Blood orange & cardamom pancakes (aebleskiver)

This seasonal take on a classic dessert is inspired by ‘hygge’ – the Danish dedication to taking pleasure in everyday things and creating a sense of wellbeing and comfort. These tasty little buttermilk pancakes spiked with blood orange and cardamom are certainly very hygge. Called aebleskiver in Danish, they are traditionally made in a special aebleskiver pan (available from nordicware.com), but you can make them in a frying pan as mini bun-type pancakes.

MAKES 24 PREP 30 mins COOK 20 mins A CHALLENGE

125g plain "lour

1/ tsp baking powder

2

1/ tsp ground cardamom

2

200ml buttermilk

2 large eggs, separated

1 blood orange, zested

1 tbsp blood orange juice 50g butter, melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing

1 tbsp caster sugar icing sugar, to dust

1 In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cardamom and a pinch of salt. In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, egg yolks, orange zest and juice and butter. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk to create a smooth batter. 2 Whisk the egg whites until sti peaks form, then add the caster sugar, whisk again, then fold into the batter.

3 Butter an aebleskiver pan and set over a medium-high heat. Spoon 1 tbsp batter into each hole and allow to cook and set for about 1 min. Use a skewer or pointed palette knife to flip the pancakes around forty degrees, then add a bit more batter, allow to set and flip again, cooking and rotating until you have a golden pu ed pancake ball. Alternatively, drop spoonfuls of batter into a buttered non-stick frying pan and cook for several mins on each side. Dust with icing sugar and serve hot.

PER AEBLESKIVER 49 kcals • fat 2g • saturates 1g • carbs 5g • sugars 1g • "ibre none • protein 1g • salt 0.1g