It is believed that baking pancakes is a real art. After all, you need to know the exact amount of dough that needs to be poured into the frying pan in order to get a thin pancake, skillfully turn it over in time and thus get a fragrant pile of excellent pancakes.
In fact, there are no particular difficulties in preparing this dish. Follow these recipes and you will succeed!
Sweet filling options
Curd filling. One of the most common fillings is cottage cheese; it is not only tasty, but also healthy, because it is a source of calcium. To prepare minced curd you will need 2 packs of cottage cheese (500 g), 50 g. sugar, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon each of lemon juice and vanilla. The raisins should first be steamed in hot water for about half an hour so that they swell. Beat the cottage cheese with sugar, vanillin and lemon juice, add squeezed swollen raisins and knead well. Cool the mixture in the refrigerator. Then place it on a pancake baked in kefir (according to the recipe above), roll it up into an envelope or tube and fry it in butter on both sides.
For the recipe for pancakes stuffed with chocolate-banana cream, you will need 3 bananas, 3 eggs, 2 cups of milk, 3 tbsp. spoons of cocoa, 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar. Bananas should be peeled and softened to a puree consistency. Mix cocoa with half the sugar. Heat milk in a saucepan and dissolve sugar and cocoa in it. Beat the eggs with the remaining sugar, add milk and bananas. Place the saucepan with the cream in a water bath and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool the finished cream and leave for 25 minutes. in the refrigerator. The cream can be stored there for several days. They usually stuff it into cold, cooled casseroles and, without frying them, serve them with hot tea.
Pancakes with spices. In this recipe, the filling is baked with the pancakes together. First, the dough is prepared in milk. 4-5 apples are peeled and cored and cut into slices or thin circles. Then they are laid out on a heated and oiled frying pan and filled with dough. When it is browned on one side, it is turned over to the other and baked until cooked. You can cook the bake differently. Immediately pour a little dough into the pan, then quickly lay out the apples and pour another layer of dough on top of them. Such products will turn out plump, but no less tasty and immediately filled with filling! Hot mugs are rolled in any way and sprinkled with powdered sugar on top.
Pancakes stuffed with various fillings.
Fluffy pancakes, stuffed pancakes, pies with golden brown crust are a must for home tea drinking. Delicious pastries and fragrant brewed tea can bring the whole family together at one table. Each housewife has her own special recipe, thanks to which stuffed pancakes turn out extraordinarily tasty. Some people make them with cottage cheese, others with cherries. Some people prefer it with meat filling, while others prefer it with fruit filling. Pancakes are also good because they can be prepared in reserve and put in the freezer, and then simply reheated for breakfast or dinner.
If you want to pamper your family, prepare delicious stuffed pancakes. Their recipe is very simple. First, you need to prepare the dough for pancakes. To do this you will need 450 g of flour, a liter of water or milk, two eggs, a tablespoon of sugar and 2/3 teaspoon of salt. Mix salt, sugar and eggs and add half the milk, add flour and beat until smooth. Then add the remaining milk and mix everything thoroughly with a whisk or in a blender. If there are any lumps in the dough, you can strain it through a sieve.
The next stage is baking. The frying pan is heated and greased with oil. The dough is poured with a ladle into a thin layer (about 1-2 mm) over the entire bottom. As soon as the bottom part is browned, remove the pancake and place it in a stack on a plate. If the pancakes start to stick together, they can be coated with melted butter or vegetable oil.
Now you need to decide what the stuffed pancakes will be filled with. Minced meat can be cottage cheese, rice with meat, cheese with ham, liver or even fish.
Cottage cheese filling: For it you need to take 800-900 g of cottage cheese, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and 1 egg. The cottage cheese is thoroughly ground with egg and sugar.
Filling with meat and rice: you will need a glass of rice, 0.5 minced meat and an onion. Rice is boiled in salted water and washed. The onion is finely chopped and fried along with the minced meat in a frying pan with butter. The resulting frying is mixed with cooked rice.
