Pancakes are an ancient Russian dish. They were considered almost a delicacy. This dish was most often prepared for Shrovetide - a holiday when all the housewives baked pancakes and treated them to guests and passers-by. Pancakes were made with different fillings, for example, with fruit or with jam. Also added meat, cottage cheese and potatoes. Now there are pancakes with condensed milk, red caviar and many other toppings. Previously, pancakes were prepared on serum without eggs, but different variations remained. As they say, how many housewives, so many different recipes for pancakes.
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I propose to consider a couple of instructions that will help us cook pancakes without an egg. They turn out less greasy, but just as tasty. These recipes are also suitable for vegetarians, if soybean is used instead of cow's milk, and margarine is used instead of butter. The first recipe is perfect for breakfast. These pancakes are prepared quickly, and the morning meal will be tasty and nutritious. Ready pancakes can be spread with jam, condensed milk or peanut butter.
Breakfast pancakes
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups flour;
- 1 cup of milk;
- 1.5 tablespoons of sugar.
Instruction manual
- I’ll immediately notice that the dough for pancakes without eggs takes less than five minutes to cook, and they are fried for about 10. As a result, you get 10 pancakes, which is enough for two servings.
Combine all ingredients in one large bowl and mix until smooth. - Take a frying pan (a pancake frying pan is perfect, since the pancakes do not stick to it, it turns out golden, and it is much easier to turn them over). Lubricate it with vegetable oil and heat over medium heat. Pour in two tablespoons of the dough and fry on both sides until a light brown crust forms. Enjoy your meal!
How to Shrovetide
The following recipe is perfect for a summer lunch or dinner, because it uses berries. But you can cook these pancakes without an egg on Shrovetide with frozen berries or just use jam. Currant jam is best, as it is slightly sour, and in combination with maple syrup, the filling is divinely delicious. Pancakes can be served with warm milk or homemade raspberry tea.
Pancakes with Berries
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (a little over 150 g) flour (mixed with baking powder);
- ¼ cup (55 g) of powdered sugar;
- ½ teaspoon of soda;
- 1 cup (250 ml) of milk;
- 20 g of melted (very soft) butter or margarine;
- 2 teaspoons of vinegar;
- 1 teaspoon of vanillin;
- a mixture of berries (you can use any berries that you like best);
- maple syrup.
Instruction:
- Combine flour, sugar and soda in a bowl or a convenient saucepan. Pit in the center of the mixture. Slowly pour milk, butter, vinegar and add vanillin, then mix with a whisk until smooth. There should be no lumps in the test, otherwise the pancakes will not be very tasty.
- Take a medium-sized frying pan and heat it with a vegetable oil. By the way, if your arsenal does not have a pancake pan, then a non-stick pan is perfect. Pour 3 tablespoons of dough (¼ cup) into the pan and cook for 2 or 3 minutes on both sides (or until golden brown). Repeat with the remaining test. As a result, you will get 8-10 pancakes.
- Put pancakes without eggs on a beautiful plate. Sprinkle a mixture of berries on top and pour with maple syrup. Eat and enjoy.
Pancake saga
Although the recipes are very similar, they are still slightly different in taste, ingredients and the time taken to cook. But in any case, all Russian housewives should be able to bake pancakes without an egg, so to speak, to maintain traditions.