Purple Velvet Pancakes (All Natural!)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 vanilla bean, crushed
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3/4 cup fresh strawberries, finely chopped
• 1/2 lemon, juice and rind of

Directions

1. 1

   Sift dry ingredients together.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, beat egg till fluffy using a wisk or fork.

3. 3

   Add vanilla bean and continue beating until the vanilla seeds visibly changes the colour of the egg. Remove remainder of vanilla bean.

4. 4

   Little by little add milk, dry ingredients, and melted butter by the tablespoon while continuing mixing.

5. 5

   Fold in the strawberries, lemon rind, and juice. Watch the batter turn purple.

6. 6

   Heat a non-stick (teflon) pan on medium. (It is the right heat when you drop some water on the hot dry pan and see it "dance" for a few seconds before it evaporates.) Add 1-2 tablespoons of canola oil for frying each time.

7. 7

   Use a disher style ice cream scoop, scoop pancake batter for frying. Turn over with wooden spoon when lumpy bubbles are all over the pancake.

8. 8

   Serving suggestion: I topped mine with fresh strawberries, kiwi, mangoes, and chocolate syrup. Try also berry jam or ice cream, and finish with unsweetened tea or coffee.