Sauces give dishes additional shades of taste, emphasizing the main note. Complementing the same dishes with different sauces, you can create various attractive variations.
They also give us a variety of tastes and aromas when essentially using the same products. Sauces using fat or eggs give the dish extra calorie content, lean ones are suitable for those who protect the figure.
To such a traditional and centuries-old dish, like pancakes, many sauces have been invented. Most people are used to adding sour cream, condensed milk, or cheese to pancakes. But why not try something new?
Overseas, maple syrup is popularly served as pancake sauce . This is a traditional Canadian sauce, obtained by boiling the juice of sugar and black maple.
What to choose - depends on the filling of the pancake. When preparing to prepare pancake sauce, remember that initially pancakes are made from sweet dough, so sweet sauces or sour cream are best for a finished dish without a filling. But if there is a filling in the pancake, then it is worth paying special attention to it. For sweet fillings, berries or fruits are most often used. Sauces are designed not only to emphasize, but also to balance the taste of the dish. So, for a very sweet pancake, a medium-sweet sauce or completely neutral based on sour cream is suitable.
For hearty pancakes, it is better to choose unsweetened sauce, for example, cheese or flour. You can buy it in a store or make it yourself. Now there is a huge selection of both ready-made sauces on store shelves and recipes for cooking.
Separate and most traditional pancake sauce is honey. It is used both as a filling and as a supplement. Honey contains B vitamins, proteins, enzymes, potassium, iron, phosphorus and many other useful elements. However, they should not be abused.
Sauces are usually distinguished into sweet and unsweetened. Thanks to the first, pancakes turn into a delicious dessert. Sweet sauces include milk, sour cream, cream, various syrups, and chocolate. Most of them can be purchased ready-made.
Vanilla and cinnamon, berries and nuts may also be present in sweet sauces.
Fruit and berry sauces can be served hot or cold. In the latter case, they must be cooled, often and carefully stirring with a spatula to prevent the formation of a film. If this is a ready-made pancake sauce, leave it in the refrigerator for a few minutes.
Unsweetened pancake sauce is similar to sauces for other dishes: poultry, meat or fish. They are ideal for pancakes with savory filling, such as mushrooms, potatoes, meat, cheese or vegetables. It is also used as a sauce for chips.
Spices and spices are added to savory sauces. Often it is basil, curry, marjoram, thyme, pepper. Such sauces are served to pancakes warm or even hot.
Pancake cheese is popular. For its preparation, processed cheese, milk, butter, dill, parsley are used.
When preparing pancake sauce, you must remember the compatibility of products and spices with each other. For the rest, you can rely on your imagination. Do not be afraid, experiment with adding sweet sauces to savory pancakes. For example, dishes with chicken always go well with pineapples and sweet peppers. And creamy sauces are amazingly suitable for dishes containing garlic or any other hot spices, softening the spice and emphasizing the unusual taste. Flour-based pancake sauce is best for fish-filled dishes. But to pancakes with berries, you can serve peanut sauce, you get a wonderful summer dish.
Pancakes are not only a traditional dish for Shrovetide. Treat yourself to a delicious pancake with a nice sauce for breakfast or have a sweet afternoon snack.
Here are some more interesting recipes for sauces :
- Based on milk. It has a delicate sweet taste. It is necessary to warm milk over low heat, stirring constantly, pour semolina (half a glass of semolina semolina), add 2 tbsp. Sahara. Cook until thickened. When the mass has cooled slightly, you can use it as a sauce.
- Berry mix. Mash raspberries and strawberries, sprinkle the mixture with sugar. Pass through a large sieve, add a little condensed milk. It will turn out very tasty - the milky taste of condensed milk will advantageously shade the sourness of the berries.
- Spicy sauce for meat fillings. Fry the onion over low heat, add a tablespoon of flour, pour a glass of broth and boil for a minute. Salt. The broth should be strong, preferably chicken. You can add garlic. This sauce is for lovers, as its taste is quite specific.
- Sour cream sauce. Everything is done in the same way as in the previous recipe, but at the end a spoon of sour cream is added - preferably 30-40%.
Enjoy your meal!