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.

