The third month of the year is approaching to have fun on your plate, you cook dishes with seasonal products. For this month, we offer you to make savory pancakes and really tasty pasta dishes.
In March, some fruits and vegetables are to be preferred for gourmet and seasonal recipes. With these ingredients, you can make delicious recipes such as cakes, quiches, or a dough dish of salted pancakes. If you’re in need of inspiration, here are some ideas to do in March.
Savory pancakes: gourmet recipes to make in March
There is a variety of savory pancake recipes. In March, the base of the dough does not change, unlike the ingredients! The advantage of this tasty dish is that it comes in many ways. So treat yourself with ingredients that you like and especially seasonal.
In March, you can indulge yourself with good cheese and various vegetables. Cheese pancakes with Gruyère and a tasty béchamel, pancakes with ham, cheese, and béchamel, or filled pancakes for a little more fantasy. With a little cheese like fourme d’Ambert and a few pieces of pears (comice or conference), it’s a real treat! If you prefer vegetables, cook spinach pancakes or stuff them with a cream sauce and fish like colin or merlin. With a few herbs, it’s even better!
The recipe for carrot and ricotta pancakes
Proposed by the Union des Cidres de France, this recipe is the perfect combo for a gourmet and invigorating pancake.
Ingredients for 4 people:
For pancake batter
- 125 g flour
- 25 cl milk
- 1 egg
- 1 cuil. to soup of olive oil + 1 cuil. soup for cooking pancakes
For carrot filling
- 4 cuil. olive oil soup
- 12 carrots of colors
For ricotta cream
- 1 clove garlic
- 250 g ricotta (or fresh goat)
- 2 cuil. olive oil soup
- 200 g ham chiffonnade
- 1 bunch of chives
- Salt, pepper
The steps of the recipe:
- Prepare the pancake batter by mixing all the necessary ingredients in a blender and mix. Let stand for at least an hour.
- Cut the peeled carrots lengthwise. Put them to cook for 10 minutes in boiling salted water and then fry them in a pan with olive oil. Salt, pepper and set aside warm.
- Separately, mix the squeezed garlic, olive oil, chiseled chives, salt, pepper and ricotta.
- Cook the pancakes in a hot pan with a little oil. Spread the ricotta cream over the pancakes, arrange the carrots and sprinkle with ham rags.
Succeed in your pasta dish of the month of March
The advantage of pasta dishes is that there are many variations. With cheese, vegetables, fish, or even meat, pasta can be enjoyed with delicious accompaniments.
In March, pasta with seasonal vegetables such as tagliatelle with spinach and ricotta, gnocchi or Narelle with peas and artichoke cream or spaghetti with cauliflower sauce, anchovy sauce, was preferred. On the fish and meat side, tagliatelle with scallops is a must. Otherwise, spaghetti with mackerel and candied tomatoes or pasta with rabbit and lemon, are a real treat. And for the most greedy, we do not forget you. A pasta gratin à la fourme d’Ambert or coquillettes with a tasty béchamel and gruyère, there is nothing better!
The recipe for spinach pasta gratin
We have fun with a hearty but tasty dish!
Ingredients for 4 people:
- 200 g of wide tagliatelle
- 800 g fresh spinach
- 2 eggs
- 1 clove garlic
- 80 g grated cheese
- 100 g heavy cream
- 2 pinches of nutmeg
- 50 g butter
- 1 cuil. soup of oil
- Salt, pepper
The steps of the recipe:
- Immerse the pasta in a large amount of boiling salted water and then let it cook for 8 minutes. Drain.
- Carefully sort and shell the spinach and then also immerse it in boiling salted water (10 g of salt per liter). Then put the fire to the strongest and count 3 minutes of cooking as soon as the boiling resumes. Immediately immerse the spinach in a container of very cold water and drain it well by squeezing it between your hands.
- In a pan, melt 40 g of butter and pour the spinach and the peeled and crushed garlic clove. Let them come back for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon.
- Preheat the oven to 210°C.
- Then lightly beat the eggs and cream and then salt and pepper the mixture. Scent with nutmeg.
- Butter an oven dish with the rest of the butter and then arrange half of the pasta in the bottom. Cover them with spinach and then pour over half of the cream-egg mixture and sprinkle with half of the grated cheese. Finish with a layer of pasta and drizzle it with the rest of the battered cream.
- Then slide the dish into the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
- A few minutes before the end of cooking, cover the pasta with the remaining grated cheese.
- Serve immediately in the baking dish.
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