SCOTCH PANCAKES WITH SMOKED SALMON AND HORSERADISH CRèME FRAîCHE
SCOTCH PANCAKES WITH SMOKED SALMON AND HORSERADISH CRèME FRAîCHE
SCOTCH PANCAKES WITH SMOKED SALMON AND HORSERADISH CRèME FRAîCHE

Ingredients
  • 125g/4½oz self-raising flour
  • sifted
  • 100g/3½oz wholemeal self-raising flour
  • 2 large free-range eggs
  • 300ml/10fl oz milk
  • pinch salt
  • 1 heaped tsp horseradish sauce
  • butter
  • for cooking
  • 1 x 200ml/7fl oz carton crème fraîche
  • 1 heaped tsp horseradish sauce
  • or to taste
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 400g/14oz smoked salmon slices
  • few sprigs fresh dill
  • to garnish
Directions
  • For the pancakes
  • place the flours
  • eggs
  • milk
  • salt and horseradish sauce into a food processor and blend until smooth (or whisk by hand with a balloon whisk.)
  • Place a large heavy-based frying pan over a medium heat and lightly butter the pan using kitchen paper. When the pan is hot
  • drop one dessertspoon of batter into the pan and repeat three times to make four small pancakes.
  • After 1-2 minutes
  • when you see bubbles forming on the surface of each pancake
  • flip them over and cook for a further minutes
  • or until no batter oozes out when the pancake is lightly pressed with your fingers.
  • Remove the pancakes to a wire rack and cover loosely with a clean tea towel. Continue making the pancakes until all the batter is used up.
  • For the topping
  • mix the crème fraîche with the horseradish in a bowl and season
  • to taste
  • with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • To serve
  • place the pancakes onto serving plates. Top with a spoonful of the horseradish cream
  • some slices of salmon and sprigs of dill.