Kel likes to drool over the Williams-Sonoma catalogue. They represent some wonderful products that have a huge "cool" factor. He gets sucked into the top-of-the-line grill gadgets and specialized tools, smartly designed utensils, and hard-to-find ethnic cookware.
Like the Ebelskiver pan he got for his birthday.
Today, on this leisurely Saturday morning, he is breaking out the new cookware to try his hand at making these Scandinavian treats, fluffy little pancakes you can fill with jam or fruit or cheese. (Williams-Sonoma also fills them with chocolate ganache, as if we would ever have THAT hanging around in our pantry. We always have chocolate chips.)
You whisk flour and other batter ingredients in one bowl. In the Kitchen Aid you beat egg whites "until stiff but not dry peaks form". Then you carefully combine the whites with the batter "in two additions." When you pour the batter into the wells of the pan, you dollop a teaspoon of the filling of your choice in the center, followed by another tablespoon of the batter. The video on the Williams Sonoma website is very helpful in demonstrating how to use two wooden skewers to roll the Ebleskiver over in the pan to cook on both sides.
I will tell you I love these Ebelskivers, especially the blueberry ones that have some powdered sugar on top. I also love hearing Finan pronounce these treats: "EbbaSibers..... Evvaskeebas... Escabobbers.... PANCAKES."
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
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2 comments:
I saw a thing like this in an informercial, they called it the "pancake puff pan" or something like that, now I'll order it for sure!
P.S. Chocolate chips+butter+hot milk = Ganache!
We have just such a pan! In the Netherlands, they're called poffertjes (poffertches), and they are served without the filling. Instead they dust them with powdered sugar and drizzle them with grand marnier or other such evil concoction. At festivals, they bring out pans as big as your kitchen table and cook them by the thousands!
I'll be in Sweden later this month if you want me to bring you some fixins! In fact, I'm flying straight from Stockholm to Chicago to go to my reunion, so I cna shlep some stuff if you want!
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