Shrovetide is a holiday celebrated not only by believers, but also by those who are absolutely indifferent to religion. It is understandable: everyone rejoices in the onset of spring, the promise of warmth and the end of difficulties, renewal - and not only of nature, but also of his own. In addition, Shrovetide is a bright and tasty holiday. No hostess will refuse her family the pleasure of enjoying pancakes, especially in a huge and friendly company.
Old and new
In earlier times, pancakes were by no means considered a dessert. They baked them thick and lush, based on sour cream or very fat milk, almost cream. Old pancake recipes for Shrovetide provided for the simultaneous use of wheat flour and buckwheat.
Times have changed, and with it this traditional dish has transformed. Now they boast of thin, lace pancakes. And the more transparent they are, the more skillful the hostess is considered. Not only that, when we cook pancakes for Shrovetide, we introduce a variety of liquids into the dough; and if the experiment was a success, we are happy to share the recipe with friends, relatives and acquaintances.
Classic Test Number One
If for a while we distract from experiments and return to traditions, we must admit that, with regard to the basics, pancake recipes for Shrovetide were not spoiled for variety. The dough was made of three types: on milk, on sour (later - on kefir) and on water. The most common was dairy. For him, they took half a liter of milk 2 eggs, a spoon (tablespoon) of sugar and two - vegetable oil, a pinch of salt and a glass of flour.
The eggs are broken into a deep bowl, mixed with salt and sugar. Sugar is required, even if not sweet filling is planned, so pancakes on Shrovetide will be more magnificent and tastier. Milk is added, and everything is thoroughly mixed. Having placed a sieve over the bowl, sift the flour through it - this way the lumps and clots will not appear in the dough, but it will become more airy and uniform. If you want thin, delicate pancakes, add a little bit of flour , each time in intervals mixing your workpiece. At the end, vegetable oil is added to the dough for less sticking of pancakes to the pan. The final viscosity resembles a thin sour cream.
Classic Test Number Two
He - economical, if you use sour milk, and not buy kefir. For the same half-liter of liquid of eggs and flour, an amount analogous to the previous method. Soda is added - half a teaspoon, the same amount of sugar and salt. Lean oil will need as many as four large spoons.
Eggs will need to be beaten, then mixed with kefir. This connection is placed on the stove and carefully warmed up. Sugar with salt is added, mixed. Flour is poured and soda boiled in a spoon is poured. It remains to add vegetable oil, vigorously mix and put for an hour in a warm place.
Classic Test Number Three
Pancakes made from it for Shrovetide are much less in demand, but they will suit both losing weight and those who have stomach problems. This is also the fastest recipe.
Water - half a liter (like milk or kefir), eggs - the same 2 pieces, butter, salt and sugar - as for milk pancakes, but flour - as much as 300 with a small hook of grams.
First, salt, eggs and sugar are mixed, then water is poured, the flour is poured last. With a mixer (whisk, combine), beat until smooth and you can bake pancake pancakes diet.
Pancake test secrets
Compliance with the recipe to the last comma does not always provide the desired result. It seems that everything was done according to plan, and pancakes stick, come out loose, burn up ... but it never happens! Even an experienced pancake maker will not interfere with the tricks revealed by other comrades in the craft.
To make delicious pancakes for Shrovetide, the flour must be sifted right before adding to the dough. Otherwise, it will come out heavy, and you will not succeed in air-lace pancakes .
And milk, and kefir, and water, and eggs for pancakes should not be cold. What was in the refrigerator should be taken out of it at least half an hour before cooking, so that the temperature of the products equals the home temperature.
If you prefer pastry dough, make sure that it does not stand. There will be “Suns” on Maslenitsa on your table, but pale and without the desired holes. In fact, it is worth remembering that yeast dough is one of the most difficult, and not all of them turn out to be successful.
Want rosy pancakes - add more sugar. This is especially true for dough: if the result is not browning well, then the yeast in the dough has already “eaten” sugar. You can correct the situation by adding sugar, but then you need to start the oven immediately.
