When Valentines and Pancakes collide

This year Shrove Tuesday is only two days after Valentine’s Day so when the lovely Sinead in Midlands 103 asked would I do some romantic dishes I thought what better than to combine the two in a delicious heart shaped pancake stack ❤

To make this plate of deliciousness you need lemon curd and it’s so easy to make, trust me.
I use Darina’s recipe and it hasn’t let me down since I first made it in Ballymaloe

Lemon Curd

What you need:

• 50g butter
• 110g caster sugar
• 2 lemons, zest and juice
• 2 eggs and 1 egg yolk, beaten together

What you do:

• In a bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water, melt the butter and add the sugar, lemon zest and juice.
• Whisk in the eggs and continue to whisk until the mixture coats the back of a spoon.
• Take off heat and allow to cool – it will thicken further.
• You can keep any leftover curd in the fridge for a week though I doubt if it will last that long 😊

Now you can start to make your pancakes – these are American style and are thicker than our traditional pancakes. Try and make them heart shaped if you can – I used a mould that I bought in Dunnes Stores last year – it was designed for frying eggs but if you know me you’ll know that that’s never going to happen in my kitchen!

Blueberry Pancakes

What you need:

• 300g self-raising flour
• 1 tsp bread soda
• 2 eggs
• 250 ml buttermilk
• 1 pink lady apple, grated
• 100g bluberries and extra for serving …
• butter or oil for frying

What you do:

• Mix the flour, bread soda and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Make a well in the centre, then gradually whisk in the eggs and the buttermilk.
• Once the mixture is smooth, stir in the grated apples and the blueberries
• Melt a little butter in a non-stick pan or wipe with sunflower oil.
• When hot, add small ladles of batter to the pan to make small pancakes (use a mould if you have one)   Cook for 2-3 mins until bubbles appear and the bottoms are set. Flip and cook for a few mins more. 
• Transfer to a plate and keep warm while you cook the rest of the batter.

To assemble the stack, start with a pancake, cover it with lemon curd and repeat !
Serve with lots of fresh blueberries

Don’t forget it’s a sharing stack….

Happy Cooking!

Yvonne xx

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📷Special thanks to Jeff Harvey for the great food photography