Pancakes and pancakes - this is a traditional dish, which was prepared in Russia on Maslenitsa. A round rosy pancake is a symbol of the sun and the coming spring. Pancakes are eaten with butter, caviar, salted fish or with something sweet - jam, honey, condensed milk.
I must say that pancakes are a universal dish that can be served just like that, or you can cook a new dish on their basis. For example, everyone knows such a dish as stuffed pancakes. In addition, using ready-made pancakes, you can cook a variety of pancake cakes.
Pancakes for the preparation of such a pie, you can use any, prepared according to your favorite recipe or even bought at the nearest supermarket. The only condition is that if pancake cakes are prepared as a snack, then the pancakes should not be too sweet.
Probably, every cook has his own recipe for pancake dough. Some cook it in milk, others on kefir with the addition of a small amount of soda. Well, for those taking the first steps in cooking, you can offer the following pancake test recipe.
Beat with a mixer 3 eggs with half a spoonful of sugar and a quarter teaspoon of salt. Pour in half a glass of milk and gradually add 250 grams of flour, kneading the dough so that no lumps form. Meanwhile, boil another 2 cups of milk and pour it into the mass, stirring vigorously, that is, "brew" the dough. Add a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil to the finished dough and let it brew for at least half an hour before baking.
Thin pancakes are best served in a special pan with low sides and a non-stick coating. Put the finished pancakes on a flat plate in a stack.
To make pancake cakes, you need a frying pan with high sides or a cake pan. It needs to be greased with oil and put pancakes on the bottom and walls. Then a layer of filling is laid, and again a pancake. Make several layers until the form is filled, a pancake should lie on top. Grease it with butter, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bake a pancake cake in the oven until cooked. The oven should be at a temperature of 180 degrees, but the baking time depends on what filling was used.
I must say that pancake cakes, as well as regular cakes, can be cooked with a wide variety of fillings. It can be unsweetened fillings (meat, fish, chicken, mushrooms, cheese, vegetables, sausage), and sweet dessert options (fruits, jam, cottage cheese, boiled condensed milk).
Especially interesting and delicious pancake cakes can be prepared using several types of fillings at the same time. For example, minced meat, mushrooms stewed in cream, grated cheese. Or boiled chopped chicken with white sauce and a filling of boiled eggs with rice. You can cook sweet puff pancake cakes, for example, alternating toppings from sweetened cottage cheese and fruits.
How to make a pancake cake? To prepare this dish, you can use any cream - sour cream, condensed milk or custard. For a layer of pancakes, you can use fruits or crushed nuts. It is most convenient to collect a cake from pancakes in a detachable form. A pancake is laid out at the bottom, which is smeared with cream and sprinkled with nuts, and pieces of fruit, such as bananas, can also be laid out. Then put the pancake again and repeat the layers until the form is filled. The top of the cake can be decorated with cream, jelly or fruit. You don’t need to bake such a cake, you just have to leave it for a couple of hours, without putting it in the refrigerator, for soaking.
As an original snack or dessert, you can cook such a dish as pancake bags. In principle, these are the same stuffed pancakes, differing only in shape. Filling for pancake bags can be any. We spread a spoon of the finished filling in the center of the pancake and collect its edges together, forming a bag. To keep the pancake in shape, snack pancake bags with savory filling are tied with a feather of green onion. If the filling is sweet, then on the edges of the pancake bag you can put on a small bagel or dryer.