Name: Almond pancakes with sour cherry sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 large egg; 1 cup self-raising flour (gluten-free if needed); ½ cup ground almond; ½ cup oats or oatmeal (gluten-free if needed); 1 tsp ground Cinnamon; 1 tsp oil; For the sour cherry sauce:; 2 cups fresh or defrosted sour cherry; 3 Tbsp Muscovado sugar; 1 tsp vanilla paste or essence; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 piece orange peel; Juice of 1 orange

Almond pancakes with sour cherry sauce

20 Aug 2022

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

25 minutes

Total Time

30 minutes

Background

These dairy-free almond pancakes with sour cherry sauce are ideal for special occasions - Mother’s Day, Birthdays, Valentine’s Day etc. The sauce can be pre-cooked, even the day before and you can add some alcohol to it, if you want the dish to be extra special. You can make the pancakes with gluten-free flour and oats too.

Ingredients

1 large egg
1 cup self-raising flour (gluten-free if needed)
½ cup ground almond
½ cup oats or oatmeal (gluten-free if needed)
1 tsp ground Cinnamon
1 tsp oil
For the sour cherry sauce:
2 cups fresh or defrosted sour cherry
3 Tbsp Muscovado sugar
1 tsp vanilla paste or essence
1 cinnamon stick
1 piece orange peel
Juice of 1 orange

Instructions

First make the sauce. Put all ingredients into a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook until you get a thick but not jam-like sauce. Set aside. You can add a spoonful of cherry brandy or orange liqueur now, if liked.
Make the pancake batter. Put all ingredient in a small blender and whiz until you get a thick batter.
Rest for about 10 minutes. Stir in a few spoonfuls of the cherry sauce, making a marble effect.
Heat a lightly greased pancake pan, then add dollops of the pancake batter, letting them spread into circles. After a couple of minutes of cooking, flip them over and cook for another minute or so, until golden. Transfer them to a plate.
Make more pancakes, using up the batter.
Remove the orange peel and cinnamon stick from the sour cherry sauce.
Serve the pancakes with the sour cherry sauce and custard or ice-cream if liked.