Swedish Pancakes

These pancakes are unbelievably rich and delicious but can be a bit tricky to make. Like most hotcake recipes, you can pre-make the batter and refrigerate it overnight.

Ingredients
  • .75 cup of unsalted butter (1.5 sticks)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • .25 tsp. salt
  • 1.5 cups milk
  • .5 cup half-and-half
  • grated zest of one orange
  • 3 eggs, yolks and whites separated
Instructions

Melt the butter and let cool.

Stir together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk in the milk, half-and-half and the orange zest. Whisk in the egg yolks.

In a separate bowl beat the egg whites until soft peaks form and then stir into the batter gently. Then whisk in the butter.

Heat a nonstick skillet over a medium hot flame. Pour a half-cup of the batter into the middle and cook until the bottom is slightly brown and the top is slightly dry, about three minutes. Flip the pancake and cook until it is slightly firm in the center, another two minutes.

Serve two pancakes per person. It is great with strawberry syrup which you can either make beforehand like I do or whip some up on the spot...

Quick Strawberry Syrup
  • .5 lb fresh strawberries
  • .25 cup sugar
  • 1 tbs orange juice
Pulse all the ingredients in a food processor to chop them small. Transfer into a skillet and cook over medium-high heat until the mixture begins to thicken, about five minutes.


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posted by kleph @ wednesday, february 08, 2006 $formatted_time |

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