Pancakes with caviar are a doubly representative of Russian national cuisine. Unless, of course, this fish caviar is red or black (and not “overseas, squash”). Red caviar - a gift from Pacific and Atlantic salmon - seems to emphasize the breadth of the Russian soul. In general, pancakes with any fish roe are a truly Russian treat, generous, bright, rich.
Wikipedia states: “Cooking pancakes is a special skill that approaches art.”
Caviar, of course, can be any kind, including artificial, including not only fish. But basically, the filling will not be sweet, which requires a special approach to serving the dish, its temperature conditions and additional ingredients. Let's focus on the most popular pancakes - with red caviar.
Recipe for pancakes served with caviar
First, let's prepare the pancakes ourselves. Here are a couple of secrets for making pancakes spread better (thinner) and turn over easier:
- For better spreading and subsequent unsticking of pancakes, it is better to dilute milk or kefir with boiled water to the total volume.
- It is better to warm the liquid a little, just above room temperature, so that the components dissolve and distribute better.
Universal pancake recipe:
- water (milk, whey, kefir) – 0.5 liters;
- flour – 2 cups (320 grams);
- eggs - 3 eggs;
- vegetable oil 2 tablespoons;
- sugar – 2 tablespoons;
- salt – 1 teaspoon
- soda (baking powder) - 1 tsp.
- Mix the components in the following sequence. First, beat the eggs into a spacious and easy-to-mix enamel or glass bowl.
- Then pour in the liquid (milk, water, etc.) and stir thoroughly with a fork or whisk.
- After that, add salt and sugar and also stir until completely dissolved; after that, add flour, sifting through a sieve, but not all at once, but gradually, in parts, stirring each time until the lumps disappear and assessing the thickness of the resulting dough.
- Add soda or baking powder. If the dough is made with something sour (kefir, sour cream, whey), then there is no need to extinguish the soda. If it’s made with milk, quench it with vinegar or lemon juice.
- A good dough should be liquid enough to spread, with a consistency similar to very thin sour cream. Lastly, add sunflower oil and stir thoroughly until the oil stains disappear.
- That’s it – the pancake dough is ready, let it sit for about 15 minutes and we can start baking.
Secret: for pancakes with caviar, you can add finely chopped dill or parsley to the dough.
6. Bake pancakes in a frying pan. Should be observed carefully. At the moment when the pancake is completely warmed up (the batter seems to set and stops spreading) and begins to turn golden along the edge, it’s time to turn the pancake over.
Adviсe:
- It is best to use a special pancake pan and only for baking pancakes.
- It should be well warmed up.
- To prevent the pancake from sticking, grease the pan with butter or a drop of vegetable oil. To reduce the temperature of an overheated frying pan, it is convenient to apply vegetable oil and rub it with the cut of half an onion. This is especially true for unsweetened pancakes, as it will give them a light onion flavor.
- To keep the pancakes warm, cover them with a clean kitchen towel or plate.
Kefir pancakes with cod caviar and eggs
A very healthy and unusual appetizer can be made if you use cod roe and fried egg omelet for the filling. Another advantage of it (which those who carefully monitor their weight will not like) is satiety, since the calorie content is quite high.
Ingredients:
- cod caviar – jar 50 g;
- ketchup – 1 teaspoon. l.;
- kefir – 250 ml;
- boiled hot water – 50 ml;
- lettuce leaves - a small bunch;
- mayonnaise – 3 table. l. with a slide;
- flour - 1 cup;
- paprika – ½ teaspoon. l.;
- bell pepper – 1 pc.;
- rast. butter - 1 table. l.;
- sugar - 1 table. l.;
- cream – ½ cup;
- butter - 1 table. l.;
- soda – ½ teaspoon. l.;
- salt – 1 teaspoon. l. (taste);
- eggs – 3 pcs.
Cooking time: 40 min.
Calorie content per 100 g: 201 kcal.
