From theatrical islands to show off your skills, to fliptastic skillets, here are 7 ways to serve up pancake treats tomorrow.
They’re such a simple pleasure, pancakes. All you need are three ingredients: flour, eggs and milk.
The showboating is in the performative flipping.
Add baking soda if you prefer yours fluffy, American-style.
Stone age
If you want to add a little theatre to your home, this slender island (pictured above) facilitates double gas burners and a sink with countertop space in between to beat the batter.
It has Calacatta-look worktops and recessed gas hobs to give precision control.
The design includes a glass lip to create a boundary between the breakfast bar and task sides and is part of the new range of Leicht kitchens at McNally.
Expect to pay approximately €40,000 for the design shown, excluding countertops and appliances.
Shelf life
Neptune’s freestanding Suffolk larder is a great place to store staples and dry goods.
It’s a cross between an old-fashioned dresser and a sideboard.
It will accommodate all the ingredients you need for pancakes, minus the milk, up top, along with cookbooks and favourite mixing bowls.
At the same time, servieware and small countertop appliances can live below the counter.
Shown in the new colour Nettle, it costs from €5,850. A 2.5 litre can of emulsion paint costs €65, while eggshell costs €85.
Family square
A kitchen now needs to be social, as well as being a workhorse.
This new square island from the London-based Multiliving Scavolini Store offers room for all to be able to gather and look each other in the eye and share the condiments, an essential part of the pancake experience.
Prices start from €25,000, excluding delivery.
The perfect pan
Designed for food lovers, the 14 cm Mineral B blini pan by de Buyer might be the perfect pan for pancakes.
With a cooking surface of 14 cm, it is ideal for fluffy pancakes or perfectly browned blinis.
Its compact shape allows for excellent handling and even cooking, even on the smallest stovetops.
Buy from The Kitchen Whisk, €35.95, excluding delivery.
Plate up
Scribes is a new printed design that evokes spring and the blooms of flowers and trees.
A set of six 22 cm-diameter pancake-sized dinner plates in this lemon pattern costs €59.70 from Meadows & Byrne.
Butter me up
A classic pancake may not need more adornment than a knob of butter.
Hay’s block-like ceramic Barro butter dish is the perfect way to keep it at room temperature.
It comes in several colours shown.
The pale pink option is available from Industry, on Dublin’s Drury Street. Price €39.
Pass the syrup
Pancakes are all about the toppings. Serve with lots of sugar and lemon for a classic approach, or honey or another sweet syrup.
This ponch pot from JYSK costs €2 and might help with portion control.
