Chocolate Pancakes with Dark Chocolate Sauce

Title:
Chocolate Pancakes with Dark Chocolate Sauce

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Desserts,
Pancakes




Ingredients:





     1 c  Flour


   1/2 c  Sugar


   1/3 c  Unsweetened dutch cocoa


 1 1/2 ts Baking powder


   1/8 ts Salt


     1 c  Milk


     1 lg Egg


     4 tb Unsalted butter; melted


     1 ts Vanilla





------------------------------CHOCOLATE
SAUCE------------------------------


     3 oz Bittersweet chocolate;


          -finely chopped


   1/2 c  Heavy cream; or milk?


     2 ts Sugar


   1/2 ts Instant espresso powder; not


          -freeze-dried


     1 tb Butter; room temp





 1. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and


 salt.


 


 2. In another bowl, whisk together milk, egg, butter and vanilla and blend


 thoroughly. Pour over dry ingredients and mix with whisk until just


 combined.


 


 3. Lightly butter oil or spray griddle, even if it has nonstick surface.


 Preheat oven to 200F if you want to keep pancakes warm.


 


 4. Spoon 3 tbsp of batter onto griddle for each pancake, and use spatula or


 back of spoon to press batter into rounds. Flip with wide spatula and cook


 until both sides are light brown. Flip gently, they are soft and thin and


 need extra TLC. Serve immediately, or keep warm in oven.


 


 5. For sauce. Place chocolate in heatproof bowl and set aside. In medium


 saucepan, mix cream, sugar, espresso powder and salt over med heat,


 stirring to dissolve. Remove from heat and gradually whisk in chocolate


 until smooth. Whisk in butter and serve or cover and chill until needed.


 


 "These decadent pancakes are soft, rich and chocolatey enough to satisfy


 any craving. Use good cocoa powder that has been Dutch-processed to make


 them darker and fudgier. Top with scoop of good vanilla ice cream if


 desired."


 


 Sauce will keep up to 2 weeks. If desired, warm over low heat or in


 microwave.


 


 Contributor: Toronto Sun Feb 18/98 (Pancakes, From Morning to Midnight)


 


 Posted to RecipeLu 3/19/98 by Cathleen 


 Posted to recipelu-digest by Badams 
on Mar 21,


 1998