I will admit that we eat a lot of pancakes… I think it’s a side-effect of having children. This buckwheat pancake recipe is one of my favourites. I love the toasty warm flavour of roasted buckwheat groats (or kasha) and the fact that it’s quick to make. In this recipe, prefermenting the buckwheat groats not only improves the flavour it also allows the hard groats to be easily ground up.
However, the BEST thing about this recipe is the fact that it’s made in a blender! Using a blender means that it mixes up quickly and is easy to pour onto a hot griddle.
PrintBuckwheat Blender Pancakes
This recipe uses whole buckwheat groats that are soaked and then ground up in a blender! So perfect for a healthy -yet lazy- morning.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: Serves 4-6 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Fermented
Ingredients
Preferment
- 1 cup buckwheat groats (I prefer toasted groats)
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (kefir, or yogurt)
Remaining Ingredients
- 2 tbsp melted butter (or oil)
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp sweetener (sugar, honey, optional)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp of salt
Instructions
- Soak buckwheat groats in the dairy culture for 12-24 hours.
- The next day put the soaked buckwheat any any remaining liquid in a blender. Grind until smooth.
- Add the remaining ingredients and pulse until fully combined (it will start to froth up). Add more milk depending on how thin you like your pancakes.
- Cook on a preheated griddle. The pancakes will be quite brittle until they are fully set, so make them small-ish and flip carefully.
Notes
- I use mesophilic yogurt, buttermilk or kefir for prefermenting because they ferment at room temperature. However, you could use regular yogurt to soak your groats.
- I used an ordinary blender
so my batter wasn’t super smooth. If you had a Blendtec
or a Vitamix
then you would have super smooth batter.
- I always use my large cast iron griddle
which makes the pancakes quick to cook up!
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which makes the pancakes quick to cook up!Keywords: wholegrain, gluten free, buckwheat groats, sugar free
Does regular yogurt get too sour sitting out that long in the grain? Ive soaked in a little yogurt with water for long periods, even 24 hrs, but never used yogurt or kefir as the only liquid.
★★★★★
I’ve never had a problem with sourness from this recipe or with anything else except for soaked corn flour. I’ve made it every weekend since Mother’s Day! But it might depend on your taste buds. If it’s too sour for you, you could add more sweetener.
I tried these with flax eggs and it did not go well. Raw insides and stuck to the pan even with tons of oil. Very active though!
Hum… it might need some extra oil to replace the fat in the eggs. Maybe double the oil?