The ThinSlim Kitchen Breakfast
Pancakes With Quick Berry Compote
Frozen berries cooked down to a spoonable compote while the pancakes toast in a dry skillet. Two pans, ten minutes.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Total
- 17 min
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
About 1 cup of compote.
- ThinSlim ThinSlim Foods Pancakes, 2 to 3 per person
- 2 cups frozen mixed berries
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp granulated sweetener, or to taste
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Butter, for the skillet and for serving
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Method
- Put the frozen berries, water, lemon juice and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring now and then. The berries collapse and flood the pan first, then the liquid thickens and starts pulling back from the side when you drag a spoon through it.
- Crush about half the berries against the side of the pan with the back of the spoon. Leave the rest whole.
- Take the pan off the heat and stir in the sweetener, zest and vanilla. Taste it. It should still be tart.
- Heat a dry nonstick or cast iron skillet over medium low.
- Lay the pancakes in the skillet and warm them about 2 minutes a side, until the surface is dry to the touch and lightly toasted.
- Stack them, add a knob of butter, and spoon the warm compote over the top.
Tips
Skip the microwave. It steams the pancakes and leaves them limp and damp on the surface. A dry skillet over medium low drives that moisture off and gives you an edge with some chew. If the middle is still cool after two minutes a side, put a lid on for the last thirty seconds.
Sweeten the compote off the heat, at the end. Sugar substitutes read differently hot than cold, so what tastes right in the pan can taste flat on the plate.
Frozen berries beat fresh here. They break down faster and release more liquid, which is what you want in under ten minutes.
Sweeten the compote off the heat, at the end. Sugar substitutes read differently hot than cold, so what tastes right in the pan can taste flat on the plate.
Frozen berries beat fresh here. They break down faster and release more liquid, which is what you want in under ten minutes.