Bacon Stuffed Pancakes
Comments: Prepare pancake dough quite a few hours ahead of time.
Servings: 4 [8 large thin pancakes]
  • 1 1/2 cups [210 g] flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] salt
  • 1 1/2 cups [375 mL] milk
  • 7 tablespoons [105 mL] oil
  • Paprika to taste, to serve
Bacon Filling
  • 4 tablespoons [60 mL] oil
  • 6 slices bacon, into tiny dices
  • 1 pound [454 g] onions [4 or 5], finely minced
  • 5 1/2 ounces [156 mL] tomato paste
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • Heat bacon filling oil into a frypan.
  • Cook together bacon dices and minced onion into hot oil to soften onion.
  • Mix in tomato paste; season mixture with salt and pepper; reserve hot.
  • Pour flour into a bowl.
  • Make a well into the center and break in eggs; salt eggs.
  • Using a wooden spoon, well beat together flour and eggs before slowly pouring in milk, beating constantly to avoid lumps.
  • If there still are some lumps, strain dough.
  • Then mix in oil; leave dough to rest for quite a few hours, refrigerated.
  • Pour 1 1/2 tablespoons [22.5 mL] dough into an ungreased really hot frypan.
  • Immediately spread dough leaning frypan on all sides to completely cover the bottom of the frypan.
  • Leave pancake to cook for a few seconds, then lower heat.
  • Cook pancake for 1 minute then, using a spatula, flip pancake over and cook pancake for 1 more minute; reserve hot into a double-boiler, over hot water.
  • Repeat with remaining dough cooking 8 large thin pancakes.
  • Evenly spread bacon filling over pancakes.
  • Roll pancakes.
  • Serve rolled filled pancakes onto warm individual plates, sprinkled with paprika.