Pancake Day Top 10 Fillings

Today, March 8th is Pancake Day 2011!

Or instead of Pancake Day the true name in its religious origins is Shrove Tuesday or, if you are in Iceland – Bursting Day! Indeed I am sure that is how many of us feel after Pancake Day!

Shrove Tuesday is considered as a last feast of all the traditional food stuffs (fat, butter and eggs) not allowed during the Christian festival of Lent which runs from Ash Wednesday (day after Shrove Tuesday) until Easter Sunday.

So, lets move onto pancake fillings!

Our fun filling suggestions.

1. Break out the smarties!  
   Once your pancake is cooked before tipping out of the frying pan drop a few smarties onto the pancake to commence melting. Tip pancake onto a plate and roll – you’ll get a lovely multi colour chocolate goo filling to your pancake.

 

2. Chocolate buttons anyone?
   As above for the Smarties but you’ll have a pure chocolate filling. Yum!

 

3. Chocolate orange (mmmm a favourite of mine)
   Same as above but for all you adults you can always add a little Cointreau for something special.

 

4. Banana & Chocolate
   Melt the chocolate, lay out the pancake on a plate and add cut up banana.

 

5. Strawberries & Whipped Cream
   Cook pancakes and once on the plate add whipped cream and strawberries before folding.

 

6. Mixed Berries
   You can either warm up berries with a little sugar and then add to your pancake or fill will ice cream and cold berries.

 

7. Pear and Dark chocolate
   Dreamy combination of chocolate and pears, why not top with some chopped nuts to give that gooey filling some crunch.

 

8. Ice Cream Surprise
   Fill a pancake with a scoop of ice cream; go with one of those expensive branded tubs for something really amazing.

 

9. Classic Lemon and Sugar
   Make your pancakes and squeeze a little lemon and a sprinkling of sugar.

 

10. Go Nutty with Maple Syrup  
    Once your pancake is cooked, why not add some maple syrup to the filling? You could even add pecans and ice cream if you like!

Your options are endless!

If you have other recipe ideas, why not share them with us here?

I will be flipping pancakes with my son this evening and I will share some pics with you, we would love to see yours too!