If you're looking to really push the boat out this pancake day, make sure you check out this delicious recipe for Cadbury Creme Egg pancakes by The Great British Bake Off's Liam Charles.
He was one of our all time favourite contestants on** The Great British Bake Off**, and now Liam is back on the baking scene with a recipe that's guaranteed to make you drool.
Liam has teamed up with Cadbury to create a pancake using their iconic Creme eggs.
Egg-citing, we know (sorry, we can't resist an egg pun!).
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Makes 8**Ingredients:125g plain flour1 egg300ml coconut milk1 tablespoon of oilMethod:**1) Put the flour in a bowl and make a well in the centre. Crack the egg in the middle and pour in a quarter of the milk. Use an electric or balloon whisk to thoroughly combine the mixture. 2) Once you have a paste, mix in another quarter and once lump-free, mix in the remaining milk. Leave to rest for 20 mins. Stir again before using. 3) Heat a small, non-stick frying pan with a splash of oil. When hot, pour a small amount of the mixture into the pan and swirl around to coat the base – you want a thin layer. Cook for a few mins until golden brown on the bottom, then turn over and cook until golden on the other side. Repeat until you have used all the mixture, stirring the mixture in between pancakes and adding more oil for frying as necessary. Pile the pancakes up between sheets of baking parchment or cook to order. Serve with the pancake filling of choice!Recipe by BBC Good Food
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So, how do you make these delicious creations? Here's everything you need to know...
Liam Charles' Cadbury's Creme Egg Pancake Calzone Recipe
Serves: 8
For the pancake batter
100g plain flour
¼ tsp fine sea salt
1 tbsp. of caster sugar
2 large eggs
300ml full fat milk
3 Cadbury Creme eggs
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Couple knobs of butter
A couple squiggles of vegetable oil
Filling
100g dark chocolate
3 Cadbury Creme eggs
Creme egg Sauce:
100g dark chocolate
2 Cadbury creme eggs
50g butter
250ml double cream
2 tbsp. caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
To finish
Icing sugar
Method
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For the pancake mix, sift the plain flour, salt and caster sugar into a large bowl and begin to mix with a whisk, then you want to make a little well right in the centre.
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Into that bowl now add your eggs and begin to mix until well combined.
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Once it’s all mixed together, you want to add the milk in a small stream but you want to mix at the same time, followed by vanilla extract and the inside of 3 Cadbury creme eggs. Your pancake mix is ready!
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Now make the filling, melt your creme eggs and dark chocolate in microwave or over a heatproof bowl with saucepan underneath on a gentle simmer. Once melted, put aside Cough go for the microwave cough.
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For the chocolate Creme Egg sauce, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl, over simmering water. Occasionally stir until it’s completely melted.
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Then add the butter, double cream and caster sugar - you want to heat then stir into the melted chocolate.
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Pop in the Cadbury Creme eggs and begin to stir, the heat of the sauce will gradually melt the Creme eggs, just continue to stir until it’s nice and smooth.
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Remove the saucepan from the heat and leave to the side to cool.
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Now time to fry, prepare a small bowl of melted butter and vegetable oil, you are going to use this to grease the pan between each pancake.
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Bring your pan to medium heat, then give it a good brush of your buttery oily mixture
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Now use a ladle to pour your mixture into the frying pan. You just want enough to cover the base of the frying pan, then give the frying pan a good roll of the heat to ensure super clean edge.
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Once the pancake mix has stopped rolling pop in back on the heat and wait for it to cook. Shouldn’t be longer than a minute, SO BE ON THE WATCH. Brush the edges of pancake with egg wash, this will try to stop any oozing of the Creme egg, but we all like a bit of goo anyway.
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To check if your pancake is ready on one side, gently lift for a sneak peak, if its golden brown.
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Calzone TIME! Give your one side cooked pancake a super generous splatter of the melted Creme Egg filling on one side that’s facing you.
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Now instead of giving your pancake the infamous 180 flip, you want to give it that calzone fold. Lift your Creme Egg side and gently press into the other side forming a semi-circle. Allow to cook for couple more minutes.
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Place on a plate, repeat the process until all your mixture is used up.
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Once done, place the lot on a massive tray or plate, finish off with a little more melted Creme eggs, generous squiggles of your Creme egg chocolate sauce sprinkle with icing sugar then…..BAM, Enjoy.
WATCH: Liam's step-by-step Cadbury Creme egg pancake tutorial
Last week Liam was confirmed to host a new spin-off TV show for Channel 4 called Bake Off: The Professionals. The new series will have 12 professional duos going to head-to-head. They will have to make two pastries, and will be judged by an expert panel on their levels of creativity.
Speaking about his new job Liam said, “I’m totally amazed by the skill of professional chefs and to be doing this so soon after Bake Off, is just sick. I can’t wait to get cracking. I told you I’d be back."
Bake Off: The Professionals is a six part series which will be shown on Channel 4 later this year.