Pancakes!

Simple stuffed pancakes for supper last night. Felt very full afterwards, worth the effort.

Ingredients for the filling
1 small bag of baby spinach
2 medium leeks finely shredded
150g chestnut mushrooms finely sliced
100g grated Emmental or similar cheese

50g butter
Salt, Pepper and Nutmeg to season

Make four pancakes in the normal fashion and put aside while you make the filling

Sweat the leeks in a pan with the butter until softened, add the mushrooms and fry again until softened. Add the bag of spinach and stir till wilted. Add the grated cheese, seasoning and nutmeg and stir together.

Put a 1/4 of the filling in each of the pancakes and fold into a triangle. Put in an oven-proof dish, grate some more cheese on top and grill until browned.

Party Food

Last night was party night at Chez Fitz, lots of fun and games and as usual too much to eat and drink.
This year we started with Peach Fizz (50/50 Cava and peach nectar) served with cheese sables, smoked salmon and assorted cured meats. These were then joined by an assortment of 'bread shots' (very small rolls made with smoked wholemeal malted flour) which had a variety of fillings (cheese, walnut & pesto, sun-dried tomato and olive). I then wheeled in an assortment of filled savoury pancakes (ricotta, parmasan & spinach and smoked salmon & sour cream). Finally a tray of baked mushrooms stuffed with stilton and a variety of cocktail sausages filled in the gaps before a slightly disappointing lemon ricotta tart (slightly undercooked almond pastry base) was served for pudding.
Of course this was all washed down with copious amounts of mulled wine!