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Creamy Mushrooms & Spinach High Protein Buckwheat Pancakes [vegetarian]
Creamy and cheesy, these Creamy Mushrooms & Spinach Buckwheat Pancakes make a truly satisfying meal.
Equipment
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Ingredients
FOR THE PANCAKES:
- 250 g buckwheat flour
- 4 eggs
- 500 ml Sainsbury's Protein Milk
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
FOR THE FILLING:
- 500 g chestnut mushrooms
- 260 g young spinach leaves
- 500 ml Sainsbury's Protein Milk
- 75 g extra mature cheddar
- 100 g butter
- 2 Tbsp plain flour
- 4 garlic cloves - crushed
- 2 banana shallots or 4 small shallots - finely sliced
- nutmeg to taste
- salt & pepper
Instructions
TO MAKE THE PANCAKES:
- Place flour, eggs, oil, salt and milk in a large bowl. Mix until you have a smooth batter. If any lumps, you can blitz the batter in a blender for 10 secs. Leave to rest on the side.
TO MAKE THE FILLING:
- Heat half of the butter in a large frying pan. Add finely sliced shallots and crushed garlic. Cook under medium heat until soft.
- Add finely sliced mushrooms. Cook for 3 minutes then add the spinach. Leave to cook under medium heat until spinach has wilted and liquid from the vegetables has evaporated.
- Make the white sauce by heating up the other half of the butter in a small saucepan. Add the plain flour. Cook under medium heat, whisking constantly until the flour is brown.
- Add milk. Then cook under medium heat, whisking constantly until mixture is thick and glossy.
- Add grated cheese.
- Mix cheesy white sauce with vegetables. Season to taste with nutmeg, salt & pepper.
- Heat the pancake pan over a moderate to high heat. Grease well with some butter smeared on some kitchen paper. When the pan is hot, ladle some batter into it. Try to get the batter to cover all the surface of the pan in an even and thin layer by tilting the pan.
- When the pancake is cooked underneath, it should slide easily in the pan. You can then flip it over to cook the other side.
- You can keep cooked pancakes warm covered in foil in the oven while you are cooking the rest of the batter.
- Serve stuffed with creamy mushroom and spinach filling.
Nutrition
Serving: 400gCalories: 739kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 32gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 25gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 257mgSodium: 836mgPotassium: 1723mgFiber: 9gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 7400IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 579mgIron: 6mg