Pancakes with sticky apples and pears in calvados

Name: Pancakes with sticky apples and pears in calvados (Crêpes Normandes)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves: 6 (makes 12 small pancakes)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 ml (3½ fl oz) double cream; 40 g (1½ oz) butter; 2 dessert pears; 115 g (4 oz) caster sugar; melted butter, for brushing pan; 2 tbsp Calvados (optional); 1 large egg; 115 g (4 oz) plain flour; 2 dessert apples; 300 ml (½ pint) milk

Crêpes Normandes

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

New Bistro

By Fran Warde

Published 2009

About

Wickedly indulgent and loved by anyone with a sweet tooth, this is my variation on simple pancakes with butter-fried apples, pears and caster sugar. This is delicious served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

115 g (4 oz) plain flour
300 ml (½

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian
Normandy
Mediterranean

Method

Place the flour in a bowl, whisk the milk and egg together, then slowly mix into the flour, whisking until smooth. Cover and leave the batter to rest for 30 minutes.

Cut the fruit into wedges and remove the cores. Carefully heat the sugar in a pan over a low heat until it forms a golden caramel. Remove from the heat and add the butter and cream — this will splatter and go lumpy at first