Galettes

I am sure everyone is sick of reading posts on pancakes, but mine are galettes and crepes so that makes it different right? As a child pancake day was always a tradition, with Dad manning the frying pans while we all sat waiting like starving chicks for our turn to come around. We always had sweet ones after tea with lemon and sugar and we were all allowed one with Grand Marnier on too! However after a holiday in Brittany a few years ago Mr Owl and I discovered galettes and decided to take pancake day to a whole new level. So now we start our meal with savoury pancakes (galettes) stuffed with potatoes, onion, bacon, mushrooms and cheese in a white wine and cream sauce, and then end with the traditional sweet ones.
I use the same batter mix for both: egg, milk and plain flour in a ratio of 1 egg to one cup of flour and one cup of milk. Blitz up, ideally a couple of hours before cooking, and leave to stand.

Meantime in a frying pan, fry the bacon, then add onions, mushrooms and diced potatoes. Add a generous splosh of white wine and cook down before stirring in some double cream. Season with salt and pepper, I also like to add some thyme and parsley. This is your galette filling.

Then you need to get busy making your actual pancakes. I tend to make them all in one batch and keep them warm under foil in the oven on a low temperature. Once cooked then you can stuff your galettes (pancakes) with the filling and grate cheese on top. Pop them back in the oven for 10mins to melt the cheese. I normally do 2 per person as they are large pancakes. This gives you time to pour a large glass of the wine you had to open in order to cook with - what a shame!

Pudding is easy- the remaining pancakes covered in a sweet filling of your choice. We went simple this year with lemon and sugar to try and offset our full stomachs!
Do you have any alternative pancake ideas or suggestions for other savoury fillings?