Small crepe pancakes: recipes

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

This article will talk about the very concept of "little pancakes", two culinary recipes will be proposed. The differences between crepes and traditional Russian pancakes will also be determined.

Features of the dish

Unfortunately, even experienced housewives believe that small pancakes are pancakes of small size. However, this is absolutely not the case. This is quite an independent, delicious dish, which differs in many ways from pancakes.

Pancakes are often called cupcakes, so loved by Americans and Canadians, since they are small in size and it is quite natural that the name “small pancakes” is very applicable to them. But this is a delusion, because cupcakes, despite the appropriate size, have the wrong thickness. This product is a cross between pancakes and pancakes, so we feel free to part with them.

The birthplace of pancakes is France, and they are called "crepes" there. Due to their low calorie content, they are extremely popular not only in France, but also in other European countries, especially in England and Germany. Crepes in the west are traditionally a dessert dish, sohave mostly sweet filling and are served with chocolate, honey, syrup. But this does not mean at all that crepes cannot have unsweetened fillings. You can try products with fish, meat, vegetable and even mushroom fillings. There is no limit to your culinary imagination.

It's time to offer you a basic recipe for small pancakes (crepes). It must contain milk or a fermented milk product.

Small french pancake

For the preparation of such products, the following products are needed:

• wheat flour - 2-3 standard cups;
• butter - 2-3 tablespoons;
• chicken egg - 3 pieces;
• 2, 5% milk - 800ml;
• s alt - 1/2 teaspoon;
• granulated sugar - 2 teaspoons;
• vegetable oil for greasing the pan - 1 tbsp. spoon.

Dough making

Let's consider how to cook small pancakes with milk:

• Using a mixer, and if one is not available, beat the eggs with a whisk in a bowl, mix them with milk, add table s alt and granulated sugar.
• Sift flour into a bowl and bring the contents to the desired consistency, namely liquid sour cream.
• Beat again gently by hand (using a whisk or fork). Add pre-softened butter, mix well. It is advisable to put the dough in a cold place for twenty minutes.
• Pour into a heated thin frying panjust a little bit of butter for the first pancake, you won't need butter afterwards.
• Pour the dough with a small ladle, stretching it to the edges of the pan. It should be noted that a small frying pan will come to the rescue to make the product we need.
• Bake, flipping, until crispy around the edges. Be careful not to burn your treats as cooked crepe batter is thinner than regular pancake batter.

Delicious dish is ready to eat. Enjoy your meal!

Small kefir pancakes

To prepare this delicious and satisfying dish you will need:

• kefir - 2.5 cups;
• eggs - 2-3 pieces;
• wheat flour - 1.5-2 cups;
• granulated sugar - 1 tablespoon;
• table s alt - 2/3 spoons.

Let's take a look at how to prepare this delicious and nutritious dish.

Cooking method

Starting the process of separating the whites from the yolks. Grind the yolks with sugar. Pour about two glasses of kefir and mix by hand until the required mass is obtained so that there are no lumps. We introduce carefully, it is possible with sifting, flour, stirring all the time. Beat the protein mass with table s alt (until a lush foam is obtained). Pour the kefir, which we did not use, and the yolks prepared in advance into the resulting mixture. Do not forget that pancakes are baked in a thin cast-iron pan.

As a flavoring for dessert pancakesyou can add vanilla essence, finely grated orange peel, lemon peel, liqueur, dessert wines or cognac.

The difference between crepes and pancakes

And finally, we note the main characteristics of small crepes and their main differences from traditional pancakes:

• Small size of the product itself. The small crepes are about half the size of an authentic Russian pancake baked in a standard dish.
• Ingredients and method of making dough for small pancakes (crepes). The main product for making a pancake is milk, a pancake is yeast. The method of preparation is fast, not requiring a significant period of time. Do you remember how much time our grandmothers and mothers spent to ensure that everyone loved the right pancakes on the table?
• The density of the test. The dough has a more liquid texture. Pancake dough is more viscous and very high in calories.
• Baking method: for Russian pancakes, a thick-bottomed frying pan is ideal, for crepes - dishes with a thin bottom. The frying time is also different, because appetizing thin pancakes take less than a minute to please the hostess and all household members with their elegance and, of course, a crispy golden crust.

Bon appetit!