Biltmore Village Inn

Asheville, North Carolina

Specialty Recipe

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Bavarian Apple Giant Pancake

Ingredients

4 eggs

3/4 cup milk

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 Tablespoons lemon juice

2-1/2 Tablespoons granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup apples, peeled, cored, chopped

butter

powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Combine granulated sugar with cinnamon. In a bowl toss fruit with 2 teaspoons lemon juice and 1 tablespoon cinnamon-sugar mixture. Into another bowl sift flour, 1 tablespoon remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture, and a pinch of salt. In another bowl whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, and add to flour mixture in a stream, whisking to combine.

Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a heavy ovenproof skillet over moderate heat, until foam subsides. Pour in batter and sprinkle fruit over. Cook on top of stove for 3 minutes, until underside is set, and bake in middle of oven for 10 minutes.

Remove from oven and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture and dot with 1 tablespoon butter. Return to oven and bake for 8-10 minutes more, until puffed and golden. Sift confectioners sugar over pancake and serve immediately with syrup.

Serves: 2 to 4

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