Recipe: Norwegian Crusie Line’s Dutch Apple Pancakes and Seabourn’s Planter's Punch

October is National Apple Month! We’re apple-solutely drooling over this week’s featured Tasty Tuesday recipes that are a sweet way to celebrate the occasion. First up is Norwegian Cruise Line’s Dutch Apple Pancakes which are topped with maple-flavored honey. Paired with Seabourn’s Caribbean Planter’s Punch, you’ve got the perfect brunch meal!  

Dutch Apple Pancakes with Maple Flavored Honey - Norwegian Cruise Line

Ingredients: 

Maple Honey

• ½ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup Honey

Pancakes

• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar, plus extra for garnish
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for cooking
• 2 medium apples, peeled, halved and cored; plus 2 more for garnish

Instructions: 

Maple Honey

• Combine maple syrup and honey in a small serving pitcher.
• Gently stir until mixed. 
• Reserve.

Pancakes

• Sift flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a large mixing bowl. 
• Put eggs into a medium mixing bowl and beat until frothy. 
• Add milk to eggs and beat well. 
• Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir to combine. 
• Stir in 3 tablespoons of the melted butter. 
• Using the large holes on a box grater, grate 2 apples into the batter, and stir just to combine.
• Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat and swirl in some butter. When the butter is hot but not yet brown, make 2 –3 pancakes at a time by ladling ¼ cup of the batter for each pancake. 
• Cook until bubbles form on tops of pancakes and bottoms turn golden, 2 – to 3 minutes. 
• Flip pancakes and continue cooking until bottoms are golden and centers are cooked through, about 2 minutes more. 
• Repeat process, adding more butter to the pan as necessary. 
• Serve pancakes drizzled with maple honey.
• Garnish – Peel, core and slice the remaining 2 apples into wedges, and sauté in butter with a little sugar until lightly browned. Serve alongside the pancakes.

Caribbean Planter’s Punch - Seabourn

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Myers's dark rum
• 3 oz. pineapple juice
• 3 oz. orange juice
• 1 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz. Grenadine

Instructions

• Combine all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker over large ice cubes. 
• Shake vigorously and double strain into glass filled with large ice cubes.
• Garnish and serve.