Pancakes are a traditional Russian pastry. It is prepared from a different type of dough - from unleavened, and from yeast, and from wheat, etc. Custard pancakes with kefir are very successful. They have holes, seem lacy, have higher elasticity, that is, they do not tear. Baking such pancakes is a simple matter. You can easily learn it.
Preparation of flour and eggs
The most important ingredient in making pancakes is flour. Always sift it through a sieve before kneading the dough. So it is cleaned of all debris and saturated with oxygen. From the sifted flour, the dough is kneaded more easily. You can choose different flours (for example, wheat or buckwheat). Experimenting with it, you will get pancakes that are different in taste and calorie content.
The second important ingredient in recipes for custard pancakes with holes on kefir is eggs. There are no special requirements for them. Experienced housewives give only one piece of advice. They recommend taking 2 bowls for breaking eggs. If you have several eggs in the recipe, first break 1 egg in the first bowl. See if it is rotten, because sometimes spoiled foods come across in stores. If the egg is fresh, pour it into the second bowl, and in the first, break the second egg and repeat all your actions.
Milk and dairy products in pancake recipes
You can take any milk for pancakes - fresh or sour. From sour milk, baking is quite worthy - soft, lush. And now about the percentage of fat content ... If you lead an active lifestyle and can afford to eat enough high-calorie dishes, then get any milk for pancakes. If you follow your figure, then it is best for you to buy milk with a low percentage of fat content or not to use it at all in cooking. There are recipes for lean pancakes that start on the same water (plain or mineral).
Kefir can act as a replacement for milk. We will consider recipes with it just. Kefir makes pancakes as useful as possible for our body, especially for the digestive system. In addition, they turn out tasty and soft.
Other required products
Of the other products for making custard pancakes with kefir and boiling water, you will need:
- soda, which makes pancakes more magnificent;
- salt;
- sugar.
Also prepare frying oil. Any odorless refined oil is suitable. Olive or mustard is not recommended. These oils have a specific taste. You can also take powdered sugar if you plan to make sweet pancakes, and sprinkle them on top of this ingredient.
Basic cooking rules
When mixing the recipe for custard pancakes with holes on kefir, do not pour a lot of soda. In a small volume of dough, this ingredient is added at the tip of the knife. If you go too far with soda, then ruin the taste of pancakes. They will be bitter. When mixing dough, make sure that there are no unmixed lumps left in it.
Add oil to the finished dough. Thanks to its presence, you do not have to lubricate the pan every time. You can process it 1 time - only before baking the first pancake. As a rule, the very first pancake often has problems. In some recipes, you may be offered to add butter to the dough and periodically add vegetable oil to the pan during frying. Try this option of cooking.
On the basis of buckwheat flour
A surprisingly useful product is buckwheat flour. It contains many substances that are very important for the human body. Buckwheat flour is used to make various pastries. They even came up with a recipe for custard pancakes on kefir. In accordance with it, for cooking you will need:
- butter - 25 g;
- eggs - 2 things;
- kefir - 1.5 l;
- sugar - 1 teaspoon;
- buckwheat flour - 600 g;
- salt - a small pinch;
- hot water - 1 cup;
- sunflower oil.
Melt the butter. Pour the yolks, kefir into a bowl with it, add sugar and flour. Stir the resulting dough thoroughly. Take a small cup. In it, whip the proteins with salt and add to the dough. Stir until smooth. Pour boiling water at the end. Look at the consistency of pancakes. It can be either normal or too liquid, thick, because the flour can be different. Add flour or hot water if necessary. Bake pancakes in a heated skillet. If they do not work well for you, then after each pancake, grease the pan with vegetable oil.
Wheat flour custard pancakes
If you want to quickly cook pancakes, then use the recipe for custard pancakes on kefir and based on simple wheat flour. They can be made thick enough to wrap the fillings or thin. Ingredients needed for cooking:
- egg;
- kefir - 370 ml;
- sugar - 2 teaspoons;
- salt to taste;
- flour - 150 g;
- soda - ¾ teaspoon;
- hot water - 150 ml;
- sunflower oil - a couple of tablespoons.
