Strawberry Griddle Cakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 125 g self-raising flour
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 30 g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 125 g strawberries, hulled and chopped
• salted butter (for frying)
• 200 ml rose wine
• 1 vanilla pod
• 50 g golden caster sugar
• 400 g strawberries, hulled and halved

Recipe

• 1 to make the sauce, heat the wine, vanilla pod and sugar in a large pan until the sugar has dissolved.
• 2 bring the liquid to a boil, then take off the heat.
• 3 drop in the strawberries, cover with a lid and leave the fruit to steep until cool.
• 4 for the griddle cakes, sift the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and a pinch of salt into a large bowl.
• 5 stir in the sugar.
• 6 make a well in the mix and add the egg, lemon juice and milk to make a batter.
• 7 add the chopped strawberries to the mix.
• 8 heat a non-stick pan and melt a little salted butter.
• 9 add spoonfuls of the batter to the pan to make small, thick pancakes.
• 10 cook over medium heat until bubbles start to appear on the surface of the griddle cakes - about 2 or 3 minutes.
• 11 flip over and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
• 12 if cooking in batches, keep the cooked ones warm in a low oven while you finish the rest.
• 13 serve the griddle cakes warm with the strawberry sauce.