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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