There are a lot of recipes for making pancakes: pancakes with milk, water, yogurt, and yeast, kefir. There are very original and unusual ones, for example, such as pancakes with beer.
Pancakes are a primordially Russian dish that has not only culinary but also cultural significance. Pancakes are traditionally baked for Maslenitsa - the holiday of seeing off the Winter. And they symbolize the Sun - a symbol of life and prosperity on Earth. Pancakes are eaten as a separate dish, served with sour cream, honey, jam. They are stuffed with cereals, meat, sauerkraut, red caviar, etc.
Beer pancakes are a rather unusual recipe. Moreover, pancakes are traditionally baked in milk. And at first glance, beer does not quite match this product. Nevertheless, those who have tried such pancakes speak of them in the most enthusiastic way. Of course, this dish is undoubtedly not for everybody's taste. And if you absolutely cannot stand the smell of beer, pancakes will not be to your taste. But if the light beer aroma attracts you, such a recipe can be adopted.
Pancake recipe with beer and milk
To make pancakes with beer and milk, you will need the following ingredients:
- wheat flour of the highest grade - 200 g;
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
- chicken yolk - 1 pc.;
- light beer - 200 ml (glass);
- milk - 100 ml (1/2 cup);
- granulated sugar - 30 g for savory pancakes;
- salt - to taste;
- quicklime soda - ¼ tsp;
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons into the dough;
- butter - 50 g for greasing ready-made pancakes.
Separate the white from the yolk. Add the second yolk to the first, add sugar and grind until smooth, light yellow foam. Separately, in a glass, clean, fat-free bowl, beat the protein with a pinch of salt until thick, stiff foam. Refrigerate the protein.
Sift the flour, combine with baking soda, add the yolks, grated with sugar, and gradually pour in the milk, without ceasing stirring. Make sure all the lumps dissolve. Now you can pour beer into the only begotten masses.
It is better to smell and taste the beer beforehand. And only if you are satisfied with its smell and taste, you can safely add it to the dough.
Pour in beer until your mixture reaches the desired consistency. After that, remove the whites from the refrigerator and gently add them to the dough. They will add airiness to the mass and will contribute, together with the beer, to the formation of openwork holes in the finished pancakes. Before baking, add vegetable oil to the mass and stir the dough again.
The oil will keep the pancakes from sticking to the metal and create some savings - you don't have to grease the bottom of the pan every time.
Now you can start in the most important and responsible part of the process - baking pancakes. The main thing is that the first pancake does not spoil your mood. To do this, heat the pan thoroughly and grease it liberally with oil. Then stir the dough, because some of the flour always settles to the bottom. And pour about ½ a ladle into the skillet, pouring the dough evenly over the entire bottom. After that, immediately reduce the fire, otherwise your pancake will instantly burn.
Baked pancakes should be greased with butter to give them a richer flavor and so that they do not stick to each other in the stack.
Serve unsweetened pancakes on beer with any meat and fish fillings - crab sticks, pâté, liver mince, etc. Beer pancakes with pâté turn out to be very tasty. To do this, grease one side of the pancake with pate. Roll the pancake up, dip in a loose egg, then roll in breadcrumbs. And fry in a pan in oil or fat. Serve with a cold beer.
