Pancakes, pancakes and pancakes! Pamper yourself and your loved ones

continues the column “The History of One Dish.”

They look similar and therefore are often confused, although they are still different dishes. And their ages are different. Overseas pancakes are like Russian pancakes as grandchildren.

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Fact: The birthplace of pancakes is North America. There is a version that Scottish emigrants brought the recipe for rich pancakes there. The phrase “pan” and “cake” translates together as “cake in a frying pan.”

What else is the difference between pancakes and pancakes - the leading Internet information resource 4Banket looked into it, checking recipes and studying the opinions of professional chefs.

Pancakes on mashed potatoes

If you have some leftover puree from dinner, use it as a base for breakfast. These pancakes can be served with sour cream or spicy sauce.

Ingredients:

Mashed potatoes – 200 grams;
Kefir – 150 grams;
Egg – 1 pc.;
Flour – 6 tbsp. l. (approximately);
Soda – 1 tsp;
Salt and spices - to taste;
Vegetable oil - for frying.

Beat an egg into the mashed potatoes. Add kefir, soda, salt and spices to taste. Mix thoroughly. Add flour (in small portions) and stir. The dough should be moderately thick. Heat oil in a frying pan. Spread the dough with a spoon and fry the pancakes under the lid on both sides until golden brown.

Dietary option for making pancakes without sugar

We continue to learn how to prepare a noble delicacy. But not everyone can afford it because of unwanted centimeters at the waist. Calm down, the problem is solved and there is a way out. There is a dietary recipe and now I will share it with you. Everything is extremely easy and simple. Prepare healthy food and stay healthy.

Ingredients:

Oatmeal flour - 50 gr.
Low-fat kefir - 250 ml.
Honey - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Fiber - 1 tbsp. spoon.
Eggs - 2 pcs.
Salt, soda - a pinch.

Cooking method:

Separate the whites from the yolks, and beat the whites with salt using a mixer at high speed, then add honey, gradually pouring it in.
Combine kefir and soda in a separate container and wait until small bubbles appear. As soon as they appear, add everything to the beaten egg whites.
The turn of the yolks has arrived, add them into the total mass.
The dough preparation stage is completed by adding oatmeal and fiber. The healthy dough is ready.
Fry the pancakes on both sides in butter. They turn out incredibly airy due to the whipped egg whites.

If you eat them with sour cream, they are doubly delicious. Enjoy breakfast and have energy for the whole day. A good mood is guaranteed!

Curd and carrot pancakes

This is not only tasty, but also a healthy option for breakfast. These pancakes can be made both sweet and savory.

We will need:

Cottage cheese – 200 grams;
Carrots – 2 pcs.;
Flour – 130 grams (approximately);
Egg – 1 pc.;
Salt and sugar - to taste;
Vegetable oil - for frying.

Peel the carrots and grate on a fine or medium grater. Add cottage cheese, beat in the egg and mix thoroughly. Add salt and sugar to taste, add sifted flour. Heat oil in a frying pan. Spoon the carrot-curd mixture into the frying pan and fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown.

Cooking without adding eggs

Now you will learn about a recipe for making pancakes without using eggs. It is especially suitable for those who for some reason do not eat this product.

Ingredients:

flour (about 350 grams),
granulated sugar - 3 large spoons,
500 milliliters of kefir,
a pinch of soda and 1/2 teaspoon of salt,
sunflower oil.

Preparation:

Mix kefir (preferably fattier, 3.2%), table salt, sugar and a little soda in a deep dish. Knead well and leave for 15 minutes.
When the time is up, add flour through a sieve and pour in 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil. Stir and let stand for about 15 minutes.
Now you need to heat the frying pan and cook our pancakes over low heat. When bubbles appear on top, it's time to flip the pancake.

When everything is ready, put it on a plate, prepare a sweet addition and pour the tea.

