Melt 2 oz butter and allow to cool. Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and caster sugar together in a bowl.

Make a well in the centre and add the melted butter, egg and the buttermilk. Mix, then stir into the flour until well combined and smooth.

Preheat the oven to 140°C/120°C fan oven/Gas Mark 1. Brush a nonstick frying pan with oil and drop a tablespoonful of batter into the pan, flipping when golden. Remove and keep warm in the oven between a clean cloth. Repeat with the remaining batter.

Preheat the grill to high and cook the bacon until crisp. Drain any excess fat on kitchen paper.

Heat half the remaining butter in a frying pan until foaming, then fry half the apples until golden. Take out and keep warm. Repeat with the remaining butter and apples. Return all the apples to the pan, add the syrup, bring to the boil and bubble for 1 minute.

Serve the pancakes with apples, bacon and extra maple syrup and garnish with parsley.