Baking pancakes:
- Sift the flour into a small container, add sugar and salt there, mix with a spoon;
- In a separate deep container, mix kefir and water, add flour in small portions, stirring thoroughly;
- Add 1 egg and soda to the dough, knead with a spoon or whisk;
- Melt the butter, cool, pour into the dough, mix everything well;
- Heat a frying pan over a fire, pour the batter into a ladle, and fry the pancakes until golden brown on one side and the other.
When the pancakes are ready, you can start preparing the delicious filling:
- Add salt to the eggs (the remaining 2 pieces), season with paprika, beat with cream with a whisk;
- Heat a frying pan, grease with fat, pour in the mixture, fry the omelette until done;
- Cool the finished omelette, cut into small pieces;
- Wash and dry peppers and lettuce leaves; cut the pepper into strips;
- Mix caviar in a bowl with mayonnaise and ketchup;
- Grease each pancake with the caviar mixture, then lay out a leaf of lettuce, a few sticks of pepper and a piece of omelette;
- Roll the pancake into a roll, trim off the uneven edges.
When the entire snack is ready, place in the refrigerator for half an hour. And after cooling, you can enjoy the unusual taste of your favorite delicacy!
How to beautifully wrap pancakes with caviar
The method of filling a pancake with caviar itself is not complicated. We simply put the caviar on the unrolled pancake and fold it or onto an already rolled pancake (possibly with some other filling). It is the brightness of the color of red caviar that requires the cook to find special ways to wrap and serve pancakes. I will list the most spectacular of them.
Snail
The pancake first rolls into a strip, and then rolls tightly from one edge to the other, like a snail. Secure with a skewer.
Sector or triangle
The pancake is simply bent along the middle line of symmetry - in half, a quarter, an octagonal sector.
Envelope
The pancake bends from four sides towards the middle.
tube
The tube can be open or closed. Then it can be cut into “stumps” or “rolls” at any angle.
Pouch
The edges gathered on four sides are tied together with something on top.
How to wrap pancakes with filling - 14 different ways to wrap a pancake beautifully...
Depending on what filling you want to wrap in the pancake, it also depends on which method is best to use to make it more convenient to eat this pancake.
And if you are expecting guests and want to serve stuffed pancakes beautifully, then you can choose an original wrapping method that will look harmonious among the other festive dishes on the festive table.
I divided the wrapping methods into groups to make it easier to navigate.
5 Ways to Wrap Pancakes with Caviar
Caviar can be served with pancakes in different ways. The main trick here is that the caviar should be visible. So that everyone understands that these are not just pancakes, but pancakes with caviar.
Classic pancakes - tubes
The simplest, but nevertheless beautiful way of serving is for caviar filling.
1. Simply take the caviar and place it at the bottom edge of the pancake.
2. Roll into a tight roll and cut in half diagonally.
And there’s nothing complicated here either.
1. Cut the pancake in half and place a spoonful of caviar in the middle of each half and apply the edges of the pancake to its center.
But you probably haven’t come across this method yet. Very beautiful and impressive. And it's still simple.
1. Take a pancake and roll it into a tight tube.
2. Connect the opposite ends together, giving the pancake the shape of a circle.
3. Press the ends firmly together with your fingers. The texture of the pancake is such that the ends stick together and the shape will hold.
The size of the pancake is important because if you end up with a bagel with a big hole in the middle, then none of the filling will fit there. Ideally, the hole should be no more than 1 cm in diameter
4. Now put a spoonful of caviar on top and you’re done.
But this option will look great on the festive table on February 23.
1. Take a batch of pancakes (at least 15 pieces) and fold them in half twice, trying to keep them the same shape.
2. Then we lay out the resulting triangles so that in the gap between them we get the outline of a star. And fill this contour with caviar.
Snail pancakes are similar to bombs, only they roll up a little differently.
1. First, tightly roll the pancake lengthwise.
2. And then in width. We stick a toothpick or skewer into the pancake so that it does not lose its shape.
3. Place a spoonful of caviar on top.
Pancakes stuffed with red fish
Red fish also has its own special ways of serving. And the matter is not limited to wrapping here.
Pancake rolls with salmon
1. Take a pancake, grease it with cream or curd cheese, lay out several narrow strips of lightly salted salmon, and place cucumber strips between the first and second pieces of fish.
