeycomb. Here in Finland I’ve never seen it anywhere, but now that I think about it, it is quite a rare find in Italy too.

Honeycomb is the purest form of honey, as it includes both the honey at its rawest state and beeswax, which has many nutritional values and health benefits, besides adding an interesting crunchiness to the palate experience.

Lilac honeycomb pancakes | Recipe on Due fili d'erba | Two Blades of grass | Photos, styling and recipe by Thais FK Lilac honeycomb pancakes | Recipe on Due fili d'erba | Two Blades of grass | Photos, styling and recipe by Thais FK

I thought to pair the honeycomb with lilac flavor, which is now finally blooming in Northern Finland too (yay!), so I created a simple lilac sugar that is added to the pancake batter. That’s how the lilac honeycomb pancakes were born. If you’d like to continue making this recipe all year round, you can preserve the lilac sugar by freezing it.

Also, these pancakes can be easily prepared the evening before and warmed up in the morning. I don’t know about you, but that definitely gives me a good reason to get out of bed, especially on Mondays!

Lilac honeycomb pancakes | Recipe on Due fili d'erba | Two Blades of grass | Photos, styling and recipe by Thais FK Lilac honeycomb pancakes | Recipe on Due fili d'erba | Two Blades of grass | Photos, styling and recipe by Thais FK

I hope you’ll enjoy this recipe and feel free to tag me (@duefiliderba) so that I can see your creations!

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Lilac honeycomb pancakes
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Serves: 6 pancakes
 
Ingredients
For the lilac sugar
  • 50 g sugar
  • 3 g fresh lilac flowers
For the pancakes
  • 25 g lilac sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 80 g rice flour
  • 30 g potato starch
  • 80 ml milk
  • pinch of baking soda
For greasing
  • Butter or coconut oil
Toppings
  • Your favorite jam
  • Raw Honeycomb
Preparation
  1. Blend the sugar with the lilac flowers.
  2. Whip the sugar and the egg for a few minutes until soft
  3. Add the milk and mix gently.
  4. Sieve the flour and the starch and add them to the batter.
  5. Add the baking soda and mix.
  6. Warm a pan with some butter or coconut oil and add two tablespoons of batter.
  7. When the batter will start to form bubbles, flip the pancake and cook for 1 or two minutes.
  8. Serve with your favorite jam and honeycomb.

Lilac honeycomb pancakes | Recipe on Due fili d'erba | Two Blades of grass | Photos, styling and recipe by Thais FK Lilac honeycomb pancakes | Recipe on Due fili d'erba | Two Blades of grass | Photos, styling and recipe by Thais FK

Thais FK

Italian photographer, recipe developer and content creator, Thais came to Finland by chance, but stayed for love. Through photography she tells stories about traveling, eating, cooking and living sustainably, in order to discover new cultures and not to forget her origins. Thais FK's portfolio: thaisfk.com

August 26, 2018

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