Each national cuisine has special dishes that make it easy to recognize in which country a person lives. Along with Italian pasta, Japanese sushi and Belarusian pancakes, American pancakes are also well known. This dish is well known to many films. In many films, it is prepared in every American family for breakfast.
Classic recipe
First you need to understand what this product is. American pancakes are not at all like those baked in Russia. They are more like pancakes of medium size. They are mainly prepared in milk, but kefir or cream is also used as the main liquid ingredient. For example, you can consider the classic version of the preparation of unusual pancakes.
The following ingredients will be required for work: a glass of milk takes the same amount of flour, 3 eggs, a pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons of sugar and vegetable oil, and 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
Preparing American pancakes is surprisingly simple:
- The first step is to break the eggs and separate the proteins from the yolks. Each of them must be collected in a separate container.
- Beat whites with salt in a thick foam.
- First add sugar and milk to the yolks, and then baking powder and flour. The mass must be thoroughly mixed with a mixer.
- Gently use the spoon to introduce the proteins.
- The dough is almost done. It remains only to pour in vegetable oil.
- Heat the pan strongly. The first time it can be greased with oil. Then this will not need to be done.
- Scoop a portion of the dough with a ladle or spoon and pour it into a hot pan. As soon as bubbles appear on the surface, the workpiece should be turned over. To do this, it is better to use a special spatula. The second side is baked much faster.
It takes very little time to cook this dish. Fritters are baked almost instantly.
Important details
American pancakes are easy to recognize from the outside. They are usually round and very lush. The thickness of such a pancake, as a rule, is at least 5 millimeters. In addition, the pancakes have a flat and smooth surface. The reason is that they are baked only in a dry frying pan. The first time it can be lubricated, and then it is no longer needed. On a hot surface, the mass instantly seizes, and the rest of the air mass is baked in a matter of seconds. But, in order not to be afraid of accidental burning, it is better to use cookware with non-stick coating. Historians claim that this dish was brought to the United States by immigrants from Scotland. Since then, this product has become a traditional dessert for both Americans and residents of Canada. Typically, tender pancakes are stacked on plates and sprinkled with chocolate or maple syrup. Real sweet tooth from such a treat will be delighted. Berries, fruits or honey are sometimes used as additives. They can be laid on a plate next to pancakes or added to the dough when kneading. In any case, the result is excellent.
The subtleties of technology
What is so remarkable American pancakes (pancakes), unlike those that are baked, for example, in Russia? Firstly, you need to pay attention to the name of the dish. It consists of two words: “pan” - this is translated from English as “frying pan”, and “cake” - this is “flat cake” or “pancake”. Secondly, a unique formulation allows you to get an unusually soft and delicate product. Despite the fact that the dough is kneaded very thick, the pancakes are simply airy. This is due to the fact that egg whites are beaten separately. Combining with the test at the last stage, they maximally saturate it with oxygen, which accumulates in the bubbles of stable foam. Ready-made fragrant pancakes are watered with jam, honey or syrup. And along with hot tea this is a great opportunity to have a good meal. The last feature is the baking process itself.
All you need is a dry hot pan. The rest depends on how the hostess will have time to quickly and correctly turn over the workpieces.
Alternative option
According to one of the recipes, you can cook delicious American pancakes (pancakes) on kefir. Externally, such a product will not differ from that which was prepared using milk.
The following components will be present in the modified composition: half a kilogram of flour requires the same amount of kefir, 2 eggs, two tablespoons of sugar and melted butter, one teaspoon of salt and baking soda.
The cooking method will be slightly different from the previous version:
- Beat eggs well, gradually adding sugar and kefir to them.
- Combine flour with soda.
- Add egg mass and mix thoroughly.
- Introduce the melted butter and then finish the batch.
After this, it remains only to put the pan on the fire and gradually, one by one, bake the lush pancakes. Ready-made pancakes can immediately be put on serving plates of 2-3 pieces and pour over with syrup, sour cream or any other product.
Mandatory Accessories
Before you start working, you need to check that on the table there are all the necessary accessories for this:
- A deep bowl for kneading dough.
- Whisk for manual whipping of the mass. At the first stage, you can also use a mixer. Then such intensive mixing will no longer be appropriate.
- It is better to take a small pan immediately so that the diameter of the products is no more than 15-17 centimeters.
- A sieve is necessary for sifting flour. It helps to solve two problems at once: it prevents foreign matter from getting into the dough and saturates the flour with oxygen. This is especially important.
- A ladle or a large spoon for laying out the dough in a pan.
- Trowel for turning product.
With everything you need, you can start cooking American pancakes. A recipe with a photo is good for beginners. They can not only control the correctness of their actions, but also see how the product should look at each stage.
Chocolate dessert
There are many different options with which you can cook wonderful American pancakes. The recipe with a photo step by step will be a good teacher for those who will do it for the first time. For lovers of chocolate, you can offer a very interesting recipe.
You will need a fairly large list of products: half a glass of whole grain and wheat flour, an egg, a glass of milk, 4 tablespoons of cocoa, a little salt and 50 grams of powdered sugar, 30 milliliters of vegetable oil, a tablespoon of baking powder and 4 drops of almond flavor.
The whole process can be divided into six stages:
- Sift and combine dry ingredients (cocoa, salt, powder and flour).
- Stir an egg with a whisk.
- Add milk to it.
- Combine both masses and mix them well.
- Add the remaining ingredients.
- Bake products, pre-warming the pan well.
Do not violate the procedure described above. Otherwise, you may not get the desired result.