Pancakes -with a cauliflower béchamel sauce

A perfect family dinner recipe

📝 Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 3 eggs
• 400 ml of milk
• 50 ml of sparkling water
• 1 pinch of salt
• clarified butter or ghee
• 1 small cauliflower
• 40 g butter
• 40 g flour
• 400 ml milk
• 100 ml of the boiled cauliflower water
• salt & pepper
• 2 pinches of nutmeg
• 1 splash of lemon juice
• 25 ml white wine

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cut the cauliflower into florets and cook in salted boiling water for 7 minutes.
2. 2In the meantime, mix the ingredients for the pancake in a large bowl with a whisk and allow to swell
3. 3skim off a small cup of the cooked cauliflower water for your béchamel
4. 4drain the cauliflower in a colander
5. 5Melt the butter in a saucepan
6. 6Stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly with a whisk, until the paste thickens.
7. 7Add some milk and keep stirring while the sauce thickens. Add more milk and keep stirring.
8. 8Repeat the process until all the milk is used up.
9. 9Add about 50ml of the cauliflower water
10. 10Add the wine, nutmeg, and a splash of lemon juice and stir with a whisk.
11. 11Season with salt and pepper
12. 12Let the sauce simmer on a low heat while preparing the pancakes
13. 13stir the pancake batter again with the whisk
14. 14heat a pan and add some clarified butter to the pan
15. 15Using a ladle, pour a ladle of batter into the pan and distribute it, ideally swivelling the pan in all directions.
16. 16Bake them for around 1-2 Minutes of each side and put them on a plate to rest
17. 17Repeat until all the batter is used. Depending on the size of the pan, there are around 10–15 pieces.
18. 18Season the béchamel sauce again with salt & pepper and, depending on the desired consistency, add a little more cauliflower water.
19. 19Add the cauliflower to the sauce and heat it up again briefly.
20. 20Serve the pancakes with the cauliflower béchamel sauce and enjoy!