Winter this year is severe, but its power is not eternal andis already around the corner Pancake week, which means that soon it will be time to bake pancakes. The custom of baking the pancake on the Shrovetide is rooted in deep pagan antiquity. It was believed that the spring begins with Maslenitsa, the sun begins to gently heat the earth, under its rays, nature awakens. So the golden pancake became the real symbol of the growing spring sun. There is an unthinkable amount of all sorts of recipes for pancakes, differing, as a rule, according to the sorts of flour. Pancakes are wheat and millet, semolina and buckwheat, rye, etc., but there are also sour. Why sour pancakes? Yes, because they are prepared on acidic dairy products. Today we will tell you how to bake pancakes with kefir and sour milk.
Pancakes with milk
To prepare pancakes on sour milk, we will need:
- Wheat flour - 1 cup;
- Chicken eggs - 2 pieces;
- Vegetable oil - 100 grams;
- Butter - 30 grams;
- Spoiled milk.
Preparation: We divide the eggs and separate the proteins from the yolks. Add the yolks to the flour and let there pre-melted butter. If you like sweet pancakes, you can add a little sugar in the dough - about half a tablespoon and necessarily a little bit of salt. We will well rub the flour with butter and yolks, then dilute it with sour milk. Milk should be added gradually, a little bit, but to prevent the dough from being taken up by the lumps, it is necessary to constantly rub it. Ready-made pancake dough has a consistency of thick sour cream. Proteins of eggs must be beaten into thick foam and very gently put into the dough, while slowly stirring it with a spoon, directing the movements from the top down. Pancakes should be baked in a heated frying pan, well oiled, to a characteristic golden hue. Many young housewives with unaccustomed can not determine when to turn the pancake. This should be done only after the bubbles appear on the surface of the pancake and the bubbles burst, and the dough "zamleet" - will cease to be liquid. Finished pancakes on sour milk are served to the table with sour cream or jam, there will be no extra and hot tea.
Pancakes on yogurt
This recipe differs from the previous one in that we prepare acidic pancakes not on milk, but on sour kefir. Necessary ingredients:
- Sour kefir - 0,5 liters;
- Sugar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- Salt - 1/3 tsp.
- Chicken egg - 1 piece;
- Wheat flour - 3 cups;
- Drinking soda - 1 teaspoon;
- Boiled water - 3/4 cup;
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation: Sugar is beaten with egg and salt, we add kefir and well sifted flour. The dough is thoroughly stirred, we break the formed lumps, and when it looks like thick sour cream, add the boiled water. Water should be poured into the center of the container with the test, while gently stirring. Add a little vegetable oil and soda, previously extinguished with a drop of vinegar. Bake on a hot frying pan, without lubricating it. Ready pancakes on sour kefir are served to the table with honey or jam.
