Potato & Strawberry Sizzler

Ingredients:

For Potato Pancake:

• 1 large Potato
• 1 tsp olive oil

For Sour Cream Ice-cream:

• 3 tbsp Sour cream
• 1 tbsp brown sugar

For Strawberry Sauce:

• 1 cup Strawberry
• ¼ cup brown Sugar
• 1 tsp Paprika
• ½ cup Water
• ¼ tsp Salt

For Strawberry Brittles:

• ½ cup Strawberries
• ¼ cup brown Sugar

Method:

Preparing the ice-cream:

• Take sour cream and sugar in a bowl and using an electric beater mix it on medium for about 3 – 4 minutes till you find that the sugar and cream is well blended and the cream becomes fluffy and creamier.
• Place the bowl in the freezer for it to chill. The cream won’t freeze but will become chilled and easier to scoop and form round ball shape.

Preparing the pancake:

• Boil the potato; make sure the potato is boiled well but not crumbling. It is very important to have a firm and cooked potato.
• I have used red potato and boiled it in microwave for about 20 minutes checking in between. Once done peel the potato and keep it aside.
• Using a sandwich press, I used the one with grids on both side to give a nice effect, but you can use plain ones or even a waffle maker to make these pancakes.
• Heat the sandwich press properly and then keep baking sheet and place the potato between them. This step will ensure your potato does not stick to the sandwich press and break.
• Now place the potato on the end far from you, and start to close the press. It would be hard to press down but try pressing little at a time.
• Please do not try to close the press at once or everything will crumble and fall apart. Use a towel if needed put little pressure from top. Keep pressing gentle and slowly at a time.
• After some time check, you will notice the portion behind would be flatter than the one in front, change the position and place the thicker side behind.
• Try to press again and this time a little more firmer. In between you may find that some part have cracked, but don’t worry or don’t touch it. Keep changing the position to cook the potatoes from all side and get it flat.
• You will reach a stage where the press would close completely. Do that and press firm, doing this will join the pancake’s cracks and make it in a whole.
• Meanwhile in a pan heat some olive oil, once the oil is hot remove the potato from the sandwich press, still in the baking paper and using the paper to flip the potato over on the pan. Cook the potato from both sides pressing it lightly for about 2 minutes each side. Remove and place it over on towelling paper for access oil to be absorbed, if needed dab both sides. This step will help to ensure that potatoes have cooked properly overall and still is soft.

Preparing the sauce:

• In a pan put strawberries; washed and hulled and cut in two, along with brown sugar, salt, paprika and water.
• On medium flame let the sauce boil, once the sauce boils using back of your spoon start mashing the strawberries as much as you can and let the sauce simmer till it’s thick and dark in colour.

Preparing the brittles:

• Pre heat oven on 200°C, meanwhile wash and hull the strawberries and slit them in two.
• In a mixing bowl add the halved strawberries and brown sugar and mix them well.
• Line a baking tray with foil and spray with olive oil and then spread the strawberries on the tray.
• Make sure they do not overlap and bake them for 25 minutes, in between mixing them and rotating the tray.
• After 25 minutes you will find that the strawberries would have formed very brittle and hard. Let it cool down completely.
• Then start breaking the brittles, your whole house would be full of the roasted strawberries aroma.
• Once you have broken them in pieces carefully trying not to damage the whole strawberries.

Assembly:

• Using a sizzler plate, heat the plate in the oven or on that gas stove. Make sure the sizzler plate is very hot.
• Then place the pancake on it and scoop the sour cream and place it over it.
• I even slit a strawberry and placed it on top of the ice-cream.
• Then pour the strawberry sauce on it, as you start to pour the sauce the plate will start sizzling.
• Top it with some brittles for crunchy taste and serve immediately…