Go Bananas for Bonne Maman Pancakes

 

 A lovely guest post here from Bonne Maman. I’ve made these up recently using gluten free flour too. They came out excellent and were hoovered up in minutes by 20 fussy teenage scouts! A huge success! Head down to selected supermarkets or Ocado and pick up your own pot from their gorgeous range of conserves, compotes, marmalades and desserts!

Bonne Maman Pancakes 

With Shrove Tuesday just around the corner, Bonne Maman has created a flipping fantastic banana pancake recipe… Light, fluffy and wonderfully moist – top golden pancakes with a delicious toffee apple sauce, made with Bonne Maman Caramel Spread and a dash of apple juice, for a truly sensational stack.

Makes 6-8 large pancakes

Ingredients:

45g Bonne Maman Caramel

75ml clear apple juice

75g plain flour

Pinch ground cinnamon, optional

Large pinch salt

2 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp light soft brown sugar

4 medium bananas, (2 very ripe)

25g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for cooking

150ml buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract, optional

Method:

First make the Toffee Apple Sauce. Put the caramel in a small saucepan with the apple juice and stir together over a low heat for 2-3 mins, until smooth. Set aside.

In a large bowl, stir together the next 5 dry ingredients.

In a small bowl, mash the 2 very ripe bananas with the butter, buttermilk and vanilla until well blended. Fold into the flour mixture.

Heat a large, non-stick frying pan over a high heat and wipe out the pan with a little extra butter or oil.  

Drop a large spoonful of pancake batter into the pan and reduce the heat to medium. Wait until the bottom of the pancake is golden brown and bubbles begin to appear on the top then flip the pancake over with a fish slice or spatula. Cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Keep warm in a low oven while you cook the remaining batter.

Serve the pancakes with the remaining sliced bananas and the warm Toffee Apple Sauce.

Cook’s tips:

- The Toffee Apple Sauce is delicious served over vanilla ice cream or serve in a small pot with a plate of bite-sized, fresh fruit chunks at children’s parties as a dip.

- To get even – sized pancakes, grease a large round metal biscuit cutter and spoon the batter into the ring. Pull the ring off when the pancake begins to cook. Alternatively, use a spring release ice-cream scoop to drop even amounts of mixture into the pan.

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