CANDLEMAS

Don't forget, Candlemas is on its way.
Winter will either end or hold its sway.
Hide a gold coin in your hand
to keep bad luck from the land.
So riches all year long
Will be your song.

Pancakes flambéed in Grand Marnier

Ingredients (serves 6):

• 250g flour
• 3 eggs
• 3 spoons of sugar
• 2 spoons of neutral oil
• 500ml milk
• 1 pinch of salt
• 4 spoons of Grand Marnier

To sprinkle over the pancakes :

• 6 sugar cubes
• a little water
• a knob of butter
• 2 large glasses of Grand Marnier
• zest of one orange

In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar and salt. Add the eggs and then the oil. Dilute by gradually adding the cold milk. Leave the mixture to rest for an hour in a cool place. Just before you cook the pancakes, add the Grand Marnier.
Lightly oil a pancake pan. The thinner the layer of mix, the thinner and lighter the pancake. Fold the pancakes in four on a stainless steel platter.
In a saucepan, heat the sugar, water, orange zest, butter and Grand Marnier. Sprinkle the pancakes with the contents of the saucepan and set light to it.
Enjoy!