Break the egg and add it to the kefir. Pour sugar and salt into the mixture. Stir the ingredients. Add the sifted flour and knead the dough. Take a clean and dry bowl. Pour soda and fill it with hot water. Then pour soda water into the dough. Stir it until smooth. At the very end, add sunflower oil. After that, you can start baking.
Kefir custard pancakes using a mixer
The simplest recipe for cooking traditional Russian pastries is thin custard pancakes with holes on kefir using a mixer. You will need the following products:
- eggs - 2 things;
- salt - half a teaspoon;
- sugar - 70 g;
- kefir - 1 cup;
- flour - 1 glass;
- sunflower oil - 3 tablespoons;
- boiling water - 1 cup.
Beat the eggs and beat with a mixer. Sprinkle salt and some sugar. Then beat again with a mixer. Add the remaining sugar at the end. Pour kefir into the bowl with the mixture. Turn on the mixer again. Set the speed to low. Turn off the mixer for a while. Pour in flour. Then turn on the device again. Stir first at low speed and gradually increase to maximum. After stirring, turn off the appliance. Enter sunflower oil and boiling water. Turn the mixer on again at low speed. After a few seconds, increase the speed. Turn off the appliance. Prepare the pan and start baking pancakes.
Sweet custard pancake tart
Pancakes are usually eaten with sour cream, mayonnaise, butter, caviar, but you can make a sweet pancake pie. Filling you will need cottage cheese and sour cream with the addition of honey and dried fruits. So, prepare:
- custard pancakes on kefir - 8 pieces;
- cottage cheese - 300 g;
- honey - ½ cup;
- sour cream with a fat content of 30% - 1 cup;
- a handful of dried apricots (if you wish, you can replace it with raisins);
- chicken yolk.
Mix cottage cheese with honey and sour cream until smooth. Wash dried apricots and cut into small pieces or strips. Pour boiling water and leave it on the desktop. After 10 minutes, throw the dried apricots in a colander and dry, and simply pour out the water. You do not need it. Prepare a baking sheet. Put the first custard pancake. Lubricate it with curd mixture and sprinkle with chopped dried apricots. Put the second pancake on top and also cover it with the filling. Do the same with all the pancakes. It is not necessary to spread the filling on the topmost layer. Just brush the pancake with yolk. As a result, you get a pie. Place it in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
Pancake with meat filling
It’s not necessary to make pancake cake sweet. If you did not add sugar to the custard pancakes, then prepare a pie with meat filling. Take:
- bulbs - 2 pieces;
- butter - 50 g;
- ground beef and chicken - 300 g each;
- eggs - 6 pieces;
- mayonnaise - 5 tablespoons;
- salt and pepper - at your discretion;
- dill - 1 bunch;
- thin custard pancakes on kefir - a few pieces.
Dice the onion and fry it in butter until golden brown. After cooking, put it in a bowl. Next, fry the ground beef in oil. Put it in a second bowl. Then fry the minced chicken. Transfer it to a third bowl from the pan. Divide the fried onions into 2 parts. Put one of them in ground beef, and the other in chicken. Stir both toppings, salt and pepper. Boil eggs, cool and peel. Rub them on a fine grater. Add mayonnaise and salt to taste. Chop the dill, but for now, don't add it anywhere.
Prepare the form. Put 1 or 2 pancakes on its bottom. Put the ground beef with onion on top. Cover the filling with pancake. The second layer you will have eggs. Sprinkle dill on top and cover with pancake. The third layer is chicken filling. Make more similar layers. Pour melted butter on top of the pie, sprinkle breadcrumbs. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place the pan in it for 25 minutes. You can decorate the finished pie with mayonnaise, herbs and beautifully chopped chicken eggs.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that custard pancakes on kefir are not only tasty, but also convenient in cooking. You can just make pancakes for a light snack, or you can make a hearty treat in the form of a pie.