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BAKLAVA PANCAKES WITH HONEY SYRUP

SERVES 4

PREP AND COOK:

25 MINS

2 tsps ground cinnamon

200g bottle Green’s Original Pancake Shake

1 tblsp honey

½ cup slivered almonds, toasted  cup chopped pistachios,

toasted

25g unsalted butter, softened Fresh sliced strawberries and

vanilla ice-cream, to serve HONEY SYRUP

 cup caster sugar

2 tblsps honey ¼ cup orange juice 1 tsp vanilla extract

1 To make honey syrup, combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Add 2 tblsps of water and stir over a low heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Gently boil for about 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Cool for 10 minutes.

2 Add cinnamon to the bottle of pancake mix. Following the directions on the bottle, fill with water. Add the honey and shake well for 1 minute.

3 Place almonds and pistachios in a small bowl and stir to combine. Set aside ½ cup of nuts for serving.

4 Melt about 1 tsp of the butter in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat. Pour about 2 tblsps of the batter into pan. Repeat to make another two pancakes. Sprinkle about 2 tsps of the remaining nuts over each pancake.

5 Cook for about 1½ minutes, or until bubbles start to appear on the surface, then turn pancakes over. Cook for a further 1 minute, or until golden underneath. Remove from the pan and cover to keep warm.

6 Repeat with remaining butter, pancake batter and nuts to make eight pancakes in total.

7 Serve warm pancakes with strawberries and vanilla ice-cream. Sprinkle with reserved nuts. Drizzle with honey syrup.