A favorite homemade treat for many of ourcompatriots - ruddy pancakes. This dish is one of the most popular in other parts of the world. The first pancake recipes appeared in Rus' at the beginning of the 11th century, and the word "blin" itself is a distorted version of the word "mlyn", formed from "grind". But this dish has become widespread not only in Rus': almost all countries of the world have "their own" pancake recipes. For example, in America these are pancakes, in India - dosa. There are many recipes for making pancakes: pancakes with milk, yeast, kefir, with the addition of corn or rye flour, and so on. Among the huge variety of options for preparing this delicacy, we recommend giving preference to the recipe for water-based pancakes. You will be pleasantly surprised by their delicate taste and beautiful appearance, because such pancakes always turn out ruddy and elastic. The cooking process does not require much effort, and its result will exceed all expectations. To prepare this miracle, you will need the following ingredients:

Wheat flour of the highest grade is 1.5-2 cups;

Chicken egg - 1-2 pieces;

Water (filtered or boiled) - 500 ml;

Sugar - 1-2 tablespoons;

Table salt - 0.5 teaspoon;

Vegetable oil (preferably refined) - 2 tablespoons for the dough and a little to grease the frying pan

Equipment required during the cooking process:

A bowl for kneading dough;

Bowl for beating eggs;

Mixer;

Corolla;

A spoon;

The ladle.

Step-by-step recipe for pancakes on the water

• Mix the dough

Pour cool water into the prepared bowlfiltered or boiled water. Break the eggs into another bowl and whisk them. Then add the beaten eggs, sifted flour, sugar and salt to the water. Now you need to beat the pancake batter with a mixer to avoid the formation of flour lumps. If you do not have a mixer, you can make the batter by hand. This is done as follows: pour the flour into a bowl, break the eggs into the flour, add salt and sugar, and then gradually pour water into the bowl, constantly stirring the batter with a whisk to avoid the formation of flour lumps. After you have kneaded the dough (with a mixer or a whisk), you need to add vegetable oil and stir. The consistency of the finished dough resembles liquid sour cream, if it turns out thicker, dilute it with water until you get the desired consistency.

• Fry pancakes

For frying pancakes it is better to use cast ironfrying pan. First, it needs to be heated very well over medium heat. Grease the heated frying pan with oil (you can also use a piece of lard). After that, scoop up some dough with a ladle (about ¾ of the ladle) and pour it evenly onto the heated frying pan. Each pancake needs to be fried on both sides for about 2 minutes. Then remove it from the frying pan with a spatula and place it on a flat, wide plate.

• Served on the table

Place the finished pancakes in a stack on a plate,grease each with butter. Serve them hot with any filling or stuffing. The pancakes prepared according to this recipe are very elastic, so they are undoubtedly great for stuffing.

Cooking tips

• For those who are fasting, this recipe can be corrected: prepare the dough without eggs.
• Instead of the usual water, you can use mineral water.
• The pancake is turned over when its edges fall behind the frying pan (they become thinner and rise).
• You can flip pancakes with different spatulas - wooden, silicone or Teflon, but the most important thing is that the spatula is as wide and flat as possible.
• To turn the pancake and do not tear it, first poddente its edge and slip under it the shoulder blade, after which you can safely turn it.
• The filling should be added to hot pancakes, they are more elastic, and the risk of breaking them becomes smaller.

Experiment while cooking!Add ingredients to the dough recipe to taste. A little cocoa - and you will get chocolate pancakes. Choose different fillings. Serve the pancakes in different ways, for example, you can roll them into a tube and cut into pieces, and then put them in a deep dish with sour cream. Or form a bag and secure it with something. In any case, it will be very tasty and original. Good luck with the cooking!

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