Mexican Chilli And Lime Chocolate Sauce Pancake Recipe

I'm giving you forewarning that next week is Shrove Tuesday better known as pancake day it is a time of joy and much contemplation over pancake toppings.Pancakes are an international affair from Scottish pancakes to Mexican tortillas there is not a country I believe that doesn't love a pancake.

Can be prepared in 30 minutes or less.

Ingredients

• 8 ounces Milk chocolate  chopped
• 120 ml of water
• 60 ml of double cream
• 2 teaspoons Waitrose sweet ground almonds 
• 1 teaspoon Waitrose orange natural flavouring 
• 1 tea spoon of chilli flakes
• Half the juice of a lime or add more to taste 

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Preperation

In a glass bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt the chocolate gently .

Add the water and teaspoon of orange natural flavouring .

Stir until the sauce is somewhat smooth , about 20 minutes

By now most of the water will have evaporated.

The mixture will have thicken slightly . Remove from the heat and stir in the cream and the optional liqueur . Also at this point at the teaspoon of chilli flakes , half the juice of a lime until combined well. Cool sauce completely and transfer to a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Sauce keeps, covered and chilled, 1 month. Set aside and move onto to making your pancakes.

The key to a good pancake is not only a good pancake and toppings but preperations good preperation will hopefully help and make pancake day feel more relaxed. As mentioned above the Mexican Chilli and Lime Chocolate sauce can be made well in advance.

For the batter mixture.

125g plain flour

2 medium eggs

25g melted butter

300ml of milk

1 tsp of salt

4 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder

For the pancakes shift the flour in a bowl .

Make a well in the centre of the mixture.

Add the salt,sugar, eggs, baking powder.

Gradually pour in the milk whisking as your pour until you have a smooth batter, then whisk in the melted butter.

To cook the pancakes , use a non stick pan . Heat the pan on medium heat until there is a slight haze coming from it. Brush the pan with with melted butter or oil then our in around 70 ml of batter in using a ladle if possible.

Tilt the pan so the pancake mixture covers the bottom of the pan.

Cook for around about 1 minute or until the batter has set and the pancake is lovely and golden. Loosen the edges of the pancakes and gently flip over then cook for a further minute.

Repeat the process to cook more pancakes.

Transfer to a plate and drizzle with the Mexican Chilli And Lime Chocolate sauce and decorate with strawberries and lime.

This a sponsored post in conjuction with Waitrose‘World cuisine’ Recipe Challenge

Country Life Is A Very Fine Life

Rugby today in a very scenic country park near Tamworth.

Country kids are it's very best , all be it quite big kids ! I don't mind the howling as long as I have my trusty bobble hat I'm set . There is no such thing as bad weather just so long as you have the right bobble hat.

 

Knitting Giveaway

A little giveaway which I really should have down at Christmas!

Thanks to the wonderful Peggys Yarn

Peggy's Collection and peggy's yarns was created to celebrate the memory of my late grandmother peggy, who taught me how to knit. Peggys collection was started in 2010 and win many awards, such as #sbs by Theo from dragons den fame.

Peggy is a lovely genuine warm hearted lady with an amazing business that deals in stunning knitwear

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Popchips review

How can so much yumminess be packed in a packet and SO low on calories ?

I don't know how they do it, but they must be masters of magic , well I actually I do know they are baked snacks  , so you can enjoy guilt free snacking without feeling to guilty ; your only guilt will probably be if you eat the last packet!

Created in california and now popping in the uk, popchips are a naturally delicious line of popped potato chips. never fried. never baked. popchips are popped with heat and pressure for a snack so crispy and delicious you won't even notice it's (I hesitate to say) healthier.

with seven great, taste-bud popping flavours, including original, barbeque, salt & vinegar, sour cream & onion, salt & pepper,thai sweet chilli and katy’s kettle cornthere’s a different flavour for everyone’s tastes.

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The Frogs Legs Have it

Bus journeys are the microcosm of the human race.

Honestly it is like a really , really bad version of Miss Marple and we are all just sitting there patiently waiting to be questioned .

You get all sorts in there and the 20 or so minute journey there is like the cannonball run, only without the manly moustache of Burt Reynolds.

The passengers were numerous but those who stood out were the cook , the thief and the lover.

You have the alleged thief who had been arrested numerous times and looked as if  he was about to appear on Jeremy Kyle. We were informed very loudly of his past woes via his mobile phone conversation.

The lover the young girl fixing her make up probably about to meet her beau.

And then there was the cook.

"I used to cook frogs"

"I used to get them from the canal"

 A lady chirps "but aren't they bony ?"

" Aye but you just spits the bones out ,around 20 frogs will do you "

" Oh. " said the lady.

"But a good sauce is essential "

That's a dish I'm yet to see on master chef.

Life's never dull round here.