Pancakes are one of the most recognizable flour products all over the world. It seems that pancakes were baked only by the Slavs. This is because Slavic peoples celebrate a very memorable and impressive holiday called Maslenitsa. This pagan celebration amazes many foreigners. However, not only in the CIS countries there are pancakes
. For example, this flour product is in South Asia, called Dosa. Asian pancakes unlike traditional pancakes are crispy. There are also pancakes in Holland and are called Poferti. These pancakes are more reminiscent of fritters.
Even South America has its own pancakes, similar to tortillas – Cachapa.
Let’s prepare classic thin openwork pancakes for Shrovetide.
Ingredients for pancakes:
- Flour – 250 ml;
- Milk – 250 ml;
- Boiling water – 250 ml;
- Eggs – 2 pcs;
- Sugar – 3 tbsp;
- Salt – ½ tsp;
- Vegetable oil – tbsp.
Preparation of pancakes:
Break eggs into a bowl, pour salt and sugar, mix thoroughly until the grains of sand dissolve. Pour milk into the mixture, sift flour and knead a liquid batter.
Pour boiling water into the batter, stir, add vegetable oil. Heat a
frying
pan for pancakes, grease with a drop of vegetable oil.
Pour a thin layer of batter on the surface of the frying pan and fry on both sides until golden.
Cook the other pancakes in the same way.
After cooking each pancake can be greased with butter.
Pancakes are well combined with fillings of minced meat, eggs and herbs, cheese and cottage cheese.
