An experienced housewife always gets the first pancake for a feast for the eyes. And if it is slightly pale and thick, eat it quickly before anyone sees it. At the same time, you will find out if the taste of future openwork pancakes is harmonious enough. The first baking determines the quality of the dough. If the pancake is uneven or torn, then once again check whether you put everything in the proper amount. The most delicious pancakes when they are only from the pan and still hot. Put the pastries on a warm plate and cover with a deep bowl until serving.
Pick your recipe
You will need
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- Cast-iron pan;
- vegetable oil or a piece of bacon.
- Semolina pancakes:
- semolina (1/2 cup);
- wheat flour (1/2 cup);
- milk or water (3 cups);
- yolks (2 pieces);
- butter (1/2 tbsp.spoons);
- salt to taste.
- Savory pancakes:
- wheat flour (2 cups);
- buckwheat flour (3 cups);
- semolina (50 gr);
- egg (3 pieces);
- fresh yeast (25 gr);
- milk (4 cups)
- water (1 cup).
Instruction manual
1
Prepare the correct pancake pan. Lace pancakes are fried in thick cast-iron frying pans with a low side. Get yourself a separate inventory and use it only for baking. After cooking the pancakes, wipe the pan dry and clean until next time.
2
Make pancake dough. Use not only wheat flour, but also buckwheat, add semolina, rice, millet. Do not be afraid to experiment with different flavors and additives.
3
Semolina pancakes.
Boil milk in a saucepan. Pour a measured amount of semolina into it. Constantly prevent lumps. Cook porridge, put butter in it and set to cool in a cold place.
4
Combine the flour with yolks and milk, salt. Put semolina in the dough one spoonful and mix with a whisk. The mass should be homogeneous and fluid.
5
Savory pancakes.
Pour semolina into boiling milk and boil a thin semolina porridge. In another saucepan, boil buckwheat flour in boiling water, stir with a whisk so that the mass is without lumps. Pour a glass of wheat flour in a thin stream.
6
Cool the flour mass and put the yeast in it. Let the dough rise. Mash it with a whisk. Put in the dough the loosened yolks, milk and semolina. Pour in the remaining flour. 10 minutes before baking, carefully put the whipped whites and mix the dough lightly.
7
Put a frying pan on the fire and heat. Pour the vegetable oil on it, when it becomes hot, then pour the dough on the cooker.
8
Take the pan by the handle and lift it, tilting it in different directions, distribute the dough evenly over the entire surface. When the edges of the pancake begin to brown, pick it up with a spatula and turn it over. Bring to readiness and transfer to a plate.
9
Serve pancakes with sour cream, jam, chopped eggs with green onions.