Dutch Mini Pancakes Food

POFFERTJES (DUTCH MINI PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Combine flour and salt in a large bowl; gradually whisk in milk. Add eggs and maple syrup and mix until batter is smooth. Spoon into a piping bag.
• Heat a poffertjes pan over high heat and lightly grease indentations. Fill the holes 3/4 full with batter in the piping bag and cook over high heat until golden brown; turn them over with a fork and cook the other side until golden brown.

VANILLA DUTCH BABY (PUFFED PANCAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put the butter in a large, ovenproof, nonstick saute pan and place in the oven.
• Meanwhile, in a blender, combine the eggs, flour, warm milk, sugar, vanilla extract and pinch of salt, and blend on medium-high speed until uniform. (If mixing by hand, combine the eggs with the milk until the mixture is light yellow and no longer stringy, about 1 minute. Add the flour, sugar, vanilla, and pinch of salt, and whisk vigorously to remove the lumps, about 30 seconds.)
• Carefully remove the hot pan from the oven. The butter should be melted. Swirl the butter around the pan to coat completely, and then pour the remaining butter into the batter and pulse to blend. Pour the batter into the hot pan and return the pan to the oven. Cook until the pancake is puffed in the center and golden brown along the edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Using a spatula, remove the entire Dutch baby from the pan and place on a cooling rack for a few minutes to allow the steam to escape without condensing along the bottom and rendering the pancake soggy. Dust with confectioners' sugar when cooled slightly. Slice the pancake into 8 wedges on a serving platter or cutting board.

DUTCH OVEN-PUFFED APPLE PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a medium bowl, beat the 3 eggs and milk until well blended. Add the flour and salt; stir until batter is barely blended (the batter should be slightly lumpy).
• In another bowl, toss apple slices with sugar, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and cinnamon.
• Melt unsalted butter in a heavy, ovenproof 12-inch cast-iron or non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add apple mixture and saute 4 minutes, or until slightly softened. Spread out apples into an even layer; pour batter over apples.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until pancake is golden brown and puffed.
• Sprinkle with the juice of half a lemon and dust with confectioner's sugar. Serve immediately.

DUTCH POFFERTJES (BABY PANCAKES)

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in the milk. In a separate bowl, combine the buckwheat flour, flour, eggs, yeast, sugar, salt and half the milk. Whisk smooth. Now add the remaining milk and beat again. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rest for an hour.
• Melt butter in a frying pan. When it sizzles, add teaspoonfuls of the batter in circular movements to create the mini pancakes. Turn the poffertjes around as soon as the bottom has set, using two forks.
• Serve Pancake Puffs with the best quality butter you can find and sieved powdered (icing) sugar.