Pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce for a special brunch

Pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce for a special brunch. Photo by Aleksey Nosov: https://www.pexels.com/photo/overhead-shot-of-a-plate-of-crepes-11188593/

Pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce for a special brunch

Do you want a tasty brunch with friends this weekend? Combine French and Portuguese cooking with our pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce recipe.

Pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce for a special brunch

Pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce for a special brunch. Photo by Aleksey Nosov: https://www.pexels.com/photo/overhead-shot-of-a-plate-of-crepes-11188593/

In many parts of South Africa, it’s also rainy season during the summer months and during those days, pancakes are on the menu. Even though the classic French crêpes is our style of pancake too, there are great ways to make it fancy. Our pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce brings together European flavours that everybody can enjoy, especially for brunch.

Pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce tips

We have a fluffy pancake recipe that isn’t in the method below which will go perfectly well with the crab and Madeira sauce filling. Crab meat cooks in a few minutes and is best made while the pancake mixture is resting for a while. The creamy sauce isn’t overpowering which is great with seafood. If you want to kick everything into a new gear, flambé the pancakes with some brandy.

Do you want a tasty brunch with friends this weekend? Combine French and Portuguese cooking with our pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce recipe.

Pancakes with crab meat and Madeira sauce ecipe

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Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: BrunchCuisine: French, PortugueseDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

10

minutes
Total time

20

minutes

Ingredients

  • 340 g 340 fresh cooked crab meat

  • 3 tbsp 3 butter

  • 2 tbsp 2 Madeira wine

  • Tabasco sauce

  • 1 1 egg yolk

  • 1 tbsp 1 cream

  • 3 3 shallots, chopped

  • 1 tsp 1 chives, chopped

  • 1 cup 1 bechamel / white sauce

  • salt

Method

  • Heat butter in pan, add shallots. Heat for 1 minute. Mix in crab meat, heating 1 minute longer.
  • Add remaining ingredients, mixing gently until all is thoroughly blended, 3-5 minutes.
  • Remove-from heat and put equal portions in centre of 8 thin crapes/pancakes.
  • Fold and lay on greased platter.
  • Put in 232°C oven for about 2 minutes or until thoroughly warm.
  • When ready to serve can be flambé with brandy.

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