Friday, 12 October 2012

Apple & blackcurrant pancakes

Ingredients:

  • 100g/4oz plain wholemeal flour
  • 300ml/10fl oz skimmed milk
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
For the filling
  • 450g/1lb cooking apples
  • 225g/8oz blackcurrants
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 25g/1oz Demerara sugar




• To make the pancake batter, put the flour in a mixing bowl and make awell in the centre.

• Add a little of the milk with the egg and the oil. Beat the flour into theliquid, then gradually beat in the rest of the milk, keeping the battersmooth and free from lumps. Cover the batter and chill while you
prepare the filling.

• Quarter, peel and core the apples. Slice them into a pan and add theblackcurrants and 2 tablespoons water. Cook over a gentle heat for10–15 minutes until the fruit is soft. Stir in the sugar.

• Lightly grease a pan with a little sunflower oil. Heat and pour in about2 tablespoons of the batter, swirl it around and cook for about 1 minute.Flip the pancake over with a spatula or palette knife, and cook the otherside. Put on a sheet of kitchen paper, and keep hot while cooking theremaining pancakes.

• To serve, fill the pancakes with the apple and blackcurrant mixture, and roll them up. Serve hot.

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