Chicken and Leek Pancakes
If you're not a fan of sweet pancakes, then these might be the ones for you.
Ingredients
- 1 large leek
- 225g (8oz) button mushrooms
- 30ml (2 tbsp) sunflower oil
- 325g (12oz) chicken breast fillets, cut into strips
- 2.5ml (½ tsp) grated nutmeg
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 25g (1oz) butter
- 25g (1oz) plain flour
- 230ml (8fl oz) milk
- 8 pancakes
- 115g (4oz) Gruyère cheese
- 60ml (4 tbsp) single cream
Tools
- High speed slicer shredder
- Balloon whisk
Method
- Fit the High Speed Slicer Shredder with the thick slicing plate and slice the leek and mushrooms into the Kenwood Bowl.
- Heat the oil in a heavy based frying pan until hot then stir-fry the chicken strips for 1-2 minutes. Add the leeks and mushrooms and stir fry for 5 minutes, or until the leeks are tender and the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated.
- Season with nutmeg, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool whilst making the sauce.
- Heat the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the milk. Return to the heat and bring to the boil, stirring continuously until the sauce thickens. Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add to the chicken mixture and adjust the seasoning to taste. Set aside to cool before filling the pancakes.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Divide the chicken, leek and mushroom filling between the pancakes. Either spoon on to a flat pancake and tightly roll up, or place on one quarter, fold in half and then half again to form a pocket.
- Place the filled pancakes in a lightly greased ovenproof dish in a single layer. Fit the thin shredding plate to the High Speed Slicer Shredder and grate the cheese. Sprinkle over the pancakes with the cream.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the pancakes have heated through and the cheese is golden and bubbly. Serve immediately with a green salad.