Savoury pancakes with garlicky mushrooms

For the pancakes

Ingredients:

• 100g (3½oz) plain flour
• 200ml (7fl oz/generous ¾ cup) unsweetened soya milk, chilled
• Generous pinch of fine sea salt 6 tbsp sunflower oil

For the garlicky mushrooms

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 200g (7oz) button mushrooms, some sliced, some whole
• 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
• 6 tbsp soya single cream
• Small handful of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
• Generous pinch of sea salt and black pepper

Method:

1. Start by making the pancakes. Whisk together the flour, soya milk, and sea salt in a bowl until smooth.
2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Test if the oil is hot by adding a drop of pancake batter to the pan: if it sizzles and becomes golden within 30 seconds, it is at optimum temperature. Add 4 tablespoons of the batter to make one pancake and swirl the batter around the pan to coat the base evenly.
3. When the pancake is golden after 2–3 minutes, carefully flip it over to cook the other side. Drain on kitchen paper then keep warm in the oven while you continue to cook  the other pancakes, using 1 tbsp of the oil each time.
4. For the garlicky mushrooms, heat the oil in a separate frying pan over a medium–high heat and cook the mushrooms for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
5. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Remove  from the heat and stir in the soya cream and parsley.  Season with sea salt and black pepper.
6. To assemble, place the pancakes on serving plates and generously load on the garlicky mushrooms. Fold the pancakes over and serve while hot.

Katy Beskow is a vegan food writer and author, cookery tutor and chef demonstrator. www.katybeskow.com @katybeskow