General principles and methods for making pancakes
Pancakes are a lifesaver for any housewife.They can be used to feed the whole family deliciously and satisfyingly, even if there is not enough time to cook dinner or there is not much money left in the wallet. After all, they are prepared practically from nothing, but in any case they turn out very tasty, so everyone will be happy. Pancakes are baked with milk, water, yeast, kefir, wheat flour, buckwheat, with the addition of eggs or without them. Pancakes can be made thin, fluffy, solid, lacy. There are countless cooking options. Choose a recipe to your taste! No special preparation is required to prepare pancakes. The ingredients are simply mixed together and fried. However, there is still one secret: before baking, you can sift the flour, so the dough will be more uniform. When preparing pancakes, it is better to follow the following tips:
Let's look at many different recipes for making gourmet pancakes.
Pancakes with milk
The most authentic and traditional ones are considered to bepancakes mixed with milk. They bake very quickly. If there is extra dough left, you can keep it in the refrigerator to cook fresh and hot pancakes again later. You need to grease the frying pan with vegetable oil every other time. It can be replaced with half a teaspoon of soda diluted with lemon juice or a few drops of vinegar (6%). The ingredients in this recipe are: 3 cups of milk, 2 cups of wheat flour, 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil (for the dough), 3 eggs, ½ teaspoon of salt, baking powder - ¾ teaspoon, granulated sugar - 1 tablespoon (for sweet pancakes - 3 tablespoons). Method of preparation: Mix sugar, eggs, salt, baking powder, flour and incomplete glass of milk in a bowl. The resulting mass must be stirred. It is best to use household appliances for this - a blender or mixer. With their help, the dough will be uniform, thick and without lumps. Then dilute this mass with milk. You need to pour it in a thin stream, stirring. You should get a consistency similar to kefir or liquid sour cream. Finally, pour in vegetable oil and mix well.
Pancakes with yogurt and sour milk
Recipe for pancakes with kefir Pancakes with kefirhave a lot of fans. All because of their unique taste. Thanks to kefir, the dough is given a sour taste and a piquant and unique taste when greased with butter. Pancakes prepared according to this recipe are lacy. They can be eaten with condensed milk, jam, caviar, mushrooms. For lovers of sweet pancakes, you can add 2-3 tbsp. sugar to the dough. You can conveniently grease the frying pan with half an onion, put on a fork and dipped in vegetable oil. For cooking, you will need: 0.5 l of kefir, 2 eggs, ½ cup of boiling water, ¼ tsp of salt and soda, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, flour. Cooking method: Mix eggs, kefir and salt in a saucepan. Then heat on the stove to body temperature, about 36C. Add flour until the mixture is like for pancakes (slightly thick). Dissolve soda in half a glass of boiling water, add to the dough, and mix. Put in vegetable oil and fry. Grease the finished pancakes with butter. You can also pour sour cream over them or sprinkle them with sugar. Recipe for sour pancakes Pancakes made with sour milk are ruddy, fluffy, sweet and sour, and incredibly tasty. It is best to serve them with melted butter, sour cream, or honey. This recipe includes soda. You do not need to extinguish it with vinegar, as milk contains enough acid. Ingredients: 3 eggs, 0.5 l of sour milk, 8 tbsp. wheat flour, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, granulated sugar, and starch, ½ tsp. salt and soda. Method of preparation: Grind eggs with sugar and salt, add milk and soda, then mix. In another bowl, mix flour and starch. Gradually pour the egg-milk mixture into the flour and stir continuously to avoid lumps. Fry pancakes in vegetable oil.
Pancakes on the water
Recipe for pancakes with plain water TraditionallyPancakes are baked on kefir, milk, whey or sour milk. But you can also bake them on regular water. Sometimes they turn out thinner, tastier and crispier. All because there is a secret - the yolks and whites are whipped separately and then mixed in the dough. These pancakes are ideal for stuffing with meat, cottage cheese, liver, egg with onion. Ingredients: 3 eggs, 300-400 g of wheat flour, 0.5 l of water, 2 tbsp. of granulated sugar and vegetable oil, a pinch of salt. Method of preparation: Mix all the ingredients without water to get a homogeneous mass, and then slowly pour in the liquid and stir so that there are no lumps. Now grease the frying pan with oil and start baking pancakes. Pancakes with soda water This is an economical and interesting version of pancakes with soda. Delicious, simple and lean. Ingredients (for 4 servings): 1 cup flour, 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 cup highly carbonated water, 1 cup boiling water, 1 tbsp sugar and 1 pinch of salt. Method of preparation: Sift the flour and mix it with sugar and salt, then pour in soda. Cover and leave for 30 minutes. Pour vegetable oil into boiling water and add to the mixture, mix well. It is best to serve these pancakes with jam or honey.
