Oven Cooked Dutch Pancake with Easy Blueberry sauce – An impressive looking (and tasting!) giant pancake that serves the whole family.
As much as I love pancakes, I never seem to end up making them on pancake day!
Pancakes are weekend food, when the children and I can take our time making and eating lovely big piles of fluffy pancakes. Even better if we have time to experiment.
Pancakes with:
- Creamy lemon sauce and sharp bites of pomegranate
- Lightly cooked berries with cheesecake cream
- Potatoes, chorizo and chilli-garlic butter
I’ve even got one of those crepe-plates. Our kitchen is a right old mess after using that one, but the sense of achievement when we actually make a perfectly formed French crepe filled with Nutella and banana slices? It’s almost too good to eat (yeah right, like I’d ever look at something rather than eat it!).
I thought I’d try something new today in preparation for pancake day. Oven-cooked dutch pancakes!
Rather like a giant Yorkshire pudding – except it’s cooked in butter instead of dripping, and it has a touch of sweetness to it. They’re the perfect pancake when you all want to eat together, rather than the huddle around the kitchen, waiting in line for the next pancake to come off the griddle.
They look impressive too – huge towering things, just waiting to be filled with whatever takes your fancy.
Let’s just say I’ve eaten a fair amount of pancakes this week…..
The Oven Cooked Dutch Pancake with Easy Blueberry sauce Recipe:
Oven Cooked Dutch Pancake with Easy Blueberry sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 150 g (1 cup + 3 tbsp) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 3 large eggs
- 240 ml (1 cup) milk - full or half fat
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Blueberry Sauce:
- 300 g (2 cups) fresh blueberries
- 1 tbsp water
- 3 tbsp granulated/caster sugar
To Serve:
- vanilla ice cream
- 1 tbsp icing sugar/confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- Place a 12” cast iron pan in the oven and preheat to 210C/410F (fan). Add the butter, let it melt, and heat for 5 minutes until light brown bits start to appear in the butter.2 tbsp butter
- Whilst the butter is heating, whisk together the remaining pancake ingredients.150 g (1 cup + 3 tbsp) plain (all-purpose) flour, 3 large eggs, 240 ml (1 cup) milk - full or half fat, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 pinch salt
- Open the oven and working quickly (so the pan doesn’t cool too much) use a brush to brush the melted butter all over the inside (including the sides) of the pan. Quickly and carefully pour in the pancake mixture and close the oven.
- Cook for 15-18 minutes until browned and risen.
- Whilst the pancake is in the oven, make the blueberry sauce. Place the blueberries, water, and granulated sugar in a pan and heat for about 5 minutes until the blueberries release their colour and the sugar dissolves. Turn off the heat and put to one side to cool slightly.300 g (2 cups) fresh blueberries, 1 tbsp water, 3 tbsp granulated/caster sugar
- Take the pancake out of the oven (the centre may be very puffed up, but it will go back down after a minute or two) and spoon in the blueberry sauce. Add a couple of scoops of ice cream and sprinkle with icing sugar.vanilla ice cream, 1 tbsp icing sugar/confectioners' sugar
- Slice and serve!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
QUESTION: Can I use a stainless steel skillet that is oven capable?
This recipe looks sooooooo good and it is printed out for my recipe book!
Can’t wait to make it, thanks Nicky! 😃😃😃🤩💯🫵👊
Best pancakes ever swapped the blue berries for bananas worked a treat thank you 😄
We had this at the weekend with some new season blueberries, scrumptious😋
Oh man this looks so tasty and easy too. Pinning 🙂
Thanks for pinning Natasha 🙂