Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Delicious Pear Pancakes


As a self-confessed mag hag, I love this time of month when the new issues of glorious food magazines are released.  The July issue of delicious is a prime example of 'Ooh, look at that recipe!', and it's already chock-full of my little post-it page tabs on things I want to make.

The first thing I made were these pear pancakes, inspired by Belinda Jeffery's apple and pear pikelets that appear in the magazine.  As luck would have it, I received some gluten-free Vitarium products to try* and they included a wonderful pancake mix.  So, all I did was slice up a pear, prepare the pancake batter, poured the batter over the pear, and voila! light, fluffy, gluten-free breakfast.

Pear Pancakes
serves 2

Ingredients
200g Vitarium gluten-free Pancake Mix
300ml milk
1 pear, thinly sliced
20g butter

Method
1. Whisk the pancake mix with the milk until a smooth batter forms. 
2.  Melt the butter in a non-stick frypan, then add 2 or so pear slices (leave room for the pancake batter around the pears).  Cook for 1 minute on each side, until lightly golden in colour.
3.  Spoon 1-2 large tablespoons of pancake batter over each pear slice and smooth it out so the batter forms a circle around the pear.
4.  Cook for about 2 minutes until the underside is golden, then carefully turn the pancake over (with a thin, slotted spoon, if available), and cook the other side for 2 minutes.  Remove to a plate and cook the remaining pancakes and pear slices, adding more butter to the pan if necessary.
5. Optionally, sprinkle the pancakes with sugar before serving.

* Many thanks to Genevieve from Haystac for the Vitarium gluten-free goodies. Vitarium are also having a 'bake-off'.  See their website for details.

Ingredients: The Vitarium gluten-free pancake mix produced really great pancakes (there is no wheat flour in it).  I used a beurre bosc pear that didn't disintegrate when cooked.

The pancakes were not overly sweet, so a sprinkle of sugar only makes it better!

Fabulous for breakfast, or afternoon tea.

23 comments:

  1. Delicious indeed! Perfect on a wintery morning

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  2. I love pancakes and pears separately - this recipe sounds like a winner! I love how nicely caramelised the pears look.

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  3. I'm like you, can never wait for the new mag come out! These pancakes look absolutely divine!

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  4. Great way to make pancakes. I had never thought to do them like this.

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  5. Pears ensconced within a pancake. Sounds like a fantastic treat!

    Love how you've caramelised the pears. They look so delicious :)

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  6. I can never resist buying magazines either, love the look of these pancakes, perfect winter brekkie!

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  7. Former fashion mag hag and currently a food mag hag. lol. love the caramilzed pears. this would put a smile onmy face in the mornings :)

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  8. I have piles of mags around my room though they were from my former days of buying cleo, cosmo etc. Started cutting out that expense and fear that I will fall into an expensive trap if I start buying food mags!

    Pears and pancakes, who would have though! ;) I could do with one right now, pretty please? =p

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  9. Wow! These would make any morning more special, indeed. I love the whole, thin slices of pear embedded into the actual pancake like that. Lovely to look at, and I bet even better to taste.

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  10. This is really smart and delicious looking, Bel. I love it, and I've been meaning to start eating a gluten free diet to try it. I need some discipline over here!

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  11. Cruel! I am just having a peanut butter sandwich now :(

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  12. Yuummm pancakkkeesss!!! Pears in butter and a sprinkle of sugar sounds like the perfect brunch treat (since I wake up late mostly haha)

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  13. Ooh these look sooo good! I love that pears are in season now! Yum!

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  14. They look great! I can't wait to try my vitarium products too. They look really good! :D

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  15. these pancakes look yummy!
    i'm the worse when it comes to foodie magazines - there was a point in time when mum and i were buying the lot of them between us; we've since culled some as it started to get a bit too much.

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  16. This is so unique! I never would have thought to combine pears and pancakes. But I like bananas in pancakes, so I bet this is great too.

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  17. So many delicious recipes on your blog. Thanks for your visit on my blog. It certainly was a rare moment on Parramatta Road. :)

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  18. YAY another recipe for pears! Love it.

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  19. Belle! Great minds think alike. This is the recipe from delicious magazine that I marked to make for breakfast tomorrow. Yours look great!!!

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  20. We love pancakes and I would have never thought of pears in them. I have tried applesauce and have been wanting to try blueberry - and now I will add this to the list. Our kids crave pancakes and I have found the most fabulous tasting whole wheat flour called Kamut which is so healthy making it a win-win in our home! Look forward to trying this, thanks!

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  21. Bel these would definitely be a great way to start the day. What a great way to combine fruit in the pancakes, I'd imagine you'd be able to substitute almost any fruit.

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  22. I'm a reformed mag hag. Probably more to do with financial restraints than self control though!

    Excellent breakfast. On mornings like those we've been having, it's very clever to have your fruit heated up too, unlike my fridge-cold fruit I just had with my brekky. I feel a bit fridge-cold myself.

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