2. Roll up a tight roll, cut off the unattractive ends, and cut the roll itself into slices 3-5 cm wide (or narrower in height).
Canapes with red fish
Another good option for serving pancakes with red fish is canapés. Perfect as a light snack.
1. Take a pancake, grease it with cream or cottage cheese and place several strips of fish on it.
It is not necessary to lay the fish tightly together, there will be several layers, so you won’t get empty canapés
2. Take the next pancake, also grease it with soft cheese and cover the first pancake with it. Add a few pieces of fish on top, making sure that they do not repeat the arrangement in the first layer.
In total we make 4 such layers, which we cover with a pancake, on which we do not put anything.
3. Place the resulting pie in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, then take it out and cut off the round edges.
4. We estimate where the middle of the canapes will approximately be and stick toothpicks or skewers into them. Then carefully cut the pancake into pieces.
It is always better to stick skewers in advance so that the structure does not fall apart when cutting
5. Decorate toothpicks with olives. If you use skewers, you must first place the olive on the skewer and then stick it into the pancake.
How to wrap pancakes with meat, minced meat or salad
Let's move on to more advanced methods of rolling pancakes. But don't be alarmed, it's not much more complicated.
The peculiarity of these fillings is that they can all have a completely different consistency: semi-liquid, like a salad with mayonnaise, or crumbly, like meat with mushrooms. And you need to wrap them in such a way that they either definitely don’t fall out when bitten, or immediately keep in mind that the stuffed pancake should be in a plate and cut with a knife or fork.
How to make a pancake with a bag
One of the most original and yet simplest ways to serve meat with pancakes is to simply roll them into a pancake bag.
To do this, put the filling in the middle of the pancake, and then lift and tie the edges.
To garter the pancake, you can use green onions or a strip of braided cheese.
Rolling a pancake into a closed triangle
And this is a very good way to prevent the filling from falling out if there is a lot of filling. You can't eat this with your hands, only with a fork.
1. Place the filling in the middle of the pancake and cover it with two edges as if you were making an airplane.
2. Then take the third edge and bend it so that its middle connects with the upper corner.
All that remains is to bend the “petals” to form a triangle and place the pancake on a plate with the “seams” down.
If you want the stuffed pancake to be able to be held in your hands, use the double triangle wrapping method.
1. Place the filling in the middle and spread it a little with a spoon. Then fold the pancake into a triangle, as shown in the photo.
2. Bend the resulting corners to the opposite edge. Like this:
3. It turns out to be a compact double triangle from one pancake.
Baked pancake filling
The meat and minced meat filling can be packed into a baked pancake. But this can only be done while preparing pancakes.
It is more convenient to bake fluffy pancakes rather than thin ones
1. Bake the pancake dough in a frying pan on one side only, then remove it onto a plate. Place the filling in the center of the pancake on the raw side and connect the two edges, pinching them with your fingers, just short of reaching the center of the pancake.
Heated raw dough sticks together easily and holds its shape well
2. In the same way, we pinch the remaining edge and, when we have prepared all the pancakes with filling, we send them to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 7-10 minutes.
Convenient ways to roll a pancake with cottage cheese
The methods by which I propose to wrap pancakes with cottage cheese will be the most familiar to you. They are convenient precisely because they can hold a plastic curd mass without any problems.
Pancakes for a buffet table
For a buffet, it is better to use this method so that the caviar does not fall off the fork. Here it is most suitable to serve pancakes cut into tubes, when the pieces are small and easy to prick. The envelope method is also suitable. It is also necessary to take into account that the buffet table should be spectacular. And “snails” with caviar on top will look very beautiful on it. But you can also be original by serving pancakes with caviar in several layers, cutting the layered pancake pie into pieces in the form of canapés.
Stuffed pancakes with red caviar + beautiful decoration
So, let's begin. This recipe offers you the option of preparing dough for thin lacy pancakes. We will fill them quite simply - grease them with a piece of butter and wrap the caviar inside. Not everything that is delicious needs to take a very long time to prepare, don’t you agree?
