The Best Homemade Pancakes

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

The pancakes are popular and much loved food in our country and around the world. They are quick and easy to prepare, and the possibilities for combination with salty or sweet are unlimited.

The story goes that the ancestor of the pancake is the French specialty "srêpe", the etymology of the word comes from the Latin "crispus", which means curly, wavy. In Romania, the pasta dessert is known as "plachinta", in Hungary as "pancake", and in the lands of present-day Austria as "pancake".

Pancakes are similar to pancakes in Russia, in our country in the past they were called katmi, pan and pancakes, although in size they were significantly larger than the popular pancakes. The English call them pancake, and in faraway Mexico the analogue of the pancake is the tortilla, which is made from corn flour. Pasta dessert is found even in Chinese and other Asian cuisines. That's why it's hard to say who authored the pancake.

Even Shakespeare mentions pancakes in two of his comedies - "The Good End Fixes Everything" and "As You Like It". Undoubtedly, this dessert was permanently present in English cuisine in the XVI century.

Moreover, in Western European culture, the preparation of pancakes was associated with magical rituals. It is believed that if you hold the handle of the pan with one hand and hold a coin in the other while turning the pancake, one should wish for something that will come true.

The most popular recipe for making pancakes in Bulgaria is the following:

Mix eggs, milk, flour, sugar, a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar to taste. Sophisticated French recipes for pancakes. And garnishing the finished pancakes is a matter of taste and imagination.

In addition to garnish and decoration, creativity can also be manifested in terms of layout and serving. The pancake can be served rolled up, folded in two or four. You can serve it as a pizza or make a cake using it pancakes instead of swamps.

Americans and Canadians prepare their pancakes in a slightly different way. In addition to milk, eggs and flour, they add baking soda and bake in a smaller pan. The pancakes become fluffy and ball-shaped, served for breakfast garnished with maple syrup. The variant of European pancakes in the USA and Canada is called crepes.

In India, the pancake is called "dosa", which is thinner and is most often made from rice flour. The garnishes to it are rather salty and necessarily with a hot addition.

In Malaysia and Singapore, they completely change the traditional recipe and instead of eggs, water or milk, they put soy milk.

In South Africa, they prefer pancakes sprinkled only with sugar and cinnamon.

How you prefer your pancake is a matter of personal choice. However, if you want your breakfast to be healthy, prepare it baked in a pan with a ceramic coating, instead of fried.