Pancake : Dutch & American

Pancakes, which one is more familiar to you? Thin Dutch one or thick fluffy American one? If you haven’t tried one of them or even both of them then you should. Do read more story on my photo blog.

Dutch Pancake

Ingredients :

– 75 gr buckwheat flour

– 75 self rising flour

– 1 egg

– 400 ml milk

– pinch of salt

– 1 tsp sugar

– Knob of butter

Directions :

– Mix both flours with sugar and salt.

– Whisk egg and milk, add flour bit by bit until everything is incorporated.

– Warm non stick pan with little bit butter, pour some batter in the pan and wait until the other side is brown, flip over. Take out from the pan.

Tip: to achieve the rough surface, before you pour batter the the pan, always add a tiny amount of butter to the pan.

– Serve warm with toppings of your choice : bacon, ham, sliced apples, mushroom, chocolate paste, jam, chocolate sprinkles, powdered sugar, applestroop (apple molasses).

 

American Pancake

Ingredients :

– 1 cup all purpose flour

– 2 tbsp sugar

– 2 tsp baking powder

– pinch of salt

– 1 egg

– 3/4 cup milk

– 1/8 cup melted butter

– maple syrup to serve

– Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, set aside.

– Whisk egg, milk and melted butter in other bowl.

– Add milk bit by bit until batter is smooth.

– Warm non stick pan add tiny bit of butter and pour batter to the pan.

– Wait until that sids is brown, flip over.

– Repeat the rest of the batter.

– Serve warm with maple syrup.

Tip : to achieve the smooth surface, only add tiny bit of butter in the first time you fry the batter, afterwards don’t add anymore butter.

 

Recipe Source

Dutch Pancake : My own adaptation

American Pancake : Vania Samperuru from V-recipes