Wednesday 18 February - Stuffed Pancakes

We missed Shrove Tuesday as were driving back from a break in Lincolnshire, so moved our pancakes to Wednesday.
I decided to make stuffed ones for a change - spinach and cheese, and some mushroom ones for George.

Started with a normal pancake batter, which I always leave to rest for an hour or so, despite having no proof that this makes any difference

The pancakes were fried in clarified butter, and stacked up ready to fill.

For the fillings - mushrooms were fried with garlic and shallots, and finished off with a dash of cream.

The second filling was wilted spinach mixed with ricotta, gorgonzola and parmesan, and lots of grated nutmeg.

The pancakes were then rolled around the fillings, and topped with a white sauce flavoured with bay leaves, and finally topped with mozzarella and some parmesan

It was all then baked until bubbly and golden.

Served with a green salad, and some bread to mop up all the sauce.