Pancake bake

On pancake day I always end up making slightly too much batter, but always cook up the pancakes anyway, as they are great the next night for this one dish meal (less washing up).

This one is really simple, and requires no effor whatsoever, which is ideal!

For this i generally use what ever meat sauce or stew i have in the freezer, but feel chilli con carne works best flavour wise, because it has that extra kick.

Basically the key idea is to get a large dish, roll the meat sauce in the pancakes, tightly pack the rolls in and sprinkle grated cheese over. Sprinkle black pepper, nutmeg and oregano over the cheese and shove the whole thing into the oven at about 160-180 for 15.20 minutes, when the cheese should be starting to crisp on top and the meat will be piping hot in the middle. The edge of the pancakes will also have a nice crunch too.

This is possible my favourite quick dinner at the moment as it takes no time and looks great and really warms you up.


Enjoy!

Baked Sea Bass with Lime and Chilli

Baked fish is so tender and so easy to do, with great results for dinner parties, and for this dish, a good quality fish, with a subtle flavour. Cooking time is also fairly minimal, which is always a plus. Serves 4

Ingredients:

4 Fillets Sea Bass, decent thickness.
1-2 limes, depending on size.
1 medium red chilli
1 glass of dry white wine
1 standard bagh of fresh spinach
6-8 baby courgettes
1 clove of garlic
4 leaves of fresh basil, diced
1 Pinch of chopped parsely

Instructions:

1. Fist prepare the Fish by wrapping each fillet in individual tinfoil parcels. put a quarter glass of wine in the bottom of the pacel, lay fish skin down on top of it and cover fish in finely chopped chilli and 4 slices of lime. Close up parcels.
2. Preheat oven tp abput 180, and place closed up parcels in for 8-9 minutes.
3. Dice courgettes and sauté with roughly chopped garlic clove.
4. Wilt and season spinach.
5. Remove the parcels from the oven while the spinach is wilting, and leave to stand closed for 3 more minutes. The fish will still slow cook in the bag. If you want the fish mroe well done, adjust accordingly, but a meaty fish can be served medium rare for best results.
6. Place a bed of spinach on each plate, and put the sautéd courgettes on top and lay the fish atop of them.
7. Garnish with the chopped basil and parsely.


Alternative results can be achieved by making a white wine and lime sauce, while pan frying the fish with chilli, which will create a crispier skin, but I prefer baking, as it allows for the chilli and lime flavours to infuse more.

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