Pancakes with milk and cocoa

Children will definitely appreciate chocolate pancakes. The pancakes are tender, airy and incredibly flavorful.

Ingredients:

Milk – 100 grams;
Flour – 120 grams (approximately);
Sugar – 2-4 tbsp. l.;
Cocoa – 2 tbsp. l.;
Egg – 2 pcs.;
Salt and soda - 1 pinch;
Vegetable oil - for frying.

Beat sugar and eggs until fluffy in a deep bowl. Pour in milk, add sifted flour with salt and soda, add cocoa. Beat the dough thoroughly so that no lumps form. Heat some oil in a frying pan. Spoon out the batter and fry the pancakes with the lid on. Don't overdo it!

How to cook “American pancakes”

1. Prepare ingredients for pancakes. I use 200 ml glasses.

2. Take a deep, convenient container for mixing products with a mixer. Pour milk into it, add vegetable oil, a pinch of salt, sugar and egg. Using a mixer at maximum speed, beat the mixture until foam forms, 5-7 minutes.

3. Add sifted flour and baking powder. Using a mixer, mix all ingredients until smooth, there should be no lumps.

4. The dough is ready; the consistency should not be as thick as for regular pancakes. Let's move on to frying.

5. Take a non-stick frying pan, heat it well and reduce the heat to low. Using a tablespoon, place the dough into a dry frying pan, forming circles. If you are confident in your frying pan, then grease it with a cotton swab dipped in oil or a piece of lard. This procedure needs to be done only before the first batch. As soon as large bubbles form on the surface, turn over and finish cooking on the other side. Pancakes are ready! Have fun!

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Pancakes with filling

To surprise your loved ones, you can prepare not just pancakes, but with a surprise. You can use absolutely anything for the filling - thick jam, chocolate or peanut butter, condensed milk, etc.

Ingredients:

Egg – 1 pc.;
Kefir – 1 glass;
Flour – 1 glass;
Sugar – 2-3 tbsp. l.;
Salt – 1/2 tsp;
Soda – 1 pinch;
Vegetable oil - for frying;
Filling – 3-4 tbsp. l.

First, prepare the dough - beat the egg with sugar and salt, pour in kefir, add sifted flour and soda. Beat the dough until smooth. Pour some oil into a frying pan and heat it up. Spoon the dough into the pan in a thin layer. Place the filling (in this case chocolate spread) in the center and pour a little more dough on top. This way the filling will be sealed inside. Over medium heat, fry the pancakes, covered, until deliciously crispy on both sides.

Culinary battle: pancakes versus pancakes

About ten years ago, in the wake of fashion, pancakes appeared on the menu of Moscow establishments. Militant fighters for the purity of the Russian language were at first wary, and then began to make caustic and caustic remarks about the general fashion for meaningless Americanisms:

- What, the word “pancakes” no longer suits you? What other “pancakes”, what kind of disdainful attitude towards the Russian language?” – Dahl’s fans were indignant.

But they were wrong. I don’t deny the selfless love of Moscow restaurateurs for borrowed names, but pancakes and pancakes are still different dishes. And, to confuse you even more, I’ll add that both pancakes and pancakes are a completely different story with different recipes and methods of preparation.

Let's try to figure out exactly what variation of the well-known dish your family is used to preparing for breakfast. Who knows, maybe all your life you have been baking pancakes under the guise of pancakes?

It’s interesting that the history of the origin of, let’s say, pancakes can be traced back several centuries. This dish has been known in Rus', Ukraine and Belarus since around the sixteenth century. In the ancient Russian era, its name was also borrowed from the ancient Greek language: the word elaion, which translated into Russian means “oil” (and its derivative eladion - “in oil”) was only slightly changed. By the way, the modern recipe that we use today appeared only in the nineteenth century. Before this, pancakes could be made from semolina, and even from potatoes (yes, we understand and share your indignation). But the history of the appearance of the first pancakes in the United States is practically unknown. The only fact that has reached us is that the recipe was brought to the continent from the Old World by emigrants from Scotland and immediately took root in the new place. As for the name, pancake literally translates as “cake in a frying pan.”