Ham and cheese filling: for preparation you will need half a kilo of ham, 200 g of cheese, 50 g of cream and an onion. The ham and onions are cut into thin strips, then fried in vegetable oil, cream is added, salt and pepper to taste. Cheese is added to the ham. When it melts, the filling is ready. As a result, it should turn out thick and viscous.
Mushroom filling: you will need 400-500 g of mushrooms and 2 onions. Any mushrooms will do - fresh, frozen or canned. Fry them in vegetable oil and add the onion to the pan a few minutes before they are ready. Salt, pepper and cool.
The filling is liver: for it you need to take 200 g of liver, rice and an onion. The liver is washed, cleared of films and finely chopped. The onion is peeled and chopped, and then fried with liver in vegetable oil. Add 100 g of boiled rice there. The filling is salted, peppered and mixed thoroughly.
Fish filling: you will need 500 g of fish (pollock or hake), 5 eggs and 1 onion. The fillet is washed, cleared of skin and bones and boiled in salted water, into which you can throw a sprig of dill for flavor. The finished fish is disassembled into small pieces. The eggs are hard-boiled, peeled and cut into small pieces. Fry the onion until golden brown. Mix fish, eggs and onions, salt, pepper and add fresh parsley or onions.
The next stage is the formation of pancakes. On the fried side, place a tablespoon of minced meat on the edge and wrap it in the form of a rectangular pie. The formed pancake is fried in a frying pan until golden brown. If you decide to use fish as a filling, then you can not just fry the stuffed pancakes in a frying pan, but cook them breaded. To do this, before frying, the envelope is dipped in a mixture of eggs and milk and rolled in breadcrumbs.
Before serving, stuffed pancakes can be topped with sour cream or jam, depending on the filling.
Pancakes with fillings - preparing food and utensils
To prepare pancakes with fillings, you will need a full set of kitchen utensils: a frying pan for baking pancakes, a basin or bowl for preparing dough, a sieve, knives, a cutting board, vegetable cutters and peelers, a whisk, a ladle, a mixer or blender, etc. The finished stuffed pancakes are placed on a large dish and decorated with cheese, herbs, etc.
You need to take the milk and eggs out of the refrigerator in advance so that they have time to warm up. Sift the flour and melt the butter. You also need to measure the required amount of sugar and other bulk products.
To prepare the meat filling, you need to wash the meat, cut it or mince it and fry until cooked.
The mushrooms are washed, chopped and also fried. If the filling is prepared from vegetables and fruits, the products are thoroughly washed in running water, dried, peeled, seeds are removed and cut as needed.
If eggs are used to stuff pancakes, they should be boiled and cooled in advance.
Recipes for pancakes with fillings:
Modern stuffed pancakes
But traditions are changing, and today stuffed pancakes acquire completely new recipes. Not so long ago, invented but already familiar, pancakes with boiled condensed milk began to be served even in cafes and restaurants as a dessert. Pancakes are now stuffed with seafood, pieces of exotic fruit in honey sauce and various salads.
The fillings for pancakes have become so varied and refined that this dish can easily be equated to a work of culinary art. At home and without any special frills, pancakes can be stuffed with any products found in the refrigerator.
The filling of crab sticks, boiled eggs and fresh vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers) can be original and unusual. Another modern filling option is boiled broccoli and grated cheese. Pancakes with cheese filling must be heat treated so that the cheese melts and holds the remaining ingredients together.
If you have apples or pears, you can also fill the pancakes with them. To do this, pieces of fruit are first caramelized, that is, fried for a couple of minutes in a small amount of oil in a frying pan. Immediately sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and wrap into pancakes.
Pancakes with fillings - general principles of preparation
Pancakes with fillings are a great appetizer for lunch or a holiday table. The treat can be given to children in the form of a sweet dessert. There are a lot of options for preparing pancakes with fillings, so any housewife can show her imagination and come up with an original filling.
The first thing you need to do is decide on the filling and prepare the dough for the pancakes. For salty and meat fillings, the dough should be more fresh and sour, and for sweet ones, accordingly, with a higher sugar content. Pancake dough can be prepared with milk, kefir and even water.