Such delicacies are suitable both for serving on a festive table and will make a wonderful breakfast.
Here I indicate the amount of ingredients needed to prepare a total of 5-7 pancakes. If you want more, just double or even triple the ingredients.
Ingredients:
- Baking powder - a pinch;
- A teaspoon of curd cheese;
- Milk – 0.5 cups;
- A couple of tablespoons of flour;
- 2 eggs;
- Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l;
- Caviar and butter to taste.
Stages:
Beat the eggs with a mixer until foam appears. Add curd cheese, baking powder and milk to them. Beat the mixture thoroughly after adding each ingredient.
You will get a fairly liquid dough. Let it sit for a while before baking.
Fry each pancake on both sides and place on a plate.
Using a knife, grease the sun with soft butter (it should be taken out of the refrigerator in advance and kept a little at room temperature).
Form a roll and cut it diagonally into several neat pieces.
In this form, place the pancakes on a plate.
And garnish with red caviar. If desired, you can add sprigs of herbs. Bon appetit!
Pancakes with caviar and sour cream
If you have already made pancakes with caviar, then, most likely, you are convinced that the friability of caviar is an obstacle to the uniform distribution of the filling. To overcome this irritating property, it will be convenient to use it as a filling with other ingredients, for example, sour cream.
You need to take thick sour cream, add red caviar to it and carefully move it evenly. You can also add finely chopped dill, parsley or young onion. There is no need to add salt - after all, the caviar is already salted. This is the filling we use for our pancakes. We fold them in any way you like, which are given above.
Recipe for thin openwork pancakes
So, first of all, you need to decide on the recipe according to which the pancakes will be baked. Each housewife has her own, tested and, so to speak, approved. The universal recipe for pancakes is as follows.
We take products:
- Milk – 3 glasses;
- Flour – 2 cups;
- Sugar – 2 tablespoons;
- Egg – 2 pieces;
- Butter – 20-25 grams (optional);
- A pinch of salt.
We present a step-by-step recipe for baking thin homemade pancakes.
Preparation:
Preparing the dough involves mixing all the ingredients. The mixture should be homogeneous, without lumps. However, there are a few secrets:
- Separate the whites from the yolks. Combine the whites with salt and beat until stiff peaks form. Combine the yolks with sugar, beat until a fluffy yellow mass is obtained.
- Next, add 1 glass of milk to the yolks and mix.
- Then add 1 cup of flour (gradually).
- Now add 1 glass of milk again, then 1 glass of flour and pour in the last glass of milk. Gently mix everything until smooth.
- If you add butter, you need to melt it, but not boil it. Then pour into the dough and stir thoroughly.
- Let the dough stand and rest for 10-20 minutes.
- Now you can bake thin pancakes.
Little trick! If caviar is used as a filling, you can add herbs to the dough - parsley and dill. This will add piquancy to the finished dish.
A few tips for baking thin, golden-brown pancakes:
- Use a pancake pan.
- Preheat the pan before pouring the batter into it.
- Grease the pan with butter or vegetable oil.
- Bake the pancakes until golden brown on both sides.
Thin pancakes are ready. Now you can move on to the filling.
Pancakes with caviar and cream cheese
You will get savory and tender pancakes if you use cream cheese instead of sour cream. The cheese can be anything from Philadelphia to mascarpone. Almette and Hochland are also suitable.
Curd cream cheese with herbs seems to be specially created for pancakes with caviar.
Pancake tubes and rolls are also more suitable here. But, since cheese is still denser than sour cream, you should not mix it with caviar, it is not so easy to do. The cheese is usually spread evenly over the surface of the pancake first. Then the pancake is rolled into a tube, but not very tightly, so that this tube can be pressed into a strip. And the strip already obtained from the tube is rolled up in the form of “snails”, “stumps” or “barrels”, and a solid portion of red caviar is placed on top of the barrel, so to speak - with all your heart.
Before cutting, it is better to cool pancakes filled with caviar with cheese or sour cream in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.
