Jesper & the Hares with a Smidgen of Apricot Flapjack

Folklore, Food & Fairytales

In which we find out how giving away your lunch can find you a bride and win you a kingdom and how relevant that is to a delicious apricot flapjack.
Jesper and the Hares is essentially a Jack tale who’s hero just happens to be named Jesper. Jesper is wily, clever and tricky and has two foolish elder brothers. He also wins the day though a combination of trickery and generosity to those more vulnerable and needy than himself. I don’t think we need to worry about a spoiler alert, there will be no tragedy tales here.
We also talk about the significance of grain and the harvest in fairy tales and how important this was to the original audience of these tales.
The recipe for this week is apricot flapjacks, the oat based bar as opposed to the American/Canadian pancake. It's an unusual recipe as it has a squidgy filling layer of apricot rather than apricots chopped through.

You can use a different dried fruit if you’re not keen or just leave it out altogether but it does add a touch of luxury and sharpness to cut though the sweet oat mixture.

Its great for breakfast or as a snack and would be perfect to give to any old ladies that you happen to come across when out walking even if you’re not trying to win a princess.

You can find the recipe here as well as some further information about the history of flapjacks and the story.