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Are you on a diet? Choose pancakes!

There are three main parameters, by comparing which you can easily distinguish American pancakes from Russian pancakes. – First of all, it’s thickness, size and consistency. Pancakes are smaller and thinner than pancakes, and the consistency of a pancake is more like a sponge cake, while pancakes are like a regular pancake.

– Secondly, this is the method of preparation. Pancakes are fried in a dry frying pan, and pancakes are fried using fat (oil). Therefore, pancakes, attention, girls! — they turn out to be less fatty and high in calories, and the pancakes will fit perfectly into the menu for those who want to purchase more appetizing forms.

In addition, thanks to the use of fat, the pancakes can be fried at a higher temperature. This is what makes the right pancakes slightly crispy, and their taste more caramel than neutral pancakes. – And finally, these are the features of preparing dough for each dish. The dough for pancakes should be yeast or with the addition of kefir, which gives them a slight sourness. The dough for pancakes is prepared without adding yeast, but whipped egg whites and baking powder are always added to it, thanks to which the pancakes turn out so fluffy, tender and denser, despite the fact that the consistency of the dough for them is thicker than for making pancakes.

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What do you eat this beauty with?

Traditional pancakes are a great choice for Sunday brunch. They are usually eaten with something sweet: jams, maple syrup and fresh berries, sometimes with the addition of fried bacon (yes, unexpected, but quite savory). In Russia, everyone’s favorite sour cream, butter, condensed milk or jam are served with pancakes.

And finally, how to cook? Traditional pancake recipe:

Flour – 150 g
Powdered sugar – 2 tbsp. spoons
Milk – 130 ml
Butter (melted) or olive oil – 2 tbsp. spoons
Baking powder for dough – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 0.5 teaspoon
Egg – 1 pc. Add powdered sugar, salt and baking powder to the sifted flour. Add melted butter to the lightly beaten egg and milk, pour the resulting mixture into the flour and stir thoroughly until smooth and soft. Heat the frying pan thoroughly and melt the butter. As usual, pour the dough into a heated frying pan with a ladle. Turn the pancakes over to the other side after bubbles appear on the surface and bake until golden brown.

Traditional recipe for kefir pancakes:

Kefir – 1 glass
Flour – 1 cup
Egg – 1 piece
Sugar – 2 tbsp. spoons
Salt - half a teaspoon
Soda - half a teaspoon
Vegetable oil - 2-3 tablespoons In advance, take the kefir out of the refrigerator and heat it to room temperature. Pour into a bowl, add egg, salt, sugar. Stir and add sifted flour and soda. Sometimes it is recommended to add soda to kefir, but today we will go against the rules and boldly add soda with flour! Mix thoroughly and heartily. We leave it for half an hour and go have a cup of coffee. After half an hour, bubbles form on the surface of the dough - you can start frying. Heat a frying pan and vegetable oil. Carefully take the dough from the edge with a spoon. Place in a frying pan and fry on both sides over medium heat. When bubbles begin to appear and burst on the surface, turn over to the other side and fry until cooked.

And an unexpected surprise at the end: French crepes (not to be confused with pancakes and pancakes!):

Flour 1 tbsp.
Vegetable oil (in dough) 1 tbsp. Vegetable oil - for frying Egg 1 pc. Egg yolk 1 pc. Milk 1.5 cup(s) Salt 1 pinch(s)
For the syrup:
Orange 1 pc.
Butter 2 tbsp. Sugar 5 tbsp. Cognac 2 tbsp.
Sift the flour and salt into a bowl, then make a well in the center and pour in the egg and egg yolk. Stir and pour in milk. Add vegetable oil. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes. Heat the oil in a frying pan and bake the pancakes on both sides. Carefully fold the pancakes and place them in a stack. For the syrup, squeeze the juice from one orange, cut off the zest in advance for decoration. Melt the butter in a frying pan, add sugar, orange juice and simmer a little until the sugar crystals dissolve and thicken slightly. Remove from heat, add cognac and stir. Drizzle orange syrup over the resulting stack of pancakes. Garnish with orange zest.

