• Preheat oven 400 degrees F.
• You will need parchment paper to line baking sheet

For the Hoisin Marinade

• In a small bowl combine, 2 tablespoon mustard, 1 cup blackberry
• jam, ¼ cup hoisin sauce and 2 tablespoon brown sugar, stir to
• combine

Blackberry Maple and Hoisin Syrup

• In a small saucepan, heat 1 teaspoon hoisin, ½ cup apple cider, ¼ cup blackberry jam, 1 cup fresh blackberries.
• Cook over medium heat until thickened
• Strain through fine sieve. Keep warm until ready to plate.
• Transfer to little syrup mugs during plating

Method for The Hoisin Bacon

• In a small bowl combine,
• 2 tablespoons mustard, ¾ cup blackberry jam, ¼ cup hoisin and 2 tablespoons brown sugar. Mix well
• Place 18 slices bacon on parchment lined paper, brush about 1 tablespoon of mixture over each slice and turn and repeat.
• Sprinkle brown sugar over all bacon
• Cook 400 degrees F. for 2o min.
• Cool bacon, reserve out 5 slices for garnish.
• Chop remaining bacon into small pieces, reserve ½ cup for garnish

Method For the Apple Filling

• Cut apples into small dice
• In a medium sauté pan, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat
• Combine 2 tablespoons sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg and ¼ teaspoon ginger
• Add diced apples and 1 tablespoon apple cider to pan
• Stir in sugar mixture
• Cook apples until tender but not soft. Remove from heat and set aside.

Prepare cast iron skillet

• Cut butter into chunks and place in cast iron skillet. Heat the skillet at 400 degree F. oven for 3-4 minutes, while making pancake batter.
• Method for The Batter
• Whisk flour, salt, sugar, and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl
• Gradually add milk, whisking constantly to avoid lumps
• When batter is smooth, beat in vanilla and eggs, one by one, Beat pancake batter, 1-2 minutes with whisk. Let batter rest for 5 minutes
• While batter is resting, prepare cast iron skillets.
• Place skillets in 400 degree F. oven on parchment lined tray. Heat for 5 minutes
• In a small microwave safe bowl, melt butter
• Remove skillets from oven and pour butter evenly into each skillet.
• Add even amounts of crumbled bacon to skillet bottom
• Pour batter over bacon, leaving ¼ inch headspace
• Add cooked apples to middle of skillets
• Bake at 400 degrees F. for 15 minutes. Remove small skillets, bake larger for 5-7 minutes longer
• Garnish with strip of bacon and fresh blackberries, powdered sugar and mint leaves.
• The pancake will puff dramatically while baking but begin to fall within a few minutes after baking.

Garnish

• powder sugar
• blackberry hoisin syrup
• fresh blackberries
• strips of hoisin bacon