I love pancakes but don’t make them that often as the boys are not fans (yes, strange as most children love them!). I love eating them with sweet fillings, but I also like using them to make a main meal in place of pasta or wraps. Last week I was wondering what to make for dinner and was looking through my fridge and cupboards to see what I had and what needed using up.
With the ingredients I found I decided to make a kind of pancake style spinach and ricotta cannelloni but with ham (obviously omit this if you are vegetarian) and instead of ricotta I had cream cheese, and rather than add the spinach to the pancakes once made, I thought I would incorporate the vegetable into the actual batter mix. It was a success and tasted really nice and here is how I made it.
Spinach Pancakes with cream cheese, ham and a roasted pepper and tomato sauce
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Author: Jenny Paulin
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- for the pancakes
- 1½ cups of flour
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 egg
- ½ bag of spinach
- black pepper (to taste)
- pinch of salt
- pinch of nutmeg
- oil for cooking
- for the sauce
- 2 red peppers
- 1 onion
- garlic
- basil
- olive oil
- tin of tomatoes (drain off the liquid)
- pinch of sugar
- for the filling
- small tub of cream cheese (or use ricotta)
- ham/bacon - optional
- 25g grated cheese
- black pepper to taste
- 25g grated cheese to garnish
- Method
Instructions
- To make the pancakes
- Place all the ingredients into a blender and whizz until smooth
- make your pancakes as you would normally, and allow to cool
- To make the sauce
- pre-heat the oven to 190oC/170oC (fan)
- roughly chop the peppers and onion and place into a baking tray
- add a couple of cloves of garlic and 2tbsp of olive oil and some basil, mix and place into an oven
- cook for about 20-25 minutes
- once cooked, put in tom your clean blender with your drained tomatoes and the sugar and whizz to blend all together
- To assemble your dish
- turn the oven down to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
- lay each pancake out and divide the cream cheese, cheese and meat (if using) mixture among your pancakes
- roll each pancake up and place into a lightly greased oven proof dish
- pour over your sauce and top with the grated cheese
- bake for about 25-30 minutes until the cheese is golden brown
- serve with garlic or crusty bread and a salad garnish
It really tastes nice and the use of pancakes in place of pasta is a real change. By adding spinach to the pancake batter is a clever way of getting spinach haters (like my OH and children) to eat it without really realising!!
Lauren_W
That looks amazing. I love savoury pancakes and would never think to do them in this way. x
Maria @ Feisty Tapas
I just saw this in my stream and had to come say “yes please!!!!”. I love savoury pancakes but these look just amazing. I’m pinning them.
Jenny Paulin
thank you so much! x
Jenny Paulin
thanks Lauren – so easy you must try it x
HELEN
these look & sound lovely – & I LOVE that green of the pancakes – I would have to frame one to put on my kitchen wall! x
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