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Valentine's Day heart-shaped pancakes recipe
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Kick off your Valentine's Day with a special breakfast in bed by making these cute heart-shaped pancakes. Made using pancake mix for an easy shortcut, serve these pretty pink pancakes with a warm berry and citrus compote for a super-sweet start to your Valentine's Day. See method
Ingredients
For the compote
- 150g frozen mixed berries
- 1½ tbsp icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
- ½ orange, zested and juiced
For the pancakes
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 155g pancake shaker mix
- pink food colour gel
- 20g butter, cubed
Each serving contains
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Energy
2210kj
527kcal
26%
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Fat
17g
24%
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Saturates
8g
38%
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Sugars
24g
27%
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Salt
2.3g
39%
of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 80.5g
Protein 10.7g
Fibre 7g
Method
- First, tip all the compote ingredients into a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is syrupy but the berries are still holding their shape. Set aside.
- Next, make the pancakes. Add the baking powder to the shaker, reseal and shake to combine. Pour 180ml of water and a generous squeeze of the pink food gel into the mix, reseal and shake for 2 mins until smooth. If you would like the batter to be a more vibrant pink, squeeze in an extra drop of food gel at this stage and shake to combine.
- Add a cube of butter to a large, nonstick frying pan over a medium-high heat and, working in batches, pour the batter into the pan to create roughly 8cm pancakes. Cook for 1-2 mins until bubbles appear in the batter. Flip and then cook for a further 1-2 mins until risen and fluffy. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
- Cut the pancakes into hearts using an 8cm heart-shaped cookie cutter. Stack the pancakes on a plate, drizzle with the compote and dust with icing sugar to serve.
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