It is better not to resort to high-speed devices: mixers, blenders, food processors. Too well beaten dough gives flat, “low” pancakes.
If you want a superthin product with attractive holes - beat egg white and put it into the dough. Only mix the resulting mass is not necessary, in a circle, but from bottom to top, so as not to break the egg froth.
Secrets of baking
The pan must be very hot before pouring dough on it. And it must be lubricated, not poured with vegetable oil, and it is convenient to smear it with a flat piece of potato, put on a fork and dipped in the same oil.
Even if your pan is tested and “fried”, do not be lazy before a pancake clergy to calcine it with salt. And in no case do not wash it after that! Better the first pancake is not lumpy, but simply salty.
Beef Pan - Good Pancakes
Let's hope that at one time you chose the right dish for cooking this dish: preferably cast iron, but always with a thick bottom, low sides and a long handle (it would be nice with a wooden nozzle). But even in such a happy case, it is necessary to look after a valuable acquisition according to the rules. These primarily include the absence of all kinds of cleaning and detergents. After use, a spoonful of vegetable oil with the same amount of salt is poured into the pan, calcined and wiped with a dry towel.
If you want to please your mother-in-law
With a careful examination, it can be understood that all pancake recipes for Shrovetide differ from each other, mainly by filling. It is understandable: the dough is the dough, some subtleties in its preparation do not affect the taste too much. However, there are rare exceptions. No wonder there is a saying-definition "to mother-in-law for pancakes." Shrovetide is full of joyful surprises, and one of them called "Mother-in-law Joy" will pleasantly surprise many.
However, have to tinker. The main difficulty is the dough is still yeast. But, having gathered spirit and courage, you can master it.
So, in 800 ml of milk warmed up to the heat of the human body, yeast (25 g) is diluted, almost half a kilo of flour is added, and a spoonful of sunflower oil is added. The dough rises, whips, a teaspoon of salt is poured, and a mixture of two egg yolks pounded with two large tablespoons of sugar is poured. All this is carefully mixed, after which the remaining proteins from the eggs, mixed with half a glass of fat cream, are added. The dough should rise again. After the second settling, do not mix the mass anymore! Bake small pancakes in the usual way, and serve your beloved mother-in-law (or mother-in-law - depending on who cooked) with caviar. And the more expensive caviar - the more respect!
Gourmet: Crab Pancakes with Beans
If you want to bake absolutely unusual pancakes for Shrovetide, try this recipe, which, incidentally, is also unsweetened, and again - from a sponge dough. However non-standard! First of all, flour will be needed, as in ancient times, of two types - wheat and buckwheat, in equal proportions. One and a half glasses of milk (in which you need to stir the yeast in an amount of 20 g) will go 150 g flour. Add two tablespoons of melted butter, 2 yolks and a little salt. All this is kneaded, covered with a towel or foil and kept warm for an hour (only not near the stove or battery). At the end, whisk the whites, add them to the dough, mix them again and you can bake pancakes. From such a quantity of products they will turn out 20 pieces.
Fillings for pancakes on Shrovetide are very different, but this one is the most unexpected. A pack of cream of 15% fat is mixed with a teaspoon of tomato paste, two large spoons of your favorite ketchup, salt and cayenne pepper (half a teaspoon each). Half a kilo of crab meat and half of this mass of green beans (boiled) are cut, seasoned with the resulting sauce and put on pancakes. Further on request: you can traditionally collapse, or you can serve fresh greens uncovered with a scattering.
Stuffed Snails
If you want to cook original pancakes for Shrovetide - do not limit yourself to unusual filling, take care of your unexpected appearance. So, the "insides" of an egg with onions are quite common, but the way of serving is very unusual.
If you take a dozen thin pancakes (you can bake them according to your favorite recipe), then you need 3 cool boiled eggs, a large onion and, as always, pepper and salt.
