Strawberry Pancakes

I know that pancake day has passed but having successfully made Blueberry pancakes I had been wondering about making Strawberry ones. My son was disappointed I hadn’t tried on pancake day so as I had some strawberries in the fridge I decided to give it a go. I wasn’t sure how well strawberries would cook inside the pancake so I went for a sweet filling inside the pancake and topped them with the strawberries. I was very pleased with the result which was delicious.

Strawberry Pancake Recipe

This is the recipe I used for these Strawberry Pancakes:

To make the pancakes.

Ingredients

• 125g (4oz) plain flour
• Pinch salt
• 1 egg
• 300ml (½ pint) milk

Method

1. Put flour and salt into a bowl.
2. Make a well in the centre of the flour and add the milk and the egg.
3. Whisk well.
4. Heat some oil in a frying pan and gently pour a thin layer of the batter into the pan.
5. When the first side is golden flip with a spatula and cook the other side.
6. Place on a plate

For the filling

Ingredients

• 225g (8oz) cottage cheese
• 75g (3 oz) cream cheese
• 50g (2 oz) castor sugar
• 2.5 ml (½ tsp) vanilla essence

To complete the pancakes

• 25g (1 oz) butter
• 275g (10 oz) strawberries, chopped into bits with stalk removed.

Method

1. Put the cottage cheese, cream cheese, vanilla essence and sugar into a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until smooth.
2. Add 15ml (1 tbsp) filling to each pancake and fold it up.
3. Melt the butter in an oven proof dish and add the pancakes
4. Cook in the oven at 180C 350 F Gas Mark 4 for ten minutes until warm
5. Add the strawberries on the top and enjoy.

I was a bit unsure how the combination of cheese inside would work but I have to say these pancakes were really tasty and I would definitely make them again.

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