LACY PANCAKES WITH FRUIT COMPôTE AND VANILLA CREAM
LACY PANCAKES WITH FRUIT COMPôTE AND VANILLA CREAM
LACY PANCAKES WITH FRUIT COMPôTE AND VANILLA CREAM

Ingredients
  • 110g/4oz plain flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/2fl oz water
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • 290ml/½ pint double cream whipped
  • 1 vanilla pod seeds removed
  • 2 tsp icing sugar
  • 200g/7oz frozen mixed fruits
  • 30g/1oz icing sugar
  • 1 tsp dark rum
Directions
  • Sift the flour and add the salt.
  • Mix in the eggs
  • then the milk and water mixture.
  • Add the butter just before using the batter.
  • Heat a frying pan and rub with oil. Using the batter
  • for each pancake
  • make a circle around the edge of the pan and then drizzle the mixture all over the middle of the pan to form a lacy pancake. When cooked
  • keep warm. Separate the pancakes with layers of greaseproof paper.
  • Make the compote: place the fruits
  • sugar and rum in a pan and cook for few minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the fruit from the pan
  • leaving behind the juices
  • Whip the cream with the vanilla seeds.
  • Place the fruits in the centre of each pancake and roll.
  • Serve with vanilla cream and drizzle over some of the remaining fruit juices.