Thin and yeast pancakes
Recipe for making thin pancakes Thinpancakes are tender and incredibly tasty, but it is not always possible to cook them. If you put more flour, they will come out thick, and if you put less - they will gather into an accordion or tear when turning over. But the secret is simple: in order for the pancakes to turn over well and turn out thin, you should not skimp on the eggs, and the dough should be thoroughly mixed. The ingredients are: 4 tbsp. wheat flour, 1 liter of fatty milk, 5 eggs, 1 tbsp. vegetable and melted butter (for the dough), 3 tbsp. sugar, 1 tsp. salt (without a slide). Method of preparation: Mix all the ingredients thoroughly with a mixer. Add the butter last and stir with a spoon. Before frying, heat the frying pan and grease it with vegetable oil. If the dough is kneaded manually, it should be kneaded in one glass of milk to avoid lumps, adding all the ingredients (except butter). You will get a thick mass, stir it until smooth and pour in the remaining milk in a thin stream. Then add butter. Yeast The most authentic Russian pancakes are yeast ones. It is yeast pancakes that are best served with sour cream and caviar. But they can also be served with any other filling. Pancakes are airy, tender, lacy, delicious and simply melt in your mouth! Ingredients: 0.5 l of milk, 300 g of wheat flour, 7 g of dry yeast, 3 tbsp. sugar, 5 tbsp. refined vegetable oil, 3 eggs, 1 tsp. salt. Method of preparation: Grind the eggs with salt and sugar and beat well, preferably with a mixer. Add yeast, half of the warm milk and vegetable oil. Stir the resulting mass and slowly pour it into the flour, stirring continuously. Then pour in the remaining milk and put it in a warm place. In about an hour, the mass will double in size. Stir it to release carbon dioxide bubbles. And after this mass rises for the second time, do not stir it under any circumstances. Fry the dough like this, right with the bubbles.
Stuffed pancakes
Pancakes with meat (with minced meat) Meat is oneof the most delicious fillings for pancakes. In order to fill them, you need to bake pancakes according to any of the above recipes. The cooking method and filling itself are not like traditional ones and are very original, since the pancakes will be stuffed with raw minced meat. Ingredients: 2 eggs, raw minced meat, 1 onion, salt, dill. Cooking method: Season the minced meat with chopped onion, dill and salt. Add a little water. Beat the eggs in a deep plate, add salt. Cut the pancake into two parts. Place a little minced meat along the edge of each half, press it so that it becomes flatter. Wrap the pancake with minced meat in a triangle-envelope, dip in egg and fry on both sides. Make the fire medium so that the filling has time to fry, and the pancake becomes golden brown. Recipe for cod liver pancakes These are pancakes with a delicious filling of cod liver, nuts and cheese. For the pancakes you will need: 125 g flour, 325 ml milk, 100 ml cream, 2 eggs, a pinch of salt and sugar, vegetable oil for greasing the frying pan. For the filling: 1 can of cod liver, 1/3 cup walnuts, 3 tbsp mayonnaise, 100 g hard cheese, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp chopped parsley. Method of preparation: Mix flour, salt and sugar, add eggs and 100 ml milk, whisking constantly. Gradually add the rest of the milk and cream. Put the dough in a warm place for 1 hour. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Drain the oil from the liver and mash with a fork. Mix the nuts, liver, cheese and herbs. Add mayonnaise mixed with lemon juice. Fry for about 1 minute on one side and 30 seconds on the other.
Pancakes with curd
To make pancakes with cottage cheeseYou will need: 0.2 l of milk, 1 egg, 1 pinch of salt, 1 tsp of sugar, 150 g of flour, 4 tbsp of butter. For the filling: 4 tbsp of raisins, 70 g of butter, 70 g of sugar, 1 pinch of salt, lemon zest from 0.25 pieces, 3 yolks, 300 g of cottage cheese, 125 ml of cream, 3 whites, 2 tbsp of sugar. Pour over the pancakes: 1 egg, 125 ml of milk, 1 tbsp of sugar, butter for greasing the pan and powdered sugar (you can sprinkle it on the pancakes). Method of preparation: Shake the egg with milk, sugar and salt. Add enough flour to make a liquid pouring dough. Melt the butter and bake pancakes with a diameter of approximately 15 cm. Rinse the raisins with hot water and dry. Grind butter with salt, sugar, yolks and lemon zest until white. Add cottage cheese, raisins and cream. Beat the whites into a stiff foam and mix into the curd mass. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease a fireproof form with butter. Put the curd filling on each pancake, roll the pancakes into a tube and place them tightly together in the form. Shake the egg with milk and sugar, pour over the pancakes and brown in the oven for 20 minutes. When the pancakes are ready, sprinkle them with powdered sugar.
