It’s Pancake Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, The Day Before Lent… whatever way you’re looking at today, it’s time to kick nack and enjoy some pancakes.
Ireland will crack a whopping 15 million eggs today as we all go pancake crazy before the beginning of Lent tomorrow.
Seventy-five per cent of Irish said they preferred a more traditional topping of lemon, butter or sugar for their sweet and savoury treats, according to a new survey by Bord Bia.
But that hasn’t stopped us being a little bit adventurous, check out these sweet treat and delicious savoury toppings… just some ideas for today, what’s your favourite?
Something A Little Sweet
Maple syrup
Sugar
Whipped Cream
Melted Marshmallows
Banana and custard
Butter Cream Icing With Coconut
Raspberry Jam
Strawberry Jam
Toffee Sauce
Caramel
White Chocolate Sauce
Crushed Meringues and Cream
Mashed Banana And Brown Sugar
Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce
Apricot Jam
Flaked Coconut
Mmmmm…chocolate…
Mint
Fruit Compote
Hot Fudge Sauce
Chopped Peaches
Peanut Butter And Jelly
Nutella
Lemon Juice and Sugar
Banana and Honey
Blueberry Jam and Greek Yoghurt
Something A Little Savoury
Butter
Ham and Cheese
Blue Cheese
Bacon
Sour Cream, Smoked Salmon and Chives
Bananas and Walnuts
Why not have your pancakes as part of your hot breakfast?
The Ones You’ll Never Ever Try
Vanilla bean paste mixed with cream (Be honest with yourself, would you?)
Orange Marmalade (We think this could be a tiny bit stomach-churning…)
Fried Chicken (We’ll take the chocolate and bananas, thanks)
Goat Cheese and Strawberry Jam (Too much effort…)
Roasted Nuts with Soya Sauce (No, thank you)
Caviar (Doesn’t tickle our fancy…)
