Herb Pancakes Filled with Tenderstem, Shallots and Gruyere Cheese Sauce
This recipe for Herb Pancakes Filled with Grilled Tenderstem, Shallots and Gruyere Cheese Sauce, makes a perfect lunch dish, or light supper meal, and is perfect if you don’t eat meat too!
This recipe can be prepared well ahead of time, and then assembled and cooked when required.
Serves: 4
Prep time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 35 Minutes
You’ll need:
For the Shallot Confit:
400g peeled shallots
100g butter
For the Pancakes:
2 eggs
100g flour
150ml milk
10g parsley
10g chives
10g chervil
For the Béchamel:
50g butter
50g flour
500ml milk
1 Shallot
2 cloves
50g Dijon mustard
50g Gruyere cheese – grated
Filling:
250g Tenderstem broccoli
Garnish:
50g Gruyere cheese – grated
Baby watercress leaves
What to Do:
To make the shallot confit, finely chop the shallots, place the butter into a pan and melt, then add the diced shallots. Season with sea salt and pepper and cook slowly on a low heat not allowing them to colour. Cook for 30 minutes until they are very tender.
Make your basic pancake batter well ahead of time by mixing the eggs with the milk then adding the flour and beating until velvety smooth. Add the chopped herbs and allow to rest for 30 minutes.
Then make your pancakes. In a hot non stick pan add a small knob of butter and once melted add enough batter for one pancake. Cook for 2 minutes on each side. Allow 2 per person, keep these in between layers of greaseproof paper until required.
To make basic Béchamel sauce. Cut the shallot in half and then stick the bay leaf to one half of the shallot with the cloves. Place the milk and shallot in a pan and warm up. Make a roux with butter and flour, add your hot milk to the roux and beat with a whisk until nice and smooth, season with salt and pepper then add ½ the cheese and the mustard to finish it with, leave in the pan until required.
Blanch the Tenderstem in boiling salted water for 2 minutes and then refresh by placing in ice cold water, then allow to drain on kitchen paper.
In a clean bowl add ½ the shallot confit and 1/3 of the béchamel sauce, now add the drained Tenderstem, check the seasoning and adjust if necessary. You can if you like chargrill the Tenderstem to give an extra dimension of taste.
Roll each piece of Tenderstem, along with the sauce and shallots into a pancake and place in to an oven proof dish ready to warm up.
Cook at 180c for 8-10 minutes, checking they are hot on the inside.
To serve:
Remove the hot pancakes from the dish and place 2 per person in the centre of hot plates.Pour the remaining sauce over the pancakes then add the remaining shallot confit. Garnish with grated gruyere and baby watercress leaf.
Recipe from: www.UKshallot.com


Latest posts by Sally - Silversurfer's Editor (see all)
- Get away for a stay in beautiful South Wales – Glen-Yr-Afon House Hotel - March 5, 2021
- Will you watch the Sussexes’ Oprah interview? - March 4, 2021
- Funeral plans versus personal savings - March 3, 2021
- Think smaller! A guide to downsizing - March 3, 2021
- Win a pair of Cosyfeet footwear of your choice - March 3, 2021
Leave a Comment!
Community Terms & Conditions
Content standards
These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it.
You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.
Contributions must:
be accurate (where they state facts); be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.
Contributions must not:
contain any material which is defamatory of any person; or contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory; or promote sexually explicit material; or promote violence; promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; or infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person; or be likely to deceive any person; or be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence; or promote any illegal activity; or be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety; or be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person; or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person; or give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Nurturing a safe environment
Our Silversurfers community is designed to foster friendships, based on trust, honesty, integrity and loyalty and is underpinned by these values.
We don't tolerate swearing, and reserve the right to remove any posts which we feel may offend others... let's keep it friendly!
Log in to comment
You need to be logged in to interact with Silversurfers. Please use the button below if you already have an account.
LoginNot a member?
You need to be a member to interact with Silversurfers. Joining is free and simple to do. Click the button below to join today!
Join