Welsh Pancakes with Leek & Mushroom Chocolate Sauce
Welsh Pancakes, aka crempogau, are delicious in their own right. Here they are served with a savoury leek & mushroom chocolate sauce, but can just as well be drizzled with maple syrup, a sweet chocolate sauce or fruit curd.
200mlsour milk(can substitute buttermilk or kefir)
a slither of butter
Sauce
1tbspolive oil
1leekfinely sliced
20gbutter
2clovesgarlicfinely chopped
6chestnut mushroomschopped
50mldouble cream (heavy cream)
50mlmilk
50gcheddar cheesegrated
grating of nutmeg
10g100% chocolate+ a little extra for grating
10chivessnipped
Instructions
Sift the flours into a bowl together with the bicarbonate of soda.
125 g wholemeal spelt flour, 125 g white spelt flour, 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), 1 pinch fine sea salt
Make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs.
2 medium eggs
Stir from the centre out, gradually adding the sour milk until all is well mixed.
200 ml sour milk
Cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave to stand for an hour.
Heat a non-stick frying pan to a medium level, add a slither of butter and drop in heaped spoonfuls of batter.
a slither of butter
Allow to cook for a 3-4 minutes, then turn to cook the other side also for a 3-4 minutes.
Place on a warm plate and put in a low oven to keep warm until all the pancakes are cooked.
Sauce
Sauté the leek in olive oil until soft.
1 tbsp olive oil, 1 leek
Add the butter, garlic and chestnut mushrooms.
20 g butter, 2 cloves garlic, 6 chestnut mushrooms
Continue cooking for a few minutes, stirring occasionally until the mushrooms look done.
Add the double cream, milk and cheddar and stir until the cheese has melted.
50 ml double cream (heavy cream), 50 ml milk, 50 g cheddar cheese
Grate in a good bit of nutmeg and the chocolate and stir until melted.
grating of nutmeg, 10 g 100% chocolate
Spoon the sauce over the pancakes and scatter on some snipped chives and a little grated 100% chocolate.
10 chives
Notes
Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on serving size and exact ingredients used.