Valentine's Day Pancakes
Description
This recipe uses custard cream and pieces of milk chocolate. You can use any cream: sweet cottage cheese, chocolate, coffee, or whipped cream. For the pancakes with jam, choose a red-colored preserve, jam, or marmalade.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First, prepare the pastry cream: heat milk in a saucepan with a vanilla pod, split in half lengthwise. In a bowl, whisk egg yolks with sugar.
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Step 2
2. Add the sifted flour and mix until smooth.
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Step 3
3. Pour in the strained milk with vanilla, mix well with a whisk, and place the cream over low heat. Cook the cream over low heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. This will take about 5–10 minutes. Immediately turn off the heat, transfer the cream into a shallow plate, cover it with plastic wrap using the "contact" method (pressing the wrap directly onto the surface of the
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Step 4
4. Now prepare the pancake batter: in a bowl, mix the egg and sugar.
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Step 5
5. Add the milk, mix with a whisk, add the sifted flour, and mix.
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Step 6
6. Add sunflower oil, mix well. The pancake batter is ready.
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Step 7
7. Lightly grease the pan with oil and fry the pancakes. You should get 12 small pancakes in total.
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Step 8
8. Using a heart-shaped cutter, cut out the shapes.
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Step 9
9. Layer the pancakes with custard cream and sprinkle with chocolate shavings.
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Step 10
10. Cover with the "pancake heart" and repeat the layers once more. Decorate with melted chocolate.
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Step 11
11. If you double the dough recipe, you can bake more pancakes, then spread them with jam or preserves...
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Step 12
12. ...and use the remaining "trimmings" by placing them on top.