People learned to cook flat cakes at the dawn of civilization, in the Neolithic era, with the advent of agriculture. This is probably why there is a huge variety of pancakes in the world. In addition to traditional Russian dishes, there are also French crepes, milanchiki and much more. Today we will learn how to cook American pancakes - pancakes. The recipe for this dish is quite simple. And this is an additional reason to give preference to American rather than Russian pancakes. A stack of pancakes can be baked in literally twenty minutes, which helps a lot in the morning when there is no time to cook a complicated breakfast. Another advantage of American pancakes is that they are fried in a completely dry pan. This is good for those who avoid fatty foods. And finally, the pancakes are smaller in diameter than Russian pancakes. In size, they resemble Slavic pancakes. So, it will be easier to turn them over.
How to cook pancakes (secrets of success)
As the American nation is a “product” of the unification of different nations, so the US cuisine arose from the reciprocal of culinary traditions. But there are exceptions. Pancakes are exactly American know-how. They are delicious, soft, lush. Like Russian pancakes, they can be made dessert and savory to serve with chicken, salad. The word "pancake" itself consists of two parts. “Pan” means “pan” and “cake” means “pie”. But enough theory. We start to fry American pancakes. Pancakey recipe recommends doing so.
Beat two eggs with a tablespoon of sugar. Add a glass of milk. Season with salt (half a teaspoon). We extinguish the same amount of drinking soda with vinegar and also add to the dough. Since pancakes are baked in a dry pan, the dough for them should be bold. Pour a soup spoon of vegetable oil into it. But what about the secrets? The key to success of non-stick pancakes is a trained eye and a nimble hand. Pour a small amount of dough onto a dry, calcined pan. Roll out to get a circle with a diameter of ten centimeters. The consistency of the thick sour cream dough will not let it spread. As soon as we saw that "blisters" are formed, we turn it over with a wooden spatula - then the color will turn out uniform.
Hearty pancakes
Hearty homemade pancakes are more expensive - both in terms of cooking time and the price of ingredients. But it turns out very tasty. We take 3 eggs, separate the yolks, add a small pinch of salt. Grind. Knead flour (130 grams) with baking powder (two teaspoons). Add a glass of cream to the yolks, then the flour mixture. Bring to homogeneity. In a mixer, beat the whites with two tablespoons of sugar. Carefully introduce the foam into the dough, kneading with a whisk from the bottom up. Melt the butter. Add two soup spoons to the dough. The pan should already be on the stove! Bake immediately. Ready pancakes are stacked without smearing with oil. These lush pancakes are usually eaten with maple syrup, jam or peanut butter.
American pancakes with berries
The classic recipe does not imply any other additives, except for the main ingredients: milk, flour, eggs, salt, soda, vegetable oil. But the culinary fantasy of desperate housewives does not know how to keep, and therefore many variations of this popular dish have appeared. We will consider them in turn. Berry American pancakes (pancakes) recipe allows you to cook with fresh blueberries and raspberries, and with jam. Two hundred grams of flour is mixed with three tablespoons of baking powder, a pinch of salt and 3 large tablespoons of brown sugar. Pour in three hundred milliliters of milk, add the egg. Knead the dough thoroughly. Add melted butter - two soup spoons. Before the hottest, pour two handfuls of forest berries so that they do not have time to let the juice go.
Chocolate Pancakes
This type of baking competes in popularity with such immortal "hits" of American cuisine as cookies "cookies" and pie "apple pie". They can be prepared in a variety of ways. The easiest way is to add cocoa powder to the dough. If you pour chocolate chopped into small pieces into a pancake mass, you will get “pancakes-kukes”. And you can make a special filling for pancakes. We cook such chocolate pancakes like this. Melt two standard milk chocolate bars ahead of time. Dip on baking paper in the form of circles. In the mixer bowl we put: a glass of sweet drinking yogurt and flour, three eggs, a pinch of salt and a soup spoon of sunflower oil. Beat until lush. When the pan is already on the stove, add half a teaspoon of soda to the dough. Pour the pancake mass and immediately put the chocolate disk on top. We act very quickly. Cover the chocolate with another portion of the dough. When the bubbles appear, turn on the other side.
American pancakes on ricotta
How to cook pancakes using cheese instead of milk? Do not worry. Milk is also not excluded. But first, we knead two hundred and fifty grams of ricotta cheese with three tablespoons of sugar. Add half a glass of milk and three yolks. Knead. Now sift through a strainer into this mass one hundred grams of flour. Add a teaspoon of baking powder. In the mixer, beat the peaks until the peaks. We connect them with the dough carefully so as not to fall. Knead with a spoon or whisk of the mixer in a circular motion. The dough should come out airy for consistency, as for a biscuit. We bake pancakes in a dry frying pan on both sides. Serve with honey, caramel or maple syrup, jam, apple topping.
A la tacos
Unsweetened American pancakes are also cooked. Pancake recipe suggests using instead of Mexican corn tortillas, that is, spread a variety of toppings on top. And if you make a pancake big enough, you can make buritos out of it. Mix in a bowl of eighty grams of corn and wheat flour, two teaspoons of sugar, a pinch of salt, a little baking powder for the dough. In this loose mass we add an egg and one hundred sixty milliliters of milk. Knead the dough. Add a spoonful of vegetable oil. Mix and leave for ten minutes. Bake in a dry skillet. We put ready-made pancakes on a baking sheet. Put the filling on top. Sprinkle with grated hard cheese. Put the baking sheet in a hot oven. Pull out when an appetizing cheese cap is formed.