How to cook pancakes: culinary secrets

In Russia, it was customary to call pancakes, ruddy and thick pancakes. They made them from sour dough, cooked with the addition of yogurt. Nowadays, the preparation of fritters is made from wheat flour. To make them tender and lush, milk and yeast are added. Then the dough, laid out in a pan in small portions, is fried in vegetable (unrefined oil). When the fritters get a crispy crust and are ready, they can be laid out on a plate and abundantly greased with honey, jam, jam or sour cream of any fat content. The thickness of the pancake in the finished form usually varies from 5 to 7 mm. This is general information. Now let's talk about how to bake pancakes so that your children and spouse are satisfied.

To prepare this dish, you must prepare the following products:

• Wheat flour - 0,5 kg;
• Baking yeast (about 25 g);
• Cold milk (2 cups will be enough);
• butter;
• Sugar (1-2 tbsp);
• Vegetable (unrefined) oil;
• Edible salt.

Now all the necessary products are at hand. How to cook pancakes? First you need to take the yeast and dilute them with plain water. After that, gently pour in the milk, pour the flour and mix it thoroughly. The dough obtained in this way must be removed from the warm place for subsequent fermentation. When the dough rises, we put eggs, butter and sugar into it. You can also salt a little. Now we need the dough to rise a second time. The fact that the dough intended for pancakes, in its consistency should be much thicker than for pancakes.

So, the dough has risen a second time, which means it's completely ready. How to cook pancakes? We take a small and not very deep frying pan, pour oil into it. At the same time, you should take into account the fact that you need to change the oil for each new portion. In a heated frying pan in small portions spread the dough. Fry the pancakes until a ruddy crust appears on their surface. With the help of a special spatula she turns the pancakes, so that the other side of them too is well fried.

Answering the question about how to cook pancakes, it is worth noting that instead of milk you can use ordinary water. So pancakes will be less fat and caloric. You can serve them on the table with creams, sweet sauces, fruits, cottage cheese and syrups. Everything will depend only on your imagination and taste preferences. Now you know how to cook pancakes. You can often pamper your family with this wonderful Russian dish.

An excellent seasoning for freshly baked pancakes will be cherry syrup. In its preparation there is nothing difficult. To do this, you need to buy a cherry jam in a supermarket or grocery store (300 g will be enough). At this amount of jam you need about a quarter of a glass of water (preferably warm). Mix jam with water, and then bring to a boil. At the same time, it is necessary to stir constantly the resulting mass. Such a syrup is cooked very quickly, and served on the table to pancakes in a hot form. Another culinary secret was successfully revealed. Enjoy your meal!