Dutch Apple Pancakes
I was sitting relaxed over coffee in Zandvoort, on the shore of the North Sea, claiming I was full and couldn't eat anything more, when my neighbor at the next table received a huge pancake like this one over which he started pouring sugar syrup. I was about to physically move to his table, because my eyes couldn't tear away from his plate anyway. In the end, to avoid doing something foolish, I also ordered a pancake... and oh how good it was! So good that I just had to make them at home too. It was a successful weekend, a weekend of pancakes.
Ingredients
1 tart apple
2 tablespoons butter
Batter
1 egg
100g all-purpose flour
200ml milk
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons sugar
For garnishing
spiced sugar: 2 heaping tablespoons powdered sugar + 1 teaspoon cinnamon + 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
sugar syrup (or maple syrup, honey, sour cream)
Servings: 2
How to prepare dutch apple pancakes
- Beat the egg well together with the sugar, using a whisk. Add the milk and mix until smooth. Add the flour and mix well. Add the salt and melted butter.
- Core the apple using this tool. Then peel and cut into thin rounds. I used this slicer to cut even thin slices.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a wide pan (26 cm diameter) over medium heat. Arrange the apple slices nicely, as they will be the "face" of the pancake. Fry for 1 minute, then flip them. Immediately after flipping, pour batter over the apples (2 ladles). The batter shouldn't be thick, but should be enough to cover the apples. If there are gaps in the batter, level it with the back of a spoon. Fry the pancake for about 3-4 minutes, until the top of the batter is set. You can check by touching the batter with your finger in a few places - if no batter sticks to your finger, it's ready.
- Flip the pancake using a plate wider than the pan. Cook on the other side for another 2 minutes.
* a double-sided pan is ideal for these pancakes - they flip easily, but the plate method works well too - you just need to be careful to make the flipping motion quickly. - Dust with spiced sugar and drizzle with sugar syrup.
* I also prepared the pancake in another version: I didn't add sugar to the batter; I started by caramelizing 2 tablespoons of sugar in the pan, then added the butter and then continued according to the method described above... in this version I only dusted them with cinnamon - Repeat the operations and prepare the second pancake.
Dutch Apple Pancakes
Dutch Apple Pancakes
Dutch Apple Pancakes
Sugar syrup
Flipped pancake, caramelized version
Caramelized version
