Mini Chocolate Pancakes

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 75 g chocolate
• 100 g self-raising flour
• 15 g cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 200 ml milk
• butter, to fry
• 4 tablespoons sour cream, reduced fat is fine, to serve
• 450 g canned sour cherries, in syrup
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 3 tablespoons vodka

Recipe

• 1 roughly chop the chocolate, and sift together the flour, cocoa and baking powder and stir in the sugar.
• 2 make a well in the centre of the mixture and beat in the egg, then gradually stir in the milk, to make a thick batter. once the batter ingredients are well-combined, stir in the chocolate.
• 3 melt a little butter in a large non-stick pan and add spoonfuls of the batter, spacing them well apart. cook for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until they start to brown. transfer the cooked pancakes to a warm plate, and keep warm while you complete making the rest of the pancakes. clean the pan with paper towelling.
• 4 the cherry sauce: drain the cherries and pour the syrup into the pan, mix cornflour with a little cold water to make a thin paste, and once it is smooth, pour this into the pan with the syrup. stir the sauce continuously over a low heat until it thickens. stir in the vodka, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cherries.
• 5 serve the pancakes with spoonfuls of the cherry sauce and sour cream.
• 6 alternatives: if you cannot find sour cherries, use morello or black cherries which are sold in cans or jars. use any liqueur in place of the vodka, or wine, or a fruit juice. and use yoghurt rather than sour cream. or custard. i have in one of my cookbooks a microwave custard recipe, which i have yet to try, but it sounds good! jen t's microwaved 'baked' egg custard microwaved ' baked' egg custard.