Sour cream pancakes with Suzette sauce

1.For Suzette sauce, bring juice, sugar and liqueur to a simmer in a large frying pan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add butter a piece at a time, whisking to incorporate between additions. Stir in ¼ tsp sea salt flakes and simmer until thickened to a syrup consistency (4-5 minutes; sauce can be refrigerated at this stage for up to 5 days). Add mandarin slices and keep warm.

2.Whisk buttermilk, sour cream, egg and vanilla in a large bowl to combine. Stir flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and ½ tsp sea salt flakes in a separate bowl to combine. Gently fold flour mixture into buttermilk mixture until a lumpy batter forms – for light and fluffy pancakes, it’s crucial that the batter remains lumpy.

3.Heat a large frying pan over medium-low heat. Add just enough clarified butter to cover the base, then add ⅓-cupfuls of batter (do not spread batter) and cook, turning once and adjusting heat as needed, until pancakes are puffed and golden brown (2-3 minutes each side). Dust pancakes with icing sugar and serve with Suzette sauce and dollops of mascarpone.