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Savoury pancakes and sparkling cider

Savoury pancakes and sparkling cider

Posted on February 20 2007 at 08:25

The English - and very delicious - way with pancakes is to serve them with granulated sugar and lemon (a dessert that pairs well with gently sparkling, sweet Asti or Moscato d’Asti). But an even better match is the French - or more specifically Breton - tradition of serving savoury pancakes with sparkling cider, a vastly underrated drink.

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Apricot pancakes and apricot (or peach) beer

Apricot pancakes and apricot (or peach) beer

Posted on February 5 2008 at 14:11

Pancakes and beer might not sound like the most obvious of combinations but as with other flour-based foods such as sandwiches or pies they work together remarkably well. Especially, as I discovered when I was writing my food and beer book An Appetite for Ale last year, fruit-filled pancakes and fruit beers.

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