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Feta cheese pancakes with orangettes

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish with Blood Oranges, Feta and Mint
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Kitchen Butterfly's Notes: Pancakes are a staple in our home. Every week, we make batches and the kids have them for breakfast, lunch, in school boxes and they're no stranger to the dinner table. Because of the frequency...
Pancakes are a staple in our home. Every week, we make batches and the kids have them for breakfast, lunch, in school boxes and they're no stranger to the dinner table. Because of the frequency with which we eat them, I love to 'jazz' them up. This time, I've made some orangettes and used them in this recipe.

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Serves 4-6

Feta cheese and orangette pancakes:

1 box (wholegrain) pancake mix Ask a question about this ingredient

Feta cheese (to taste) Ask a question about this ingredient

Orangettes, chopped (recipe below) Ask a question about this ingredient

Mint, chopped Ask a question about this ingredient

Make pancake mix. To this, add some crumbled feta cheese and chopped orangettes
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Fry and serve topped with chopped mint and maple syrup
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Blood orangettes:

2 blood oranges Ask a question about this ingredient

2 cups caster sugar (1 1/2 cups for syrup; 1/2 cup for rolling) Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup water Ask a question about this ingredient

To harvest the peels, cut each orange length ways into 4 quarters.
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Gently cut out the pulp (you could reserve it to make ’orangeade’ or a dressing) with a knife and clean the inside as much as you can. Be careful as my blood oranges were a bit delicate
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In a pan, combine 1 1/2 cups of the caster sugar and the water. Bring to the boil and add the peel and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer until peels are translucent, about 20 minutes.
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Remove peels from the sugar syrup using a slotted spoon and roll in the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar. Set on a rack to dry, for a few hours or overnight
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When dried, store in an air-tight container
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4 Comments on Feta cheese pancakes with orangettes

coffeefoodwritergirl added over 2 years ago

These look very yummy. Love pancakes with cheese (especially feta!) Looking forward to trying this.

Kitchen Butterfly added over 2 years ago

This was my first time trying pancake with feta. Today, I tried plain pancakes, crumbled the feta on top, sprinkled some chopped mint and orangettes and a drizzle of maple syrup. Heavenly!

gabrielaskitchen added over 2 years ago

Wow Butterfly! You're going to town with the blood orange, mint, feta prompt! This recipe is by far my favorite, although I like the ice cream idea too. Oh! I love all of them....I'm wondering if you'll be running off against yourself?

Kitchen Butterfly added over 2 years ago

Ha ha ha gabrielaskitchen.....we shall see!!!!! I really LOVE this challenge.....