Les Galopins

Bread Pancakes

Preparation info
  • Makes

    14–16

    Pancakes
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Anne Willan

Published 1981

  • About

In a well-run household, nothing is wasted; in Picardy, stale bread is used for these pancakes.

Ingredients

250 g dry white bread, with the crusts

Method

Cut the bread in very thin slices and put them in a bowl. Bring the milk to a boil and pour three-quarters of it over the bread. Stir in more milk, little by little, as it is absorbed; don’t add so much that the mixture becomes soupy. Mash the bread with a fork until quite smooth. Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt and whisk them into the bread. Add more milk, if necessary, so the batter is jus