American Blueberry Pancakes
Ingredients
Pancakes
- 1 L whole milk
- 6 eggs
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 7 tbsp orange juice freshly squeezed from about 1 orange
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 350 g flour
- 300 g Blueberries
- A bit of butter for the pan
Lemon Curd
- 3 eggs
- ¾ dl lemon juice freshly squeezed from about 2 lemons
- ¾ tsp lemon zest freshly grated from about 1 lemon
- 130 g sugar
- 50 g butter
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate sauce
- 3 dl heavy whipping cream
- 225 g dark chocolate
Instructions
Pancakes
- In a large bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, and orange juice
- In another bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder
- Add the flour-mixture to the bowl with milk little by little. Whisk between each portion to avoid lumps
- Add the blueberries
- Grease the pan with a pinch of butter
- When the pan is warm, add a soup spoon full of batter
- Turn the pancake over after a couple of minuts when it has become brown on the bottom
- Remove the pancakes when it has become brown on the other side as well
- Repeat making pancakes till there is no more batter
Lemon Curd
- Whisk the lemon juice, eggs, vanilla, and sugar together in a saucepan at medium heat (don't let it boil)
- Whisk in about 2 minuts before adding the butter and lemon zest. Continue whisking till the curd begins to thicken (about 10-15 min)
- Pour the lemon curd into jars (of about 3 dl)
Chocolate sauce
- ! This should be made just before serving
- Bring the heavy creme to a boil in a saucepan while stiring
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the chocolate – still stiring
- Put the sauce in a sauceboat and serve with pancake and lemon curd