Interesting pancakes
Recipe for zucchini pancakes The dough forof these pancakes include zucchini puree. Ingredients (for 4 servings): 3 eggs, 1 cup of full-fat milk, 800-900 g of young zucchini, 2 cups of wheat flour, 6 tbsp of vegetable oil, 2 tbsp of sugar, 0.25 tsp of salt. Method of preparation: Grate the zucchini on a very fine grater or chop with a blender. In eggs with salt and sugar. Mix the zucchini and eggs. Add flour and milk, stir or beat with a blender again. Add vegetable oil to the resulting dough. Fry for 2-3 minutes, turn over and fry for another 1-2 minutes. Buckwheat pancakes You can make ruddy pancakes from buckwheat. Ingredients: 300 g of buckwheat porridge, 2 eggs, 1-1.5 tbsp. milk, 70-80 g flour, 3 tbsp sugar, 50 g butter. Method of preparation. Mix the porridge with sugar and salt and grind with a blender. Add milk and eggs, then flour and baking powder. Fry the pancakes for 2-3 minutes. Pancakes on corn flour Such pancakes turn out very appetizing and bright. Ingredients: 0.5 l mineral water, 3 eggs, 1 tbsp corn flour, 1 tbsp wheat flour, 3 tbsp vegetable oil, 2 tbsp sugar and 1 pinch of salt. Method of preparation: Mix wheat and corn flour, add sugar and salt. Lightly beat the eggs and pour into the flour, then stir. Pour in mineral water little by little, constantly stirring thoroughly. Add vegetable oil. Mix the dough thoroughly, cover and leave in a warm place for 1-2 hours. Fry the corn pancakes for 2 minutes on each side.
Desserts of pancakes
Pancakes "Temptation" (on yogurt) On6 servings you will need: 2.5 cups of 2.5% fruit yogurt, 2 cups of flour, 2 eggs, 3 tbsp. sugar, 0.25 cup of vegetable oil, 0.5 tsp. sugar, 1 pinch of salt. Method of preparation: Mix eggs, yogurt, salt and sugar in a bowl. Sift the flour and add half a cup at a time. Mix everything well and beat with a whisk. Pour a small amount of boiling water over the soda and stir quickly. Pour the soda into the dough, stir and leave for 5 minutes. Add 2-3 tbsp. vegetable oil and stir. The dough is ready. Bake the pancakes for 1 minute. Serve with jam, marmalade, sour cream or fruit sauce. Recipe for pancakes with banana and chocolate This is a recipe for pancakes with bananas and chocolate — an excellent, filling and delicious dessert that everyone will be happy about. Banana is an ideal filling for pancakes - it goes well with yogurt, cottage cheese, chocolate and does not require separate cooking. Ingredients for 6 servings: 125 g flour, 1 egg, 150 ml milk, 150 ml water, 1 pinch of salt and 25 g butter. For the filling: 2 bananas, 125 g cottage cheese, 125 ml chocolate yogurt. For decoration: 3-4 banana slices, 3-4 tsp powdered sugar, 3-4 tsp chocolate sauce. Method of preparation: Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and make a well in the middle. Add the flour and half the milk. Beat until smooth with a mixer or blender, then gradually add the remaining milk. Leave for 25 minutes. Fry the pancakes on each side for 2-3 minutes. While the pancakes are frying, prepare the filling. To do this, mash the bananas with a fork and mix with cottage cheese and yogurt. Divide the filling between the pancakes and roll them into a tube. Place the pancakes 2 at a time on a plate, decorate with banana slices, sprinkle with powdered sugar and pour sauce over them.
Chocolate pancakes with whipped cream and fruit
This is a wonderful dessert, because everyoneThe ingredient is delicious on its own: chocolate pancakes, seasonal fruit, and whipped cream with sugar. Ingredients for the pancakes: 750 ml milk, 300 g flour, 3 eggs, 1 tbsp cocoa powder, 100 g dark chocolate, 2 tbsp icing sugar, vegetable oil for greasing the pan. For the filling: 0.5 l heavy cream, 2 tbsp sugar, 2 kiwis, 1 orange, 2 tbsp cranberries. Method of preparation: First, melt the chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave at low power. Heat the milk. Add 300 ml warm milk and melted butter to the chocolate and mix well. Beat the eggs until stiff. Sift the flour and add cocoa and icing sugar. Pour the remaining milk over the flour and mix. Mix all three mixtures. Use a blender to mix and dissolve everything well. Leave the dough for 1.5-2 hours. For the filling, peel the orange and kiwi and chop finely. Whip the sugar with the cream. If they do not whip well, add a thickener. Add the fruit to the whipped cream and mix. Put in the refrigerator. Fry and cool the pancakes. You will get a lot of them - 17 pieces, and the filling is enough for 7-8 pancakes. Put a lot of filling on the cooled pancakes and roll them into pancake rolls. Put in the refrigerator for several hours, and before serving, cut the chocolate pancakes into pieces. From the remaining pancakes, you can make a delicious pancake cake. For the pancake cake, you need to whip 500 g of sour cream with a fat content of at least 21-22% with sugar (to taste) and vanilla. Spread the pancakes and leave them in the refrigerator overnight, then decorate with grated chocolate. Enjoy!
