135 Lazy Pancakes

Name: Lazy Pancakes
Yield: For five people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 50 g (1¾ oz) softened butter for buttering the plates; 150 ml (¼ pint) armagnac; 2 tablespoons arachide oil to oil the pan; 100 g (3½ oz) praline (a sticky mixture of caramelised sugar and grilled almonds and hazel nuts which can be bought at the confectioners or made at home); 120 g (4½ oz) butter; 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier or Cointreau; 100 g (3½ oz) flour; 50 g (1¾ oz) butter; 250 ml (scant ½ pint) milk; the finely grated peel of ½ orange; 1 egg; 1 egg yolk; a pinch of salt; 40 g (½ oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

For
five
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cuisine Gourmande

By Michel Guérard

Published 1978

About

Crêpes à la paresseuse

Ingredients

Main ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) flour
40 g (½

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Preparing the pancake batter

Blend the flour, sugar, salt, whole egg and egg yolk and the orange peel in the liquidiser, adding the milk gradually and continuing to blend until you achieve a smooth cream.
Meanwhile, heat the 50g (1¾ oz) butter in a small saucepan to form ‘beurre noisette’. When it turns golden and ceases to