Shrovetide - what you need to make pancakes

We decided to make pancakes with our own hands for Shrovetide - an excellent choice. This is much easier than it sounds. After all, "The first pancake is lumpy" is obtained by everyone, even by professionals. A simple and tasty dish is very easy to prepare.

 

Shrovetide - what you need to make pancakes

 

In short, you need a recipe, ingredients and a tool. More precisely, kitchen utensils or a device that will perform the frying process. We recommend that you quickly go through all the points in order to independently decide which tool is best to use.

 

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A simple recipe for making pancakes

 

Eggs, flour, milk and butter are the 4 basic ingredients. All other additives, in the form of cottage cheese, meat, mushrooms or fruits, are simply responsible for the taste of the pancakes. Here's the simplest recipe:

 

  • Break 4 chicken eggs into a bowl, pour 400 grams of flour and pour 1 liter of milk. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and salt on the tip of a knife, to taste.
  • With a spoon, or better with a whisk, mix all the ingredients into a homogeneous mass. By the way, milk can not be poured out immediately 1 liter, but gradually added as it is stirred. This will make the mixture faster.
  • As a result, the dough should turn out to be liquid - like raw condensed milk. Add 50 grams of vegetable oil to it. Let it brew for a couple of hours (in a warm place).
  • Preheat a skillet and melt 50 grams of butter in it.
  • Use a deep spoon or small ladle. Scoop the batter into it and gently pour it over the surface of the pan. Watch the volume of the dough - it should only cover the entire surface of the pan. If you pour more dough, then the pancakes will turn out to be thick and not tasty.

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On average, one such recipe should make 13-14 pancakes. Feel free to experiment. When preparing pancakes for Shrovetide, it is important to find for yourself the "golden volume" of the dough poured into the pan. If you fill your hand, you can fry pancakes quickly and cool.

 

Pancake kitchen utensils

 

You will need utensils for cooking. For the dough, you need a bowl and a whisk. Try to use sturdy containers, such as plastic or metal, to create the mix. Glass and porcelain are not practical here. The volume can be taken from 5-7 liters, so that when whipping, the dough does not fly from the bowl to the walls of the kitchen.

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It is better to buy a whisk ready-made - metal. As an option. You can use a mixer or blender. If nothing is at hand, then you can take one or two forks. This is a time-tested working option. It will take a little longer to beat, but the result will be like with a whisk.

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To turn pancakes for Shrovetide in a frying pan, you need a spatula. You can, of course, toss a pancake into the air, but this requires skill. You can take a wooden or plastic spatula (heat-resistant kitchen). And, also, if there is no desire to eat pancakes with burnt edges, it is better to buy a culinary brush and grease the edges of the pancakes in a pan with oil.

 

Pancake maker

 

There are several options here. You can take a regular frying pan, buy a pancake pan or a full-fledged pancake maker. The last option is the most expensive, but it knows how to cook several pancakes at once. In a regular pan used to cook ovaries or meat, it is difficult to turn pancakes and control the level of batter. Therefore, the best solution is to buy a pancake pan. The price of such a device is very low, so it will not create problems for the buyer.

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What is the best way to cook pancakes for Shrovetide

 

One more point - many culinary experts say that it is better to cook pancakes on electric hobs. And not on gas stoves. The problem is that pans on gas stoves quickly heat up the pan, which also cools down quickly. And the hob allows you to clearly adjust the working temperature.

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This could be believed if the authors of posts and videos on the Internet did not leave links to the purchase of hobs. Our grandmothers cooked pancakes on wood-burning stoves. Therefore, it does not matter at all what is the source of heat. You can even on an open fire in the woods or fishing. The main thing is to develop a knack for pouring the correct amount of dough and turning the pancake over quickly.

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