Finely chopped onions are fried, the eggs are also chopped, the ingredients are combined and seasoned with spices. But then the main thing begins: the filling is placed on the edge of the pancake, and it turns into a tube. The resulting elongation is twisted into a cochlea. Romantics can portray a rose. So that the figure does not unfold, it is tied with a stalk of green onions. Beautiful, compact, unusual - and convenient to eat.
The filling is different
Over the centuries of celebrating this fun and bright holiday, people have come up with a wide variety of delicious pancake recipes for Shrovetide. But the main joy in this dish is still the filling. For example, from pumpkin and mango (there is a suspicion that our contemporaries have already added the second component). To make the combination harmonious, mixed cheese (cream, a quarter kilo), a spoon of sugar and two tablespoons of lime juice are added to 200 g of pumpkin boiled in sugar, after which everything is passed through a blender. The resulting mixture is embedded in a pancake, which is folded in a knot, and from above this beauty is poured with a mixture of 200 g of mango and 50 g of orange juice. How to decorate the dish, you can come up with yourself - so interesting.
Beautiful filling of avocados and mushrooms; moreover, the fried mushrooms are stewed in sour cream, and then mixed with chopped exotic. An interesting pancake cake with a mysterious name - "Guryevskaya delight". And in performance it is uncomplicated. Pancakes are baked at their discretion, folded up a slide with a spread of condensed milk and laying on top of fresh strawberries.
Do not forget the curd and fruit fillings, and fish lovers will definitely prefer pancakes stuffed with salmon. Well, or something else, simpler.
As you can see, the fillings for pancakes on Shrovetide can be sweet and not, exotic and from the usual products, but can combine exotic with everyday life.
For haste
If the festive week in your case coincided with hard workdays, take on recipes pancakes for Shrovetide, called fast. Flour 200 g, salt, sugar, cinnamon, ginger and turmeric will go to a glass of milk. Correct their ratio according to your perception of these spices.
The flour is mixed with seasonings and sugar, then in portions, with constant beating, milk is introduced. When a homogeneous mass is obtained, soda is added (a teaspoon without a slide is enough), preferably slaked with lemon juice. Again, everything is mixed to the state of liquid sour cream. And you can immediately fry pancakes. No time to fool around with stuffing? As a sauce, sour cream, condensed milk, jam or jam are suitable. There is an opportunity - stuff with anything.
Oat exotic
When we bake pancakes for Shrovetide, sometimes we want pancake taste and something unusual. This recipe is just for such cases. First of all, ordinary wheat flour is replaced by oatmeal, a glass is enough. Then you need two bananas, which in a blender beat with an egg and a tablespoon of sugar. Flour and salt are poured into the mixture, almost a glass of milk is poured - and beat again. In principle, everything! Pancakes that can be eaten without any accompaniment as a dessert are baked - they turn out airy, sweet and fragrant. In the list called “Unusual pancakes for Shrovetide” this recipe is in the forefront.
And the corn will not be left out
If in ancient Russia buckwheat and wheat flour were mixed, now they have come up with the latter to combine with corn. The result is amazing! You will not confuse such pancakes with any others.
A glass of "corn" will go 2 cups of "wheat", the same amount of milk, as many as 4 eggs and even a cup of cream. The dough is steamed, so stock up on 25 grams of yeast. They are usually divorced in milk, flour is poured there (both types), everything is kneaded and stood for 2 hours in the heat. Then the yolks, ground with salt and sugar, are introduced - and again into the heat. Whip the whites with cream and gently add to the dough, which should then come up a third time. Then the pancakes are baked as usual.
Recall about the pripe
A little forgotten, but very tasty Russian tradition. Pancakes with seasoning differ from the usual version with the filling in that they are obtained as if layered and soaked with “internal content” already in the cooking process.
The principle is simple: dough is poured on a frying pan somewhere about a fifth less than necessary. When the bottom is beautifully fried, the filling is placed on top (it is also called seasoning) and poured with a thin layer of dough. This structure is turned over to fry the top, and the delicacy is hidden between two rosy pancakes.
Tasty Carnival!