Gundel Pancake - with Walnut Filling and Chocolate Sauce (Gundel palacsinta)

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This famous Hungarian dessert was invented by Károly Gundel (Hungarian restaurateur). The pancake has a rich, walnut, raisins and rum filling, and served with a creamy chocolate sauce. Hungarian restaurants usually serve this by sprinkling it with sugar, pouring some rum on it then lighting it. It looks good but it's not necessary to make it this way at home. Ingredients (for 12 pancakes) For the pancakes: 1 egg pinch of salt and sugar 2 tbsp oil 150gr (5,3oz) flour 300ml (10 floz) milk 100ml (3,4 floz) Seltzer For the walnut filling: 180gr (6,3oz) ground walnut 100ml (3,4 floz) rum 40gr (1,4oz) raisins 20gr (0,7oz) candied orange peel 100ml (3,4 floz) heavy cream 120gr (4,2oz) sugar pinch of ground cinnamon For the Chocolate sauce: 100gr (3,5oz) dark chocolate 2 tbsp butter 4 tbsp sugar 100ml (3,4 floz) heavy cream 1. Soak the raisins and the candied orange peel in the rum for at least 2-3 hour (or overnight) 2. Mix together one egg, a pinch of salt, a good pinch of sugar and 2 tbsp oil. Add the flour and half of the milk and stir well until smooth. Loosen it with more milk and continue stirring. Pour the rest of the milk into the batter and stir it well again. Now, add the Seltzer and give it a final stir. Let it rest for 1 hour. 3. While the batter is resting, make the walnut filling and the chocolate sauce. 4. Drain the raisins and orange peel, reserving the rum too. 5. Pour the cream into a bowl and bring it to a boil. Add the sugar, ground walnut, the drained raisins and orange peel and a pinch of ground cinnamon and mix it together. Let it cook for a couple of minutes then remove from the heat. Let it cool a little bit then stir in half of the reserved rum. 6. In a pot melt the chocolate with the butter on low heat. Add the sugar, stir well the pour the cream into it. Stir again and cook for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat then stir in the rest of the rum. 7. Now, make the pancakes: Heat your pancake pan on medium heat, then brush it with a little oil. Pour about half a ladle of batter into the pan, and immediately move it around to get a thin, even layer of it. Let it cook for 1-2 minutes then flip it over with a knife or spatula. 8. The other side cooks very quickly – just check how it looks and then slide it onto a plate. Do the same with the rest of your batter – you should get about 12 pancakes. You can try flip the pancakes over without a spatula – it's fun :) 9. Now, fill the pancakes with the walnut filling, then fold them twice – to get a triangle. Pour the chocolate sauce over and sprinkle some chopped walnuts on top. 10. The other way to serve it is to roll it up, then fry in heated butter on both sides until nice and crispy. Chocolate sauce and chopped walnuts again. Delicious! 11. ENJOY! /The music is based on a Hungarian folk song, played and made by my husband, MrStick© 2016 - (all rights reserved)/