How can you be sure that somebody has an air fryer? They’ll tell you about it. And not without good reason either.
Cooking techniques have been revolutionised as a result of the ingenious devices. And now, they may very well change the way that Pancake Day is celebrated (Pancake Day takes place on Tuesday, February 21, in case you were wondering).
This is due to the fact that one TikTok user has attempted something that the majority of us have never attempted before: cooking pancakes in an air fryer.
Curry’s, which is an electronics shop, demonstrated how one of their air fryer models can be used to create pancakes, rather than using a traditional frying pan. This was done to show off the versatility of the product.
But that’s not all; the company also demonstrated how the appliance can be used to cook a whole stack of pancakes at once, which eliminates the need to stand about as each pancake is prepared in turn.
Since then, the TikTok that was posted on the company’s account has gone viral, and many people have promised to test it out on the big day.
The user put pancake batter on top of greaseproof paper that was placed inside the air fryer in the demonstration video. They then proceeded to repeat the procedure, this time stacking a distinct layer of pancake batter in between each sheet of paper, which resulted in your pancakes being ready in a single step.
After that, all that is left to do is top it with your preferred condiments.
It is reasonable to assume that the technique has impressed those using social media.
One person wrote: ‘I was so anti-air fryers because who wants to eat dry chips and chicken? Now that I see what more you can do with them, I’m reconsidering and I’m thinking of adding one to my cart’.
Another wrote: ‘I shouldn’t have given mine away. I am about to buy another one.’
Some, on the other hand, possessed a greater degree of scepticism.
One of the participants tried out the tip, however they reported that it did not work for them.
They wrote: ‘Because I’ll try some stuff… the lie detector test determined this was a lie! And they came out like bread consistency. Abort. Abort and do not try’.
Some advised using a standard frying pan in order to cook the pancakes, while others suggested coating greaseproof paper with butter or oil before using it to cook pancakes.