Crispy bacon with mushroom pancakes recipe

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   Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

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   Melt the butter in a medium pan.

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   Cut the mushrooms into small dice and cook in the butter and hot pepper sauce until drying out, about 4 minutes, then season.

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   Cook the rashers of bacon in the preheated oven until well done and crisp.

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   Take out and chop three of the rashers into fine bits, leaving the others whole.

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   Add the bacon bits to the mushrooms, along with the parsley.

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   Now for the pancakes.

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   In a bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt together, then make a well in the centre and add the beaten egg.

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   Stir, adding enough of the milk to make a stiff batter.

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    Stir in the mushroom, bacon and parsley mixture.

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    Heat a griddle or frying pan and place on it a 5cm (2 1/2in) greased metal ring.

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    Using a tbsp, drop a spoonful of batter into the ring on the griddle, and leave to set and colour for a few minutes.

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    Turn over, remove the ring and allow to cook on the second side.

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    Each pancake takes about 5 minutes to cook.

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    Store inside a tea-towel until all are cooked.

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    You should have about twelve pancakes.

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    Stack three pancakes per plate, with two pieces of halved rasher between each pancake, and two on top (three whole rashers per three pancakes).

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    Chefs would cook the bacon rashers between two baking sheets in the preheated oven.

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    This is not strictly necessary of course, but we do it because it keeps them flat, which makes them easier to use in so many ways.

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    Pour 2oz melted butter with 1tsbp chopped parsley over to serve

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.