The standard set of ingredients for any dough includes flour (wheat, oatmeal, buckwheat, etc.), eggs, salt and sugar. You can add a small amount of soda and vanillin. At the end of kneading, add vegetable or melted butter to the dough.
Bake pancakes as usual: heat a frying pan, grease it with oil and pour in a small amount of batter. Fry each side for 20-30 seconds.
The pancake filling can be prepared in advance or after baking the pancakes. Sweet fillings can be anything: cottage cheese with the addition of dried fruits, fruit with honey and jam, berries or fruit and vegetables. Pancakes with such fillings can be served for dessert or breakfast.
Salty and meat fillings are prepared from minced meat or fish, chicken, mushrooms, eggs, vegetables, herbs and seasonings. Often a hot pancake is topped with melted cream cheese. To give the appetizer some piquancy, you can add a little garlic and aromatic spices to the filling.
A small amount of filling is placed in the middle of the pancake and the dough is wrapped in the form of an envelope, semicircle, triangle or tube. Stuffed pancakes with fillings can be sprinkled with cheese and put in the oven for 5 minutes or simply fried until golden brown in a frying pan.
How to bake thin and tasty pancakes:
Products for the test:
• 1 – 1.2 cups wheat flour • 50 grams of softened butter • 500 milliliters of milk • 2 eggs • 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
This set of products will make 12-14 pancakes.
Making our own pancakes:
Blend the milk, eggs and salt in a blender for a few seconds until smooth. Add flour and butter and mix for another 15 seconds. The dough should have the consistency of cream; if it seems too thick, add milk.
Afterwards you need to pour the dough into a clean bowl and leave to brew for 5 minutes. Please note. We do not add baking powder - this is the main secret of thin pancakes.
Grease a heated frying pan with a tablespoon of vegetable oil and bake the pancake, pouring 1/4 cup of batter, for about 1 minute. Flip and cook on the second side for about 20 seconds more.
These wonderful pancakes can be eaten with sour cream, jam or honey, or filled with filling.
Useful tips and secrets of experienced chefs
It would seem that pancakes are the simplest thing that can be in the art of confectionery. But this is not true at all. It's not easy to cook pancakes if you don't know the cooking rules.
You should always remember to sift the flour. Eggs must be beaten separately and only then combined with other components. And if you divide the eggs into whites and yolks and beat them separately with sugar, the dough will turn out much more tender. If the dough contains oil, then you can fry the pancakes in a dry frying pan.
By following all these little subtleties, you will get wonderful pancakes the first time. We advise you to try it right away and fill them with one of our options. You'll lick your fingers!
Recipe 3: Pancakes stuffed with plums and cheese
A great treat for children and adults! These pancakes stuffed with plums and cheese can be served for breakfast, dessert and a holiday table. Pancakes are baked from regular dough with milk.
Required ingredients:
- 50 g wheat flour;
- A glass of milk;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 1 incomplete teaspoon of sugar;
- A pinch of salt;
- 10 plums;
- 2 tbsp. l. liquid honey;
- 1 tsp. lemon juice;
- Cinnamon - 3 g;
- Cream cheese - 150 g;
- Powdered sugar;
- 15 ml vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
Sift the flour into a bowl, break the eggs and add sugar and salt. Pour in milk in a thin stream. Mix the mixture with a mixer until smooth. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Wash the plums and cut into slices. Make a sweet sauce from honey, lemon juice and cinnamon. Pour the sauce over the plums.
Heat a frying pan and melt a piece of butter. Let's start baking pancakes. Grease each pancake with cream cheese. Place the plums on one half of the pancake and cover with the other. Sprinkle pancakes with powdered sugar and chopped nuts. Serve hot.
Salmon and cream cheese filling
Once you try this delicious dish, you will love it forever. And, when served at the festive table, you will definitely receive a sea of enthusiastic praise. So, how can you surprise your guests? Very simple! Rather, read about it below.
