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Atayef Pancakes Ricotta Dark Chocolate and Orange

This is a spin on a Middle eastern dessert common around Ramadan

Cook Time
mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Ingredients

A 5-6 cm deep frypan for shallow frying
  • 6 whole pancakes or Atayef
  • 200 gram ricotta
  • 25 gram dark chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 20 gram castor sugar
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest
  • 125 ml cream, heavy or thickened
  • 500 ml vegetable or plain oil for frying
Orange Syrup
  • 125 ml fresh squeezed orange juice
  • 100 gram caster sugar
  • 30 gram pistachios chopped

Instructions

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  1. Put the orange juice and the sugar into a small pot and simmer for several minutes till the sugar is melted and the syrup has reduced by a third.
  2. Heat the fry pan and add the pistachios and toss for 2 minutes until the nuts are toasted and lightly coloured. Cool
  3. Put the zest, ricotta, sugar and cream into a food processor and mix till combined. Put into a bowl and mix in the chopped chocolate.
  4. Put a heaped spoon of ricotta into each pancake and seal by pressing the edges together well. Heat the oil in a frypan . ( this can be as shallow as you like). Fry on each side till crispy. Drain on paper.
  5. Serve with the orange syrup and orange segments