Thin “leaky” pancakes are loved in every family. They are made on holidays and on weekdays, at the arrival of guests and just for Sunday family gatherings. But what are pancakes without filling? The most popular and delicious, healthy and fragrant is apple filling. For pancakes, it fits no worse than cottage cheese or meat march.
You can talk endlessly about the benefits of apples. They contain huge reserves of vitamins (A, B, C, E, P), trace elements and minerals. Apple fillings are especially useful for children, because fragrant fruits contain calcium, potassium and iron, which are so necessary for the full development and growth of babies. In addition, a big plus of apples is that they have a low calorie content. This makes pancakes with apple filling (the recipe with a photo will be a bit later) an ideal hearty, but not harmful figure.
There are a lot of options for fillings for pancakes, where apples play a major role. We have chosen for you the most popular, delicious and easy to prepare recipes that take a minimum of time.
Apples and butter
The housewives are very fond of apple pancake filling , the recipe of which is based on frying fruits in butter. To cook it, you need to take the following products:
- Six hundred grams of apples. Greens have more benefits and fewer calories. They are ideal for losing weight. Reds contain a larger set of vitamins, they are sweeter and tastier, so they are great for children's dishes.
- Two tablespoons of sugar.
- 50 grams of butter.
Cooking process
Any apple filling for pancakes is prepared in stages. First, the fruit should be properly cut. They must be peeled, cut into long slices, and then each piece is cut into even squares. Most recipes use this kind of apple slicing.
In a frying pan we heat the butter and add apple slices there. We fry for about three minutes. Then you can already add granulated sugar. Fry for another two minutes and remove the pan from the stove.
Tip. Sometimes apple filling for pancakes is too thin. Juicy apples give a lot of liquid. It is better to take dry fruits. But if this is not possible, then simply extend the term of frying apples for three to five minutes. Once all the juice has boiled away, you can remove from the heat.
Grated apples with lemon
The following recipe will tell you how to make an apple filling for pancakes with citrus fruits. Here you can use both lemon and tangerines, oranges and any other sour fruits, the taste of which goes well with the taste of apples.
- Eight hundred grams of apples.
- The juice of one large lemon.
- Four tablespoons of sugar.
- 30-40 g of butter.
How to cook
First you need to prepare apples. In this recipe we will not cut them into pieces, but rub them on a coarse grater, having previously peeled them. Add lemon juice and sugar to the apple mass. This is followed by thorough mixing of the resulting mass.
We heat the pan, put grated apples mixed with sugar and lemon juice in it and fry in butter for ten minutes. Delicious apple pancake filling with amazing citrus aroma is ready.
Cinnamon apples
Perhaps the most popular pancake filling is made from apples with the addition of vanilla sugar and cinnamon. It is spices that can shade the aroma of fruits and give them an incredible taste. To prepare such a filling, the following products will be required:
- 600-700 g of sour apples (green).
- 35 g butter.
- 3 tablespoons of sugar.
- One packet (10 g) of vanilla or regular vanillin granulated sugar.
- Lemon juice.
- Half a teaspoon of cinnamon.
The first thing to do is prepare the apples. We wash the fruits, peel, remove the core with seeds and cut into small cubes. Squeeze the juice from one lemon and pour them apple slicing. Stir and leave a little fruit to sweat in lemon juice.
While the apples are pickling, you can heat the pan. Add butter to it. Once it melts, you can spread the filling of apples. After frying the apples for five to seven minutes, add cinnamon and sugar with vanilla. In order for the sugar to melt faster, make a rather strong fire under the pan. Once the sugar has dissolved, reduce the flame and simmer the apple filling for another five minutes. Carefully watch that the apples do not burn, and the aromatic syrup does not boil completely. Having cooled the filling a little, you can use it to make pancakes or pies.
Apples with cottage cheese
And in conclusion, we will tell you how to make apple filling for pancakes with cottage cheese. This recipe is often used by cunning young mothers whose children refuse to eat cottage cheese in its purest form. To prepare such a filling for pancakes, you will need:
- 3 large apples.
- 5 tablespoons of sugar.
- 200 g of cottage cheese.
- A small pinch of cinnamon.
- 60 g of butter.
In this recipe, apples will also need to be washed, rid of skins, seeds, and cut into small, even cubes. Fry the fruit in a skillet in butter. After five minutes, add a pinch of cinnamon and granulated sugar. Fry a couple more minutes. Turn on the fire under a frying pan and give the apples a little "reach."
Once the apple filling has cooled a little, you can add the cottage cheese to it. Mix thoroughly and start the pancakes. Bon Appetit!
There are a lot of options for fillings for pancakes. But each housewife chooses for herself that recipe that is easy and easy to prepare. That is why apple varieties are so fond of culinary experts. It takes no more than seven minutes to cook them and a very simple set of additional ingredients available for any wallet.