sweet and easy
It’s Valentine’s – say it with cin- Bring the cream to the boil and pour
namon and hazelnut meringues over the chocolate chunks and butter,
sandwiched with dark chocolate stir until all melted in together. Again,
ganache and vanilla cream. it will be lovely and glossy
Meringues Vanilla cream
3 egg whites / 6oz caster sugar 6oz of double cream / Table spoon
1oz dark brown muscovado sugar icing sugar / 1 vanilla pod split with
½ teaspoon cinnamon / 1oz hazel- the point of a sharp knife and scrap
nuts, roughly chopped out the seeds.
Whip the cream and sugar to soft
Line a tray with tin foil and lightly oil,
peaks and add the vanilla
pre heat the oven gas ¼ or 110
o
c
Thickly spread the flat sides of 2
Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks
meringues with chocolate ganache
– on high speed this takes a good
and then sandwich together with the
5 minutes. Sprinkle in a spoon of
vanilla cream. Place carefully in the
white and half of brown sugar and
middle of a plate, dust with coco and
keep whisking for a couple of min-
garnish with indoor sparklers and
utes and repeat until all the sugars
rose petals. Serve with kisses and be
are whisked in. The meringue will
five of the best...
creative with the left over ganache!
now be very thick and glossy. Don’t
For lovers with little time give us a ring
rush the whisking, it’s important to
places for pancakes
for The Valentine Dinner hamper.
give the egg whites full volume and
combine the sugars. Sprinkle in the
Does your syrup smothered golden tower of
cinnamon and with a metal spoon
www.ejcatering.co.uk
lightly fold in. Dollop small apple
pancakes resemble more of a shrivelled-up,
sizes of meringues onto the tray
simultaneously charred and uncooked mess?
and sprinkle with the chopped nuts.
If so, leave the frying pan in the cupboard this
Place into the oven for 1.5-2 hours
pancake day (Tues 24 Feb) and treat yourself
Chocolate ganche
4oz dark choc – broken into squares
to pancakes by the pros. 2oz soft butter / 2oz double cream
words: BETHAN JOHN pic: KEVANDEM
THE PANCAKE HOUSE
The Brewery Quarter, Cardiff. 029 2064 494
In the cosy atmosphere of The Pancake House lies a mouth-watering display from A COSY NIGHT IN
their open kitchen, which shows you how pancake making is really done! With
just about every topping imaginable, they create an array of sweet and savoury
In this cash-short climate, creating a Marigold stock. Add grated lemon rind,
pancake dishes that can serve as a tasty snack or a two-course meal (!).
Valentine’s supper in your own home is toasted pine nuts, pomegranate seeds,
a great idea. Keep it easy – more time chopped mint and coriander. Cover, keep
LA BAGUETTE DU JOUR
for entertaining, by preparing every- hot, then fork fluffy when ready to serve.
9 Caer Street, Swansea. 01792 6116 /
www.la-baguette.co.uk
thing the day or morning before. Follow with a Chocolate Mousse and
Hailed as ‘Small Business of the Year’, La Baguette Du Jour promises an oasis
Create the mood. Lower lights, lay strawberries, made earlier. Melt 3
of calm from the bustle of life with a delicious selection of savouries, drinks and
the table with flowers, candles, warm blocks of fair-trade dark chocolate in
desserts, and this Shrove Tuesday they’ll have an array of sweet and savoury
good bread and chill the wine. Begin a Pyrex bowl over hot water. Leave to
pancakes to choose from.
with slices of melon chilled with layers cool slightly. Separate the whites of
of cucumber sliced with a vegetable 3 free-range organic eggs and whisk
THÉ POT peeler and sprinkled with chopped
with 8oz fair-trade muscovado sugar
18 Crwys Road, Cardiff. 029 202 1246 /
www.thepotcafe.co.uk fresh mint. Follow with my fail-safe
until stiff meringue. Add 125gms, 4 oz,
Celebrating Pancake Day with fantastic deals, this Parisian designed café will Salmon en Papillote (good value – try
crushed meringues. Whip 1x 450 gm tub
be flipping an array of French and American style crêpes, along with good-old to get responsibly sourced). Season
whipping cream to peaks. Fold cream
traditional pancakes. Plus they now serve alcohol, so Pancake Day can have the 1-2 portions each, with plenty of salt
and whites into chocolate mixture. Add
celebration it deserves. and pepper, lay on pieces of foil large
2 floz brandy or other liqueur, and pour
enough to fold over and make a parcel. into glasses and chill until ready. Wash
NRG CAFÉ BAR & BISTRO
Bring edges together, drizzle with a little strawberries. Serve and enjoy!
9-11 New Street, Neath 0169 644888 /
www.nrgcafebar.com
olive oil, adding portions of chopped RUTH JOSEPH
Relax to the beat of the café’s regular live music, in a sleek and contemporary set-
spring onions, asparagus, a chopped
ting. Complimenting their sweet traditional pancakes they serve an exotic variety
pepper, sugar snap peas, tender-stem
of drinks, everything from a Caramel Truffle Latte, a Raspberry Mojito cocktail
broccoli and 1oz, 25gms finely chopped
and a champagne breakfast – for those who really want to do Pancake Day in style.
coriander. Add a glug of white or rosé
SWANSEA MARKET
wine and seal. Place on baking sheet
and bake in med-hot oven 190C, gas
Adjacent to the Quadrant Shopping Centre.
www.swanseamarket.co.uk
mark 5 for 15mins. Veggies omit salmon,
Within the vibrant and bustling atmosphere of Swansea Market the aroma of frying
add slices of feta.
pancakes drifts in the air all year round. With a great selection to choose from, at
Serve with Jewelled Couscous. Make up
a fantastic price, Swansea Market is without doubt one of the best places to pick
90gms, 3oz couscous with 155ml, 5floz
up your tasty treat this Shrove Tuesday.
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