Apple and ham pancakes à la Didi

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 2 m.-sized apples
• 2 m.-sized eggs
• 2 tbsp sugar
• ½ packet of vanilla sugar
• 65 g butter, soft
• 125 g flour
• ½ pack of baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 200 ml mineral water
• 2 cl syrup (apple syrup)
• 4 slices of Black Forest ham
• some fat for frying

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour

Peel and core the apples, and cut into 3-5 mm thick slices. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and softened butter until frothy. Mix the flour with the baking powder. Add the flour-baking powder mixture and gradually add the mineral water and apple syrup. Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form and fold in. Let the batter rest for 1/2 hour. Heat fat in batches in a small 20 cm diameter pan and, one at a time, fry the batter into golden brown pancakes. Arrange the apple slices on top of the batter. Distribute the ham over the pancakes and serve.