Berry Delight Pancakes with Sauce (14.12.2010)

Delightful Desserts

300g cake flour

30ml castor sugar

4 eggs

500ml milk

200ml strawberry juice

10ml vanilla essence

5ml strawberry essence

50g butter, melted

Filling and topping

2 punnets mixed berries

200ml fresh cream, whipped

Berry sauce

100ml strawberry juice

100g berries of choice

60ml honey

Berry sauce

Pour all the ingredients into a small pot; simmer until sauce is and berries are soft. Add more honey if a sweeter sauce is required. Strain and keep aside till required.

Pancakes:

Sift flour and sugar into a large mixing bowl; mix in a separate bowl, beat eggs, milk, juice, essence and rest of ingredients together well. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture; add milk mixture and combine to form a smooth batter. Allow to rest for 30 – 60 minutes.

Heat on non – stick pan, coat with cooking spray and brush with melted butter. Pour 45ml batter into pan and swirl to cover base. Cover with a lid and cook and cook for 1 – 2 minutes until underside is set and lightly browned. Turn pancake over and cook other side for about 30 seconds. Turn pancake out onto plate. Continue until batter is used, stacking pancakes between grease proof paper.

Place each pancake on a plate and spoon some cream and berries onto 1 half, fold over to enclose and pour berry sauce over pancake.

Decorate with berries and cream.

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