Crempog (V)

Made these on Shrove Tuesday. Different from your average pancake. They are surprisingly light and fluffy. Serve with your favourite fruit and golden syrup.

Makes 10-12 Pancakes

Mixture
450ml Buttermilk
50g Unsalted Butter
275g Plain Flour
75g Caster Sugar
1tsp Bicarbonate Soda
2 Eggs
Pinch of Salt
1 tbsp Vinegar

Knob of Butter

1. Heat water in pan and place a bowl over the water. Add the butter and buttermilk. Heat through until the butter has melted and mixed together.

2. Remove the bowl from the heat and add the flour and mix well. Leave the mixture till it has cooled down.

3. In a separate bowl add the remaining ingredients and beat well until combined. Add this to the mixture and mix until you get a smooth batter.

4. To cook the pancake take a baking stone or frying pan and heat a bit of butter. This should be over a medium heat. You will need about half a serving spoon of mixture for a pancake (don't want the the pancake too thick). Cook until each side is golden brown (roughly about 5 minutes on each side).

5. You can have them with lemon and sugar, Nutella or my personal favourite blueberries and golden syrup (or whatever you want, your pancakes, your way)

Stack them Up!

Beef Wellington

Valentines Day is approaching... Want to impressing your significant other with your hidden culinary skills. Then look no further. This looks delicious, has steak and simple to make.

Also for you single people (such as myself) who want to treat themselves to this then its easy to make for yourself too. As a great queen says 'If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?  Can I get an amen?'

Serves 1/2

Fillet Steak 8oz x 1/2 (best from local butcher)
1/2 Tbs of Dried Porcini Mushrooms (Soak before cooking)
1/2 Handful of Chestnut Mushrooms. sliced
2/4 Slices of Prosciutto
Ready Roll Puff Pastry
1 Egg, beaten in a bowl
Butter
Olive Oil

1. Preheat the oven to 200c/180c fan assisted. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Roll out the puff pastry and layer the prosciutto onto the pastry.

2. Heat some butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Put onto kitchen roll. Then put on top of the prosciutto.

3. Then add olive oil to the pan and butter if it needs it. Season the fillet. Add the fillet steak to the pan. Cook until browned all over. Then remove from the pan and rest for 10 minutes.

4. Add the steak on top of the mushrooms and wrap the pastry round the steak. Place the sealed side onto the baking sheet on the tray. Egg wash and put in the oven for 20 minutes. The outside should be golden brown. Leave to rest for 10 minutes.

I recommend serving with Dauphinoise potatoes and seasonal green vegetables. Wine accompiant I go for a full body red wine.