AMARETTO PANCAKES WITH PASTACHIOS, ASHTON STYLE #167

Pancakes or crepes? In America we call them pancakes and use maple syrup on top of them. In France they call them crepes and put almost anything on top of them.  In Norway they stay away from syrup.  A few years ago we had Dottie's realitives from Norway over for a visit.  This included two children, a 7 year old boy and an 11 year old girl.  We thought we would give them a treat so we made pancakes for breakfast with maple syrup.  One bite and they made faces and talked to each other in Norwegian showing their displeasure.  It seems they had never had pancakes with syrup in their lives and were not interested in ever having them again!  Yet when their parents came down to eat they couldn't say enough how much they enjoyed them. The following recipe is an Italian variation of pancakes or crepes with a Italian variation.  I hope you will enjoy them and not be disappointed.
INGREDIENTS:
     I cup flour
    1 tsp salt
    1 tsp baking powder
    1 tsp baking soda
    2 tb vegetable oil
    1/2 cup whole milk (soy milk
    works)
    2 eggs
    1 tsp amaretto
    1/2 cup crushed pastachios
    use maple or regular syrup on
    top
   
    strawberry sauce
        16 oz of fresh strawberries
        1 tab cornstarch mixed with
        1 tsp of water or so
        2/3 cup sugar
   creme frachie ashton style
        1/2 cup sour cream
        1 cup heavy cream
        1/2 cup powdered sugar 
DIRECTIONS:
     1. follow the above recipe to prepare
         the crepes or pancakes
     2. follow the recipe to make the strawberry
        sauce
     3. follow the recipe to make the creme fraiche
         and let it stand on a counter until it thickens
         then add the powdered sugar and stir in well
    4.  use 2 or more pancakes or crepes per serving