Buckwheat Pancakes with Blue Cheese, Bacon and Maple Syrup

Tomorrow I’m starting a little adventure. I am leaving Berlin and I’ll spend March in Sydney and April in Tokyo. I am so excited that it will be difficult to fall asleep tonight.

I used to live in Sydney for two years and I still miss this city. I have so many plans that it would take too long to point them out over here, but I have to mention one – I finally want to learn how to surf. During my first attempt there was a shark alarm and, well…, it didn’t go that well. I’ve panicked. This time I am prepared. I’ve been making push ups for over two months now, so I hope it will help.

I realise that many things has changed in Sydney, so if you have any tips, please let me know.

This time we also have an evil plan to avoid a jet lag. Mr T. has figures out when we should and when shouldn’t sleep so we’ll be fresh and rested when landing in Sydney. It also means that I can’t have gin and tonic on board and since it was a kind of a little tradition, it won’t be easy. We’ll see.

But, as always, there is one disadvantage. We have to say goodbye to Ryszard and Lola for this two months. And it is hard. I think that they sense something, as they keep coming to us and they want to be petted. This time we can’t take them with us. It’s too far away plus there’s an obligatory quarantine in Australia. It would be just too hard on them. I’ll miss them like crazy.

We start this adventure with a breakfast that I had for the very first time in Sydney. I am talking about pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. I modified this recipe a little bit by adding blue cheese and onions. It is amazing. Buckwheat flour gives it an unique flavour as well.

You will need:

• 1 cup buckwheat flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• ½ cup green onions, shredded
• blue cheese, cut in small pieces
• bacon, fried
• olive oil for frying
• maple syrup for serving

Place flour, baking powder, salt, milk, butter and maple syrup in a bowl and mix it so all the ingredients are well combined. Add onion and blue cheese and mix it in. Fry them over a medium heat on a frying pan with a bit of an olive oil.

Meantime place bacon in an oven and bake it in 150*C until it’s crispy. When ready dry it with a paper towel.

Serve your pancakes topped with bacon and pour a maple syrup over it.

Enjoy, Marta.