For 10 pancakes you will need:
- Red fish fillet – 150 grams
- Cream cheese – 250 grams
- Dill and green onions (optional) – several sprigs
- Fresh cucumber – 2 – 3 pieces
How to cook:
- Peel the cucumbers and cut them lengthwise into 4 pieces.
- Cut the fish into thin long slices or in the form of “cubes”.
- Grease each pancake with cheese. Place the fish on top and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
- Place 1 - 2 cucumber slices from the bottom edge along the entire length of the pancake.
The dish will become even more delicious if you replace the cucumber with avocado.
- Roll tightly into a tube and cut into rolls. Serve to the table! Have a delicious Maslenitsa!
Pancake dough with milk - a classic recipe
This is my favorite dough recipe. Once you master the classics, it will be easier to prepare alternative dishes. The pancakes turn out thin, airy and very beautiful.
Required Products:
- 500 ml milk;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 250 g flour;
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- 1 tbsp. Sahara;
- a pinch of salt.
Step-by-step cooking recipe:
1. Break the eggs into a deep container and add salt and sugar. Beat until smooth with a whisk or mixer.
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2. Pour the milk into the resulting mass. Then, without stopping whisking, add flour little by little so that there are no lumps.
3. When you mix the mass until smooth, pour in the vegetable oil. Thanks to the addition of oil, the dough will not stick to the pan during frying.
4. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and lightly brush with oil using a brush. Don't overdo it, or the pancakes will turn out greasy. I use about half a regular soup ladle of dough.
5. Bake for approximately 30 seconds. As soon as the edges begin to move away from the side and turn golden, feel free to turn them over.
If during the process you notice that the pancakes are sticking, add more oil to the dough and stir.
As a result, you will get a stack of beautiful golden, and most importantly delicious pancakes.
Video recipe for thin pancakes like grandma’s (with curd filling)
And for dessert, I suggest you watch a video recipe for a snack with cottage cheese. As a child, my grandmother made similar ones with home-canned berries. It turns out to be a very healthy and tasty breakfast. Even the youngest family members will remain concerned.
Pancakes are not only the main characters of Maslenitsa, as we are used to. But it’s also a great option for receiving guests, having tea with friends or having parents come over. If you have time, roll them up into barrels with sweet and savory fillings. Or you can simply add jam, condensed milk and honey to the dish - it will be an ideal snack for tea and coffee. If, in addition, you sprinkle a portion of the finished dish with granola and decorate it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, you will get an independent dish, just like in a cafe.
I really hope that my selection will not leave you indifferent, and you will find a recipe to your liking. Don't be afraid to experiment, be patient, and don't forget - the first pancake is always lumpy. Have a good mood and bon appetit!
It is believed that baking pancakes is a real art. After all, you need to know the exact amount of batter that needs to be poured into the pan in order to get a thin pancake, and skillfully turn it over in time. And thus get a fragrant pile of excellent pancakes. In fact, there are no particular difficulties in preparing this dish. So, choose a recipe, prepare the dough, bake pancakes, following the recommendations - and we will succeed!
Recipe 5: Pancakes stuffed with ham and cheese
An excellent recipe for pancakes filled with cheese and ham. You can decorate a holiday table with this appetizer or simply diversify your regular everyday menu.
Required ingredients:
- Milk - 500 ml;
- 250 g wheat flour;
- Salt - to taste;
- 200 g ham;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- Onion head;
- Cheese and cream - to taste.
Cooking method:
Break the eggs into a bowl, add a little salt and beat until foam forms. Add flour little by little and stir vigorously. Pour in the milk and mix the dough with a mixer. Let the dough rest for about 2 hours at room temperature.
Cut the ham and onion into thin strips. Fry the filling in vegetable oil. Pour in the cream, season the mixture with salt and black pepper, and simmer until thick. Grate the cheese and place it in a frying pan. Mix everything and simmer over low heat until the cheese melts.
Bake pancakes in a frying pan heated with oil. Place the filling on each pancake and wrap it in an envelope or roll. Place the filled pancakes on a baking sheet, sprinkle with grated cheese and place in the oven for 5 minutes.