We are waiting for your recipes in the comments! The most unusual one will be published on our website.

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Pancakes made with corn flour

If you want to cook something new, then try the recipe for corn pancakes. The addition of coconut oil makes them incredibly tender.

Required:

Corn flour – 100 grams;
Rice or whole grain flour – 50 grams;
Milk – 1 glass;
Sugar – 2-3 tbsp. l.;
Salt, soda, vanillin - 1 pinch;
Coconut oil – 1.5 tbsp. l.

Pour flour into a deep bowl, add sugar, salt, water and vanillin. Add milk and melted coconut oil. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth. Heat a small frying pan well. Pour some batter into the center and fry for about a minute. Then turn over and brown the pancake on the second side.

Cooking methods

Pancakes are fried until cooked in vegetable or melted butter.
There are also oven recipes, but most professional chefs refuse to consider them real. If you do an exact translation of the name of the pancake, you can get something like “cake in a frying pan.” And, as you know, cakes are not fried. Pancakes are baked in a completely dry or very slightly greased frying pan.

Coffee pancakes

True coffee lovers will definitely appreciate the taste of this dish. Instead of instant coffee, you can pour espresso into the dough.

Ingredients:

Instant coffee – 2 tsp;
Flour – 1.5 cups (approximately);
Milk – 1 glass;
Butter – 40 grams;
Sugar – 50 grams (to taste);
Egg – 1 pc.;
Salt and soda - 1 pinch.

Pour warm milk into a deep bowl. Add coffee, sugar and melted butter. Beat the egg, add flour, salt and soda. Beat the dough thoroughly until smooth. Heat the frying pan thoroughly. Pour the batter in small portions, fry the pancakes on both sides for just a minute over medium heat until golden brown.

Recipe for making fluffy little pancakes with sour cream

For breakfast, as a sweet snack or just with tea, pancakes are an ideal option. And the main thing is that there are so many cooking recipes that there is always plenty to choose from that is exactly the one you like most. I bring to your attention a recipe with sour cream.

Ingredients:

eggs 2 pcs.
sugar 3 tbsp. l.
sour cream 200 gr.
premium flour 200 gr.
butter 25 gr.
soda 0.5 tsp.
vanillin on the tip of a knife
pinch of salt.

Cooking method:

In a deep bowl, mix all the bulk ingredients, namely flour, sugar and soda.
Add sour cream to the resulting mixture. Gently mix with a spoon, you should get a thick mass. Add a pinch of salt and stir as long as possible.
Beat the eggs together with vanilla using a mixer in a separate container.
Add the well-beaten product to the thick dough and mix gently with a whisk. Add a small piece of butter to the resulting mass. It is advisable that it be melted in advance. The dough is ready, you can bake pancakes!
Place the required portion of dough on a preheated frying pan and wait for the bottom side to brown. Bubbles appear on top. When the entire product is covered with bubbles, it’s time to turn it over.
On the other hand, bake for a little less time. Grease the finished pancake with melted butter.
Prepare the remaining pancakes in the same order.
Lubricate each of them with oil. Place all the pancakes in a stack on top of each other. When serving, pancakes can be decorated with scoops of your favorite ice cream and topped with your favorite syrup or jam. Everything turned out very beautiful and tasty.

Bon appetit!

Pancakes with mascarpone

Delicate, richly creamy, these pancakes literally melt in your mouth. If you haven't cooked it yet, be sure to try it!

Ingredients:

Mascarpone – 200 grams;
Milk – 100 grams;
Egg – 2 pcs.;
Flour – 150 grams (approximately);
Butter – 50 grams;
Sugar – 50 grams;
Salt and soda - 1 pinch.

