Æbleskiver

Name: Æbleskiver
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Denmark
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 2 eggs, separated; 400ml buttermilk; 50g butter, melted; butter for the pan; jam and icing sugar to serve

Denmark

Eaten throughout December and on New Year's Eve. Originally made with apple inside; today usually plain or with jam.

Danish spherical pancakes — golf ball-sized, light and fluffy, cooked in a special pan, eaten at Christmas with jam and powdered sugar.

Photo: cyclonebill

Prep

20 mins

Cook

20 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

470 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

300gplain flour

1 tspbaking powder

2 tbspcaster sugar

2eggs, separated

400mlbuttermilk

50gbutter, melted

butterfor the pan

jam and icing sugarto serve

Method

Mix flour, baking powder and sugar. Add egg yolks, buttermilk and melted butter. Fold in stiff egg whites.

Heat æbleskiver pan. Butter each hole. Fill with batter.

Turn with a skewer as edges set — rotating several times to create a sphere.

Serve with jam and icing sugar.

Chef's Tip

The key is rotating many times as they cook to build up the sphere shape.

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