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Mushroom buckwheat pancakes

Name: Mushroom buckwheat pancakes
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 pancakes
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g mushrooms; 1 shallot; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 slices ham; 4 tablespoons olive oil; ½ lemon; 4 tablespoons cream; 50 g butter; Salt; Pepper; 4 buckwheat pancakes

The filling is prepared by frying ham and mushrooms with chopped shallot and a drizzle of lemon juice.

The pancakes used here are Breton-style buckwheat "galettes" (often sold ready made in France), folded over the filling in the pan before serving.

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Duration

45 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 4 pancakes, you will need:

1 250 g mushrooms
2 1 shallot
3 2 tablespoons olive oil
4 2 slices ham
5 4 tablespoons olive oil
6 ½ lemon
7 4 tablespoons cream (optional)
8 50 g butter
9 Salt
10 Pepper
11 4 buckwheat pancakes
Total weight: 780 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

25 min.

Cooking

25 min.

All in all

45 min.

Preparation 25 min.

Cooking 25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 15 min.

Prepare the mushroom mixture

Prepare and cut into small pieces 250 g mushrooms.

Reserve.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.

Chop 1 shallot.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat.

When really hot, add 2 slices ham, cut into pieces.

Fry until lightly browned. Set aside.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Using the same frying pan, pour in 4 tablespoons olive oil and add the chopped shalot.

Salt and pepper then cook for 1 or 2 minutes, without colouring.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 8 min.

Add the mushrooms, mix well and cook until they have given off all their liquid and have started to brown.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add the juice of ½ lemon and mix well.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add the fried ham and mix again.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add 4 tablespoons cream, if you wish, to bind the ingredients, but this is not essential.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 5 min.

If you have added cream, leave to reduce by 3/4.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Make the pancakes

Use a large flat "crêpe" pan (or an Indian tava or griddle) and when hot, melt a knob of butter.

Place a pancake on the pan and spread a little of the mushroom filling in the centre.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 1 min.

Fold in 4 "flaps" over the filling to seal the pancake...

Stage 12 - ⌛ 1 min.

...and turn it over to cook on the other side for 1 minute.

Stage 13

Serve immediately.

Prepare all the pancakes like this.

Remarks

You can use slices of bacon, smoked if you prefer, instead of the ham.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately once plated up.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	44 RDI=69 %	65 RDI=25 %	182 RDI=249 %	2,078 RDI=104 %	8,702 RDI: 104 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=9 %	8 RDI=3 %	23 RDI=32 %	266 RDI=13 %	1,116 RDI: 13 %
Per pancakes	11 RDI=17 %	16 RDI=6 %	45 RDI=62 %	519 RDI=26 %	2,176 RDI: 26 %