German Pancake Soup Food

GERMAN PANCAKE SOUP

Steps:

• Prepare pancakes while soup is simmering.
• To prepare soup put all ingredients except beef bouillon cubes into a 3 quart pot.
• Pour enough water to cover about 1 inch from top.
• Bring to a boil.
• Lower heat to a simmer and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Put in the beef bouillon cubes and salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook 5 minutes longer.
• Remove bay leaf and soup bone.
• To prepare pancakes put all ingredients into a medium bowl and stir well.
• Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Heat a small amount of oil in a large skillet.
• Cook pancakes flipping when top dries out.
• Remove from skillet onto paper towels.
• Roll up pancakes and let cool.
• Cut pancakes into thin slices.
• Put pancakes in bottom of soup bowl and top with soup.

GERMAN PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, salt, sugar, milk, vanilla, and butter. Whisk in the flour to make a smooth batter. Set aside.
• Heat a well-seasoned 10-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove and brush the inside with the shortening. Pour in the batter and bake for 15 minutes.
• Lower the oven to 350 degrees F. and continue baking until puffed and golden brown, about 13 to 15 minutes more. Run a knife around the edge of the skillet. Sift the confectioners' sugar over the pancake. Serve immediately in the skillet with maple syrup, marinated berries, or glazed apples and pears.
• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, citrus zests, and water. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. Simmer very gently until syrupy, about 25 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the citrus juices. Combine the berries in a bowl. Strain the warm syrup over the berries and marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes. Serve.
• Peel, core, and cut both the apples and pears into 3/4-inch wedges. In a medium bowl, toss the fruit with the lemon juice.
• Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the sugar, orange zest, and cinnamon sticks and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the fruit, increase the heat to medium-high, and cook, shaking the pan frequently, until glazed, about 10 minutes. Raise the heat to high, add the orange juice, and cook until the fruit is easily pierced with a paring knife, about 1 minute more. If desired, add the Calvados. If cooking on a gas burner, carefully tip the pan toward the flame to flambe the alcohol; if cooking over an electric element, hold a long match near the mixture. Swirl the pan over the heat until the flame subsides. Serve warm.

BARBARELLA'S GERMAN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Place the eggs, sugar, flour and milk into the container of a blender. Process until smooth on low speed.
• Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat. Pour batter about 1/4 cup at a time (or more for larger pancakes). Tilt pan to achieve a round shape. Heat until golden, then flip and brown on the other side. Serve immediately with syrup, or fresh berries and whipped cream.

GERMAN PANCAKES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Melt butter in a medium baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, milk, eggs and salt. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake on center rack in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until golden brown.

GERMAN PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place first 4 ingredients in a blender; process just until smooth., Pour melted butter into a 13x9-in. baking dish; tilt dish to coat. Add batter; bake, uncovered, until puffed and golden brown, about 20 minutes., Meanwhile, place butter, sugar, buttermilk, corn syrup and baking soda in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, 7 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla., Remove pancake from oven. Dust with confectioners' sugar; serve immediately with syrup and, if desired, fresh blueberries.

GERMAN PANCAKE SHREDS (FOR CLEAR SOUPS)

Steps:

• Whiz all ingredients to a smooth batter using a food proc or blender (I used my immersion blender).
• Spray a crepe pan or like size non-stick fry pan w/PAM. Heat the pan till you feel a good heat rising when holding the palm of your hand over the pan.
• Pour a sml ladle of batter in the center of the pan & work quickly to swirl it around the pan so it fills the base. Cook till the liquid disappears & the edges of the pancake begin to pull away from the pan surface.
• Flip the pancake to cook the other side for just a few seconds. Shake pancake out of the pan onto a plate, set pan aside (off heat), tightly roll the pancake & set aside.
• Return pan to heat & repeat process w/rest of batter. Allow pancakes to cool & cut them into 1/2-in threads. Set aside till ready to add to your soup (Batter should net 4 pancakes & the threads will be like a dense noodle or dumpling in texture).
• TO SERVE: Ladle hot soup into 4 bowls & put an equal amt of threads in ea bowl. Sprinkle w/parsley & serve immediately.
• NOTE RE SOUP: I used homemade chicken stock w/fat removed & sml bits of chicken left in the stock. I added 2 sliced celery ribs, 2 sml potatoes cut bite-sized & *Bjuga* (Icelandic sausage) to try to replicate the German influence. :-).