Place the mascarpone in a bowl, add sugar to taste, beat in the eggs and pour in the milk. Add salt and soda, add melted butter and sifted flour. Stir the dough until smooth. Heat the pan thoroughly. Place small portions of the dough with a spoon and fry the pancakes until golden brown on both sides.

Pancakes and pancakes

Pancakes are not just a diminutive name for pancakes. This is an independent dish that differs in recipe and even origin. The dough for it is kneaded with water or milk, it turns out liquid, and the pancakes themselves are thin and light. It is believed that this dish was invented by the French, and it is most suitable for dessert.

Truly French pancakes are called “crepes” - they have crispy edges, no holes, and melted butter and whipped egg whites are added to the dough. By the way, French chefs say that the dough for crepes must be kept in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes - the better it cools, the tastier the crepes will be.

Pancakes are considered to be a Russian dish. The dough for them is kneaded with yeast, it turns out quite thick - about like sour cream. Real pancakes are considered a complete meal: they are high in calories, fluffy, plump and have a sour taste. It’s interesting that even baking pancakes and pancakes has different names: pancakes are fried, and pancakes are baked.

Pancakes with greens

These pancakes can be served with tea or coffee as is, or topped with cottage cheese, cheese or your favorite sauce. A great idea for those who don't like sweet breakfasts.

Ingredients:

Kefir – 1 glass;
Egg – 1 pc.;
Flour – 6 tbsp. l. (approximately);
Vegetable oil – 50 grams;
Salt, sugar and pepper - to taste;
Greens - to taste.

Pour kefir into a deep bowl and beat in the egg. Add vegetable oil, sifted flour, a pinch of salt and sugar. You can add a little pepper for added spice. Wash and dry the greens, chop and place in the dough. Mix thoroughly so that no lumps form. Heat the frying pan. Pour the batter into a thin layer and fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown.

general information

The word is of English origin and literally means “cake baked in a frying pan” (English: “pan” - frying pan, “cake” - cake), a fluffy pancake that tastes like a sponge cake.
Pancakes are baked goods that are reminiscent of both pancakes and pancakes known in Russia: their size resembles pancakes, and their fluffiness resembles pancakes. Although they are still closer to pancakes: they are cooked in milk and baked in a completely dry frying pan.

It is unknown where and when this type of baking was invented. There is a version that the recipe was brought by Scottish emigrants from the Old World to Canada (at least in Canada, pancakes are the most popular and beloved recipe by many ).

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Pancakes with lemonade

If everyone is used to dairy bases, then pancakes with lemonade are something new. They turn out airy, thin and with a very interesting aroma.

Required:

Milk – 1/2 cup;
Lemonade – 1/2 cup;
Flour – 1/2 cup;
Egg – 1 pc.;
Vegetable oil – 50 grams;
Sugar – 20 grams;
Salt – 1 pinch.

Beat the egg with sugar and salt until fluffy. Pour in milk and lemonade, add sifted flour. At the end, add vegetable oil to the dough and mix again. In a well-heated frying pan, fry thin pancakes on both sides until golden brown.

Ingredients

Pancake dough is often made with yeast or with the addition of baking powder or soda; it is usually made with fermented milk products - sour cream, kefir, yogurt, fermented baked milk. All ingredients are simply mixed and usually the dough is allowed to stand and rise in a warm place.

Classic pancakes are made with milk or water. Yeast and other additives for fluffiness are not required - they are replaced by whipped egg whites, which are carefully combined with the almost finished dough last. Having made the dough, they need to be baked immediately - if you leave them for a while, then you won’t be able to cook them so tasty and airy.

Additional ingredients for pancakes can include cottage cheese, sliced apples, and grated pumpkin. Their American version rarely has anything added to the dough. Popular exceptions include blueberries or blueberries, and banana puree.