Apple Pancakes With Vanilla Mascarpone - cooking recipe

Ingredients

150 g self-raising flour
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
55 g caster sugar
60 ml buttermilk
1 l egg
30 g butter, plus extra for cooking
2 tbsp maple syrup, plus 2 tbsp extra, to serve
2 None apples, cored, thinly sliced
250 g tub mascarpone
1 None vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped

Preparation

Sift flour and soda together into a large bowl. Stir in sugar. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture. Gradually whisk in combined buttermilk and egg, until smooth. Cover and set aside until required.
Melt butter in a large frying pan on medium. Add maple syrup; bring to simmer. Add apple slices in single layer. Cook 1 minute each side. Remove and set aside. Wipe pan clean.
Melt 1 teaspoon extra butter in pan. Place 2-3 apple slices in pan. Pour about 60ml batter over, to just cover apples. Cook 1-2 minutes, until bubbles appear on surface and underside is golden. Turn pancake. Cook further 1-2 minutes, until cooked through. Repeat with remaining apple and batter, adding extra butter to pan as required.
In a small bowl, whisk mascarpone and vanilla seeds together. Serve pancakes with vanilla mascarpone and extra syrup.