Pancakes are one of the best traditional dishes of Russian cuisine. Thin and thick, with and without filling, with a golden brown crust and seasoning - pancakes are tasty and loved by everyone. But not everyone knows that within the same recipe you can create a lot of new dishes. The choice of pancake snacks is huge, in this article you will definitely find a recipe to your liking.
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What are pancake snacks?
There are a huge number of different snacks, both for everyday and for the festive table. Pancakes are rarely prepared for the holidays, and in vain. After all, it’s enough just to give pancakes an unusual shape, dream up with a filling and a pancake snack will become the crown dish of your celebration.
Pancake snacks come in the form of salads, pies, cakes, chicken, casseroles and even rolls. Unsweetened pancakes can be stuffed with meat, chicken and minced meat, fried mushrooms, vegetables, caviar, pate or seafood. The sweet stuffing for pancakes can be cottage cheese, jam, jam, chocolate, fruits, berries and dried fruits.
10 interesting ways to wrap spring rolls
It is beautiful and interesting to wrap spring rolls in the following ways:
1. Make an envelope out of pancakes.
2. Roll up or roll.
3. Make pancakes in the form of a bag. A very beautiful way to serve pancakes. An important nuance for this method is that the pancakes should be thin and warm, only from the pan. The filling is laid out in the middle of the pancake, the edges rise up and are tied with a feather of green onions, a cheese pigtail, stripes of lemon or orange peel.
4. Pancakes - sweets. Pancakes with sweet filling easily turn into "sweets". First, they are rolled up with tubes, and the edges are tied with a ribbon of peel of a lemon or an orange. Such a serving of pancakes will be very popular with children.
5. Pancakes - rolls. Pancakes are stuffed, rolled up with tubes, cut with a sharp knife 3-4 cm high.
6. Pancakes - cones. The filling is placed in the center of the pancake, curled up in a bag and pressed tightly.
7. Pancakes boats. The filling is laid out in the middle of the pancake and the edges are fastened with toothpicks on both sides.
8. Snail pancakes. The filling is laid out on the edge or spreads on the pancake completely. Then it is folded into a tight tube, and the tube is folded into a spiral.
9. Cake made of pancakes. The pancake is laid out on a dish, covered with a filling, a second one is placed on top and so on in a pile. The height of the cake can be any.
10. Openwork pancakes. It turns out very beautiful and unusual. The dough is poured onto a hot pan from a pastry bag with a nozzle, with which patterns are drawn. The method requires practice and skill.
The recipe for classic pancakes in milk
To make any pancake snack, it’s important to know the classic recipe for them. To make pancakes more lean, you can replace the milk with water and lay fewer eggs.
Ingredients:
- milk - 500 ml.;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- flour - 250-300 gr.;
- sugar - 1-2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - 0.5 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp. spoons in the dough + oil for greasing the pan
- butter (for greasing ready-made pancakes) - 100 gr.
Step by step cooking:
1. Break eggs into a bowl, add salt and sugar. Stir whisk until smooth.
2. Pour into the eggs near a glass of milk and mix.
3. Add sifted flour and mix. You should get a dough with a consistency of thick sour cream.
4. Pour in the remaining milk and mix.
5. Add vegetable oil to the dough, mix and let stand for 20 minutes.
6. Heat the pan with a thick bottom and grease it with a thin layer of vegetable oil. You can also use a piece of ordinary fresh bacon to grease the pan.
7. Pour a portion of the dough into the center of the preheated pan.
8. Fry pancakes on each side for 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
9. Place the finished pancakes on a plate and grease with melted butter.
A simple recipe for pancake salad with chicken
This pancake appetizer is very simple and quick to prepare, has a low calorie content and a spicy taste.
Ingredients:
- smoked chicken breast - 300-350 gr.;
- chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
- corn starch - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- milk - 50 ml;
- Beijing cabbage - 200 gr;
- pitted black olives - half a can;
- fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- melted or vegetable oil - 20-25 gr.;
- sour cream - 70-80 gr.;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- mustard - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt to taste.
Step by step cooking:
1. Smoked chicken breast, Beijing cabbage and cucumbers cut into thin strips and put in a salad bowl.
2. Cut the olives into four parts and add to the salad.
3. Knead the dough with eggs, milk, starch and a pinch of salt.
4. Warm the pan well and grease it with oil.
5. Bake thin egg pancakes.
6. Roll the finished pancakes, roll into thin strips and add to the salad.
7. In a separate bowl, make salad dressing. To do this, mix mustard, sour cream and mayonnaise.
8. Salt the salad and mix with the seasoning mixture.
This recipe can be used not only as a salad, but also as a main course as a light snack.
Pancake casserole with mushrooms and cheese
This pancake casserole tastes good both hot and cold.
Cooking time: 60 minutes
Servings Per Container: 6
Pancake Ingredients:
- Milk - 500 ml;
- Flour - 5 tbsp. spoons.;
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- Sugar - 1 tbsp. a spoon.;
- Salt - 0.5 tsp.;
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon.;
- Dry yeast - 6 gr.
Ingredients for the filling:
- Chicken - 400 gr.;
- Mushrooms - 400 gr.;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Dutch cheese - 100 gr.;
- Salt to taste.
Sauce Ingredients:
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
- Cream - 100 ml;
- Cheese - 20 gr.
Step by step cooking:
1. Heat the milk to a temperature of 30-32 degrees. Add sugar, yeast and leave for 10 minutes.
2. Beat the egg with a whisk, add to the milk and mix.
3. Pour flour, salt and mix again so that there are no lumps.
4. Warm the pan and grease with vegetable oil.
5. Bake pancakes by greasing them with butter.
6. Peel the onion, finely chop and fry in vegetable oil.
7. Wash the mushrooms, chop, salt and fry with onions.
8. Boil the chicken, chop finely, put in mushrooms and fry.
9. Add sour cream to the filling, salt and mix. Turn off the heat and cool.
10. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, add to the filling and mix.
11. On the edge of the pancake, put the filling and roll the pancake with a tube. Start all the pancakes in this way.
12. Grate cheese for sauce on a fine grater, add eggs and cream, mix.
12. Preheat the oven to a temperature of 160-170 degrees.
13. Put the pancakes with the filling into the baking dish and pour the sauce.
14. Bake a pancake casserole with mushrooms and cheese for about 30 minutes.
Pancake rolls with salmon and cream cheese
Ingredients for the dough:
- milk - 300 ml.;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- flour - 250 gr.;
- sugar - 1 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - a pinch;
- vegetable oil.
Ingredients for the filling:
- cream cheese - 200g.;
- slightly salted salmon - 150 gr.;
- pickled cucumbers - 3-4 pcs.;
- greens.
Step by step cooking:
1. Heat the milk slightly, add salt and sugar, mix.
2. Beat eggs with a whisk, add to milk.
3. Sift flour into separate dishes, add beaten eggs and milk. Stir and pour in the vegetable oil.
4. Fry the pancakes in a preheated pan, pre-lubricating it with oil.
5. Cut pickled cucumbers into thin sticks.
6. Finely chop the greens and mix with cheese.
7. Cut the salmon into thin slices.
8. Spread each pancake with cheese and herbs. On the edge of the pancake, put a piece of salmon, on top of a cucumber.
9. Roll and leave to cool for 40-60 minutes.
10. Cut each pancake with a sharp knife into 3-4 cm rolls.