Helpful Tips and Tricks
To make the snack truly delicious, many housewives use tricks to help them bake delicious pancakes:
- It is better to lubricate the frying pan with fresh lard - then the dough will not stick, and the baked product will better come away from the walls of the dish; and the taste of the pancakes will be unique;
- To avoid any difficulties when baking pancakes, you need to follow the correct placement of ingredients: first you need to mix the liquid ingredients, and then add flour in small portions;
- Yeast dough must be allowed to rise at least twice; if it does not suit well or takes a long time, you need to add a little warm milk and you can bake - the milk will do its job;
- Dough that is too thick is usually diluted with the required amount of ordinary boiled water.
And in order for the filling to be successful and not spoil the taste of the pancakes, you need to be able to choose the right caviar. Of course, it is better to use the real thing, especially if the appetizer is being prepared for a dinner party. Here are some simple ways to distinguish natural red caviar from a fake:
- If, when crushing the eggs, you feel hardness, and in the end it turns into splashes, the product is fake; natural caviar will softly burst and flow onto your fingers;
- The caviar must be placed in a glass of hot water: if it is fake (made from gelatin), it will dissolve after a short time, but real caviar will withstand the test and remain unharmed.
Caviar is a good addition to such a common dish as pancakes. It turns a simple snack into a real delicacy that you can enjoy even at the holiday table.
With caviar and red fish
Is it possible to make it even tastier? As much as possible! To do this you need to give even more filling! For example, red fish meat - salmon, pink salmon, sockeye salmon, trout, chum salmon. So, you need to take lightly salted red fish fillet, slice it thinly and spread it evenly over the pancake. But before that, don’t forget to spread the pancake with cream cheese! Then you need to roll it up and put a tasty portion of red caviar on top.
This is what will happen in the end.
Pancakes stuffed with red caviar and salmon
Here the filling is even more varied - it’s caviar, salmon, and cream cheese at the same time! It even sounds delicious, don’t you agree? The main advantage of stuffed pancakes as a treat is that they are very easy to prepare. But despite the fact that they do not require any special investment of time and effort from you, they always turn out very tasty, and if served correctly they will compete with any delicacy.
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs;
- A teaspoon of baking powder;
- 400 g flour;
- Half a teaspoon of salt;
- 6 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- Milk – 0.5 l;
- Caviar and salmon to taste;
- 1-2 tablespoons sugar;
- Cream cheese to taste.
Variety of flavors
To surprise your guests or simply create a new culinary masterpiece called “Pancakes with caviar”, you can make adjustments to the classic recipe. For example, instead of milk, use kefir, fermented baked milk, or a mixture of fermented milk products.
As an experiment, you can try adding boiling water to the dough. The pancakes will be soft and fluffy. You can get an interesting combination of flavors by filling custard pancakes with caviar, avocado and cheese.
Kefir pancakes with cod caviar and eggs will be no less original. Lovers of soft cheeses will enjoy pancakes with red caviar, crab sticks and mascarpone.
Pancakes are a universal dish that you can experiment with without being afraid that something will turn out wrong. There are a lot of recipes for pancakes with caviar and how to wrap them beautifully. Which one will be on your table depends only on your preferences!
Filling: cottage cheese with caviar
Very tender pancakes are obtained with the addition of curd mass. It is advisable to make cottage cheese yourself or buy homemade cottage cheese.
Ingredients:
- Sunflower oil – 20 ml;
- melted butter – 60 g;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- red caviar – 100 g;
- homemade cottage cheese – 100 g;
- baking powder - half a teaspoon;
- sugar – 60 g;
- first grade flour – 100 g;
- dairy product – 100 g;
- salt to taste.
Preparation steps:
- Beat two eggs with a mixer in a deep bowl.
- Add 100 g of homemade cottage cheese to them and repeat the procedure.
- Stir slowly, add baking powder and flour.
- Pour milk over all ingredients and mix.
- Let it brew for half an hour, and then pour in the refined oil.
- Bake pancakes and immediately grease with butter.
- Roll the pancakes into tubes and cut them on a diagonal.
We put several grains of red caviar into the cuts.
