Fête de la Chandeleur/Pancake Day
The 2nd February is Pancake Day in France so
having had friends over for dinner last evening, the obvious choice for dessert
was pancakes/ crêpes.
Brittany is most associated with crêpes as a local
speciality and it is from there that the tradition of drinking cider with them
comes from. So these days no matter
where you are in France at Chandeleur it’s common to accompany your crêpe with
a bowl of cider!
Mascarpone and Ricotta Pancakes with Rum-Steeped
Strawberries
This is a Nigella recipe which I had not done before, but
will certainly do again as they were very good!
This recipe serves 6:
Ingredients:
Strawberries:
500g fresh Strawberries
2 tbsps caster sugar
2 tbsps Rum
For the pancake filling:
2 tbsps melted butter
1 tbsp rum – plus 1 tsp
250g mascarpone
250g ricotta
1 egg
50g caster sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
½ tsp vanilla extract
8 crêpes /pancakes – either homemade or shop bought ones
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 C.
Dice the strawberries then put them into a bowl and
sprinkle with the 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of rum. Cover with clingfilm and leave to macerate.
Lightly brush an oven proof dish with melted butter. To the remaining melted butter add a teaspoon
of rum and set aside.
Beat together the ricotta and mascarpone until combined,
then add the egg followed by the sugar, lemon zest, vanilla extract and a
tablespoon of rum.
Lay out one of the pancakes and dollop a good spoonful
into the middle, then fold the top and bottom of the pancake over and then the
sides over into a parcel. Place into the
dish folded side down and continue with the remaining pancakes.
Brush the tops of the pancakes with the melted butter and
rum mixture.
Put in the oven for 20-25 minutes and when cooked they
will have puffed up and set inside.
Let them stand for a minute or so and then carefully take
out onto a serving plate and spoon over some of the rum-soaked strawberries on
the top and serve!
Bon appetite!
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