Over a week has passed since pancake day and I'm sure some of you are still in mourning. But fear not my friends! I am dropping in with a fruit-included recipe that will revive your from your pancake-induced drepression. Delia gave me some hints and tips for the pancakes so you know they're going to be good. They're covered in chocolate, cream and served with cinnamon roasted pears. Simples.
Let's go!
Ingredients (pancakes):
Ingredients (choco sauce):
100g chocolate (I recommend dark, but I won't judge if you use milk)
150ml cream
Ingredients (pears):
As many pears as you want to eat, cored and quartered
Big teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Big spoon of salt
Spray oil
Ingredients (cream):
Whipping cream
Icing sugar
Icing sugar
Method:
Gently boil the cream for the choco sauce then remove from the heat and pop the crushed chocolate in there. Mix it up until it's all gone then put in the fridge to thicken it up a bit. Unless you like it proper runny? Whatever.
Now for the pears. Once they're cut and quartered, stick them on a a baking tray and spinkle the cinnammon and sugar on, as much as you desire or you feel is appropriate for the amount of pears you're making (three chunks of pear per pancake seems fair, I did two orginally and felt short changed). Spray with a few spritzes od spray oil. If you don't have it then toss the pears in an VERY small amount of flavourless oil (not olive then people). Pop these in the oven at like 180degrees for about 15-20mins but keep a close eye on them.
While the pears are a-roastin', make the cream up. Use as much whipping cream as you want. I fed 6 people with about 200ml I think but more cream would have been better. Obviously. So this requires some elbow creased. Pour it in a bowl and start whipping it up with a whisk. Pour in some icing sugar as you go, tasting as you whip because you don't want it getting tooooo sweet. When it's whippy and yummy, set it aside.
Time for batter! Mix the flour and salt together in a bowl. Make a well in the middle and crack the eggs in, then whisk it all together until the flour is all gooey. This looks really unappetising and stodgy but don't worry. Whilst whisking, slowly add the milk and water until you have a smooth batter. Don't stress about lumps, just keep whisking until they are gone. Next heat the butter gently until melted and pour 3/4 in to the batter and mix in. Pour the rest into a frying pan. Heat the pan until realllllly hot then pour in a good dollop of batter. Don't forget to have a good flip!
Once the pancakes are ready (put a plate over a pan of boiling water and put the pancakes on this to keep them warm and moist while you are cooking the rest) put on a plate, stick a few pears on, drizzle with choco sauce and splodge (or, if anal like me, pipe) some cream on! HELLS YEAH!
Here's a pic, with no cream sadly as this one is mine and I'd run out giving it to everyone else. Because I am such a good Samaritan. Or something:
Happy pancake + 1 week and 2 days day.
A x
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