The Slavic peoples appetizing pancakes, so round, hot and ruddy, have long been considered a symbol of the sun. That is why, they were necessarily baked on Maslenitsa - a holiday associated with the spring solstice, when winter finally recedes, and spring takes its first steps on the earth, bringing with it the warmth and joy of rebirth.
Pancakes are prepared from yeast and unleavened dough, with various fillings and without them, served with different sauces and gravy. There are also pancake cakes and pancake pastry pies.
For the latter, a thin pancake recipe, which is given below, is perfect.
Necessary ingredients: two glasses of wheat flour; two eggs; a glass of milk; glass of water; salt; soda quenched with lemon juice; vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
Mix a glass of milk with a glass of water. Beat eggs thoroughly, salt, add soda and, without ceasing to beat, gradually pour the mixture of milk and water. Add portions of flour, stirring well so that no lumps form, and vegetable oil (about a tablespoon). Then, cover the finished dough with a kitchen towel and let it stand for an hour so that it does not stick to the pan during frying.
Heat the pan strongly and gently grease it with vegetable oil (you do not need to grease a special pancake pan ). Pour the dough into the pan with a thin layer and fry until cooked on both sides. Grease the fried pancakes with butter and put in a stack so that they do not dry out.
Further, using the same recipe for thin pancakes, you can cook pancake cakes.
Necessary ingredients: thin pancakes; filling of two types; 2 eggs; breadcrumbs; vegetable oil for frying.
Stuffing No. 1: eggs 6-8 pcs.; stale loaf; butter 50 gr.; salt; green onions.
Cooking method:
Cool hard-boiled eggs, cool, peel, cut into cubes. Grind the butter to a cream and mix it with eggs, long loaf, chopped green onions, salt. In the pre-cooked pancakes, put the filling, roll the pancakes in a tube, brew in a beaten egg and breadcrumbs and fry until golden brown. Pancake patties are recommended to be served with a salad of fresh vegetables.
It is worth applying the recipe for thin pancakes for pies with mushrooms.
Stuffing No. 2: champignons 600g .; bulbs 2 pcs.; breadcrumbs 2 tablespoons; salt; spice; vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
Peel the mushrooms, rinse, cut the legs, then cut into strips and boil in salted water. Grind onions and fry in vegetable oil. Combine the mushrooms, onions, crushed crackers, salt, add spices and mix well. Next, the sequence of actions is the same as in the previous recipe.
True connoisseurs who want to enjoy the taste of their favorite pancakes without being distracted by the filling are recommended to cook "Lace Pancakes" (otherwise - thin pancakes with holes).
Necessary ingredients: 2 cups wheat flour; 1 ½ -2 cups of any fermented milk product (kefir, fermented baked milk, yogurt, whey); 2 eggs; ½ teaspoon of salt; sugar 1-2 tablespoons; soda, extinguished by lemon juice.
Cooking method:
Sift flour through a sieve twice. Beat eggs in lush foam. Carefully, so as not to damage the foam, combine the eggs with flour, sugar, salt, slaked soda and add the fermented milk product.
Pour a spoonful of vegetable oil into the dough and mix everything until smooth.
Dilute the dough with boiling water to the consistency of thin sour cream. Heat the pan strongly and fry the pancakes until cooked.
For dessert, you can offer such a delicate and refined dish as thin pancakes with milk.
Necessary ingredients: milk 1 liter; flour 3 cups (preferably, take premium flour); eggs 3 pcs.; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; salt; 50 gr Sahara; quenched with lemon juice, soda.
Cooking method:
Insert eggs into warmed milk and beat thoroughly with a whisk. Continuing to beat, add vegetable oil first, and then sugar, soda and salt.
Sift the flour and gradually add to the remaining ingredients, making sure that no lumps form. The dough should be more liquid than for ordinary pancakes.
Fry pancakes in a heated pan, which is smeared with oil only before baking the first pancake.
Thin pancakes with milk are recommended to be served with honey, jam, sweet sauce or sour cream.
There are some general rules for making pancakes, which it is advisable to follow in order to obtain a quality result.
- It is recommended to sift flour for pancakes, preferably several times.
- The eggs should be well beaten.
- To prevent pancakes from sticking to the pan, add a little vegetable oil to the dough,
- After the dough has been poured onto the pan, it is necessary to make a circular motion with it so that the dough spreads evenly over the entire surface.
If everything is done right and with the soul, then no matter what thin pancake recipe you choose, it is sure to bring joy to you and your loved ones.