Thursday 7 April 2011

Pancakes

Pancakes I hear you thinking, yes pancakes but my Dutch way :-). Before I give you my recipe what's going to be difficult because I don't measure things, I will tell you that in The Netherlands where -shouldn't you know by now- I have been born, there are typical 'Pannenkoeken' (pancake) restaurants. It sounds a bit bizar but I searched on the internet some typical Dutch pannenkoeken restaurants so you have an idea how they look from the out and inside. The outside wasn't too difficult, but the inside was...they are nowadays so modern, so a picture of a man with a pile of pancakes but you have to look at the tablecloth ;-)


For +/- 6 pancakes:
Shopping list
About 300 grams of flour (plain)
Real butter
Almost half a liter of Milk
2 large Eggs
A pinch of salt
For the topping:
Sugar (which you prefer)
Syrop (stroop in Dutch)
Apple* (cut in small pieces or rings)
Sultana's (rozijnen in Dutch)*

I always siff the flour in a bowl then I add 2 large eggs and start stirring with a whisk, then I add milk until I have a smooth substance. And then and don't forget it because your pancake wouldn't taste as nice as it should be add a pinch of salt.

* If everybody likes their pancakes with apple and/or sultana's, it's easier to add them to the liquid, if not then  when frying the pancake, add some apple/sultana's, then put some more liquid on them to cover them.

Take a frying pan (best is to use one which you use for eggs but...any will do besides a fish one) melt some butter and then pour some of your mix so that it covers the whole bottom of the pan.
When you see that the pancake starts to get dry, put some more butter in the pan and turn the pancake. You can throw them up high towards the ceiling, but I can't.
Then just fiddle around with the pancake knife to see if it's ready....it doesn't take long!

According to taste put some syrup or sugar (whatever you fancy) on top of it and I say 'eet smakelijk'!

Tip....the first pancake is never the best, so give that to ........ (fill in the blancs) :-)


5 comments:

  1. Hi Franca - great recipe, I remember my grandmother always gave the first recipe to the cat as she said it was never very good! Hope you are well! Paul

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  2. Thanks Paul, very much appreciate the comments from a professional! All is fine here...been a long time since we 'spoke'!

    You can find Paul in my links under Paul's Cooking.

    Franca!

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  3. Hier staan pannenkoeken iedere week op woensdagmiddag op het (lunch)menu. Standaard 1 met geraspte kaas en daarna 1 met stroop, het liefst met gebakken bacon eronder :-) Volgens mij ook heul erg NL!! Bij mij lukt de eerste tegenwoordig altijd prima. Je moet de koekenpan niet te veel ontvetten, da's de truc. Dus afwassen met heet water maar zonder (teveel) afwasmiddel. Groetjes Karin!

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    1. Lekker! Is wel een goed idee voor de woensdag lunch. Bedankt voor je tip! Enneh eet smakelijk morgen :-)
      Groetjes, Franca

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  4. Loving the Fish pie recipe, will def try!

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