swedish pancakes/crepes
for cattiechaos and anyone else who might want (what i consider) a very easy "crepe" recipe, here is swedish pancakes. i'm not saying they're necessarily any different from pancakes/crepes in the other nordic countries or europe, but i can only speak for what's the common type in sweden.
(pic from awesome children's books Pettson & Findus)
swedish pancakes ("crepes" in america)
ingredients:
* 2.5 dl flour (you can try different types)
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 6 dl milk
* 3 eggs
* 3 tbsp butter
* you can try adding whatever you want, it's a very "experiment-friendly" food. i like putting oat meal in these.
* note: this makes enough for at least 2 people in my opinion, you can make half or less.
instructions: (a bit long but not complicated!)
mix flour and salt in a bowl. add half of the milk, and then the rest of the milk together with the eggs. mix well. let rest for 30 minutes if you have the time, but it's not necessary (it's supposed to make it easier to handle).
melt the butter in the frying pan, pour most of it into the mix and mix it in, fry the pancakes in the remaining butter in the pan.
(scroll down for photos although i doubt you need them.)
note: the pan should be hot enough that the batter immediately starts frying when you pour the stuff in. it depends on your stove what this means. on mine it's enough to have it on middle temperature.
pouring the batter in:
you can make very thin pancakes if you want but it's also fine to make them thicker, so i can't tell you how much to pour in. it depends on your taste. if you want thin ones, it's fine to pour in as little as you can, but consider that they will cook/burn quickly like that too.
if you want a good shape, try pouring the batter in one spot of the pan (getting it to flow out on its own rather than pouring it around messily), and/or try to get it to cover the bottom of the pan. YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK.
they should only need to fry once on each side. after a relatively short time after you pour the batter in, you flip your pancake (you can lift it up with two forks to peek underneath and see how it looks, then flip it with them).
don't worry if your pancakes get different textures, they do that. also the first one (usually becoming the most buttery one) may be different than the rest of them and so on. so take it easy and do your best.
remember to have a plate ready to put the pancakes on as they finish and you move on to the next one, unless you have people eating them as they get done :-)
when you eat them it's easy to put stuff on them and then roll them up.
serve... (options)
* just plain with some sugar
* with jam or apple mash (my preference is with only apple mash!)
* with whipped cream
* with ice cream
* whatever you like
(note that this is a "food"-food in sweden and not a dessert food, but you can of course do whatever you want...)
"un-flipped" pancake (i have a slightly grainy flour):
flipped pancake:
end result:
feel free to ask me if you need help with this or other recipes i post, but i'm no master chef either hahaha...
by the way, since this is a long post about food already...
now that i'm living with an american for some time i got to know the dish that god forgot about, macaroni and cheese. i've been trying to get used to having it sometimes, but then just recently we made this instead of just the plain dish:
"fannie farmer's classic baked macaroni and cheese"
and it was GOOD (although with lots of chopped leek and spinach in it, and we just used a normal cheese). as in, it's actually like a real dish and not just pasta with cheese on it (you crazy americans). ;-)
so i definitely recommend that recipe if you like that type of food!
(pic from awesome children's books Pettson & Findus)
swedish pancakes ("crepes" in america)
ingredients:
* 2.5 dl flour (you can try different types)
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 6 dl milk
* 3 eggs
* 3 tbsp butter
* you can try adding whatever you want, it's a very "experiment-friendly" food. i like putting oat meal in these.
* note: this makes enough for at least 2 people in my opinion, you can make half or less.
instructions: (a bit long but not complicated!)
mix flour and salt in a bowl. add half of the milk, and then the rest of the milk together with the eggs. mix well. let rest for 30 minutes if you have the time, but it's not necessary (it's supposed to make it easier to handle).
melt the butter in the frying pan, pour most of it into the mix and mix it in, fry the pancakes in the remaining butter in the pan.
(scroll down for photos although i doubt you need them.)
note: the pan should be hot enough that the batter immediately starts frying when you pour the stuff in. it depends on your stove what this means. on mine it's enough to have it on middle temperature.
pouring the batter in:
you can make very thin pancakes if you want but it's also fine to make them thicker, so i can't tell you how much to pour in. it depends on your taste. if you want thin ones, it's fine to pour in as little as you can, but consider that they will cook/burn quickly like that too.
if you want a good shape, try pouring the batter in one spot of the pan (getting it to flow out on its own rather than pouring it around messily), and/or try to get it to cover the bottom of the pan. YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK.
they should only need to fry once on each side. after a relatively short time after you pour the batter in, you flip your pancake (you can lift it up with two forks to peek underneath and see how it looks, then flip it with them).
don't worry if your pancakes get different textures, they do that. also the first one (usually becoming the most buttery one) may be different than the rest of them and so on. so take it easy and do your best.
remember to have a plate ready to put the pancakes on as they finish and you move on to the next one, unless you have people eating them as they get done :-)
when you eat them it's easy to put stuff on them and then roll them up.
serve... (options)
* just plain with some sugar
* with jam or apple mash (my preference is with only apple mash!)
* with whipped cream
* with ice cream
* whatever you like
(note that this is a "food"-food in sweden and not a dessert food, but you can of course do whatever you want...)
"un-flipped" pancake (i have a slightly grainy flour):
flipped pancake:
end result:
feel free to ask me if you need help with this or other recipes i post, but i'm no master chef either hahaha...
by the way, since this is a long post about food already...
now that i'm living with an american for some time i got to know the dish that god forgot about, macaroni and cheese. i've been trying to get used to having it sometimes, but then just recently we made this instead of just the plain dish:
"fannie farmer's classic baked macaroni and cheese"
and it was GOOD (although with lots of chopped leek and spinach in it, and we just used a normal cheese). as in, it's actually like a real dish and not just pasta with cheese on it (you crazy americans). ;-)
so i definitely recommend that recipe if you like that type of food!