Chocolate and orange pancakes



Ingredients

90 g (3 oz) plain flour
25 g (1 oz) each of cocoa powder and sugar
1 large egg
300 ml (11 fl oz) milk
½ tsp vanilla essence
FryLight sunflower oil

For filling:
2 medium oranges
250 g tub ricotta cheese
25 g (1 oz) plain chocolate, grated
25 g (1 oz) sugar


Sift flour and cocoa into bowl then mix in sugar. Beat egg with milk and vanilla then add to dry ingredients and whisk to make a smooth batter. Spray frying pan with FryLight a few times to coat and pour in enough batter to cover base thinly. Turn pancake when set and cook till firm. Repeat with remaining batter.

Grate zest from one orange into a bowl. Cut away peel and pith from both oranges and cut into segments, allowing juice to drip into bowl. Lay segments to one side. Beat ricotta with zest and juice then add chocolate. 

Divide filling between pancakes and roll up, topping with orange segments.


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