Spinach florentine pancakes

  • Portion size: Makes 4
  • Prep time 20 min, plus 20 min resting
  • Difficulty: easy
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Green eggs and ham in the form of a fancy pancake! The spinach and basil batter gives these parcels a fragrant flavour and charming bright-green hue. It’s finished off just like a florentine pizza with mozzarella, parma ham and an egg – and it’s just as wonderful.

Loved these? Try our crispy cheese and onion crepes, too.

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Before you start

Be a better cook Don’t forget to let the batter rest for 20 minutes – this allows the proteins in the flour to hydrate fully, giving a softer pancake. But don’t prepare the batter too far in advance or you’ll be left with a more yellowy green rather than brilliant green pancake

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Ingredients

  • 250ml whole milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 20g baby leaf spinach, roughly chopped
  • 20g basil leaves, roughly chopped
  • 150g plain flour
  • ¼ tsp fine salt
  • 2 tsp olive oil for frying

For the filling

  • 125g mozzarella ball, torn
  • 6 large eggs
  • 12 slices parma ham
  • Small basil leaves to garnish

Specialist kit

  •  You’ll need 2-3 large baking trays
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Method

  1. Add the milk, eggs, spinach and basil to a large jug, then whizz until smooth using a stick blender. Add the flour and salt, then whizz again until smooth. Rest in the fridge for 20 minutes (see Be A Better Cook, above).
  2. Once the batter has rested, heat the oven to 220ºC/200ºC fan/gas 7 and put a large frying pan over a high heat, then add the oil. Swirl it around to ensure the pan base is fully covered, then pour about a sixth of the batter into the centre and swirl around quickly to get a thin, even layer. Cook for a minute or so, then flip using a palette knife or fish slice. Cook on the other side for 30 seconds, then transfer to a large oven tray. Repeat with the next pancake.
  3. Scatter one sixth of the mozzarella over each pancake, leaving a gap in the centre, then crack an egg into each gap. Drape 2 slices of ham around each egg white, then fold the 4 pancake sides over to create a square (like a galette). Carefully transfer to the oven and cook for a few minutes until the egg whites have firmed but the yolk remains runny. It’s best to bake 2 on a tray while continuing to make 2 more pancakes on another tray, like a conveyor belt. Serve with salt, pepper and little basil leaves to garnish.
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Nutrition

  • 271kcals Calories
  • 17g (10g saturated) Fat
  • 15g Protein
  • 14g (2.8g sugars) Carbs
  • 0.8g Fibre
  • 0.8g Salt
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kayg_1986@hotmail.com

This is the best savoury pancake I have ever had. I swapped out the Parma ham for streaky bacon as that was what I had in the fridge already but it was truly delicious! I won’t be waiting until the next Shrove Tuesday to enjoy them again. It will be a regular weekend brunch offering in our house.

Phoebe Stone

Wow, thank you for this fantastic feedback! Delighted that you’re planning to make this recipe again – and thanks for the streaky bacon tip.

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