Pancake or as it is sometimes called, pancake cake - a great alternative to the usual stuffed pancakes. Cook it simply, and the ability to combine different fillings can significantly diversify the daily diet. These original cakes and decorate a holiday table.

From pancakes to pie

Ruddy freshly baked pancakes are so tempting that from them is difficult to give even those who want to lose weight. Some arrange pancake feast only once a year, on Shrove Tuesday, while others bake pancakes on a weekly basis, if not more often. If you have some skill and a convenient pan cooking pancakes it becomes very easy, and thanks to the variety of fillings and Pripek pancakes little stale.

Yet sometimes instead of the usual pancakes, you want something special. With this request in due time and were pancake (or pancake) pies. In this case, the cake - not quite correct title: by the method of preparation of the dish, perhaps closer to casseroles or even multi-layered sandwich than pie. Yet usually dish of pancakes with various layers are called so.

Pancake pie - the perfect solution, if after dinner or breakfast pancakes were. As a rule, cooled crepes nobody draw, but if you turn them into a delicious cake, then it must be eaten with great pleasure.

From the very beginning

What are pancakes are best used for cooking pancakes pies? You can use any variety, it is only important that the pancakes were not too thick, otherwise the cake badly treated and will look ugly. In short, it should be just pancakes, hash browns instead. Recipe same test can be anything: yeast pancakes on soda with baking powder, kefir Kefir: a unique drink for health and harmony   or serum with the addition of buckwheat flour or cereals millet, fasting or cream.

The traditional Russian pancake cake made from the classic Russian yeast pancakes. Baking of pancakes (or rather, the preparation of the dough) take a long time, but the result is a dish just excellent. Fans yeast pastries are sure that no other method can not make such a gentle, soft, spongy pancakes.

But for the French varieties of pancake cake - krepvilya - used unleavened thin pancakes, crepes. Krepvil traditionally prepared with sweet fillings, in fact it is not even a cake, and the cake.

If we follow the traditions, then savory pancake pie is better to take the yeast pancakes, and for the sweet cake-cake more suitable thin French crepes. However, today unleavened pancakes are often used in combination with savory fillings, the result is quite decent.

Methods of preparation

Prepare pancake pies can be different. Most often, a stack of pancakes folded, sandwiching them with various fillings. The more pancakes and the thicker the layer of filling, the higher and more elegant cake is obtained. There are, however, other versions of this dish. For example, sometimes pancakes lubricated fillings and fold into a tube and then the tubes are placed in the "woodpile" or cut into pieces and densely arranged in the form of vertically. Bottom under such construction usually enclose a flat pancake and pour on top of the cake with whipped eggs, sauce or glaze. In the context of these cakes look very original, especially when filling the multicolored.

Pancake pie can be divided into salty and sweet. The first is usually served as an appetizer or a main dish, such as a dinner or breakfast. Sweet krepvili - perfect dessert in the French style, it is ideal for complete dinner or even replace a meal.

In addition, Pancake pie can be divided into hot and cold. The first variety is ready to forgive: pancakes to lubricate cold fillings, leave for a while to cake soaked, and serve. Heat treatment such Blinnikov not further subjected.

Hot pancake cake to cook a bit more complicated. Pancakes stuffed lubricated and are stacked, then briefly put it in the oven and serve hot. Sweet pancake pies are often coated on top of lush cap of whipped proteins and held in the oven until whites are not grabbed. To cover the savory pies fit a variety of sauces, grated cheese or the traditional filling of whipped with sour cream Smetana: untold riches of Russian cuisine   eggs.

Juicy fillings

Typically pancakes sandwiched several types of fillings: their number may be up to ten, but is typically limited to two or three. The choice of fillings for Blinnikov that are not subjected to heat treatment, is unusually wide. As for the pancake pies, which are further baked in the oven, then they do not suit all the toppings, such as caviar, smoked fish, butter cream or salads with mayonnaise for them is no longer suitable. But the taste of hot savory pies ennoble very hot melted cheese and decorate sweet meringue layer.

For savory pies will suit all conventional filling: salted herring with onions, salted salmon, smoked fish, ham, liver pate, caviar, pickled or stewed mushrooms in sour cream. You can also experiment with traditional fillings for pies, for example, fluff pancakes mashed potatoes, stuffing of boiled eggs with green onions, fried until cooked minced meat. Suit and various sandwich "spreads" - cheese and processed cheese, cheese with dill and garlic, eggplant caviar. Finally, you can use virtually any lush salads, including mayonnaise: Russian salad, potato, crab sticks, cheese.

Sweet pancake pies can stuff any sweet fillings. Suit a variety of jams and marmalades, stewed with sugar and cinnamon apples, condensed milk, nut paste, sweet cottage cheese or curd, melted chocolate, cream and any glaze, caramel Caramel: sweet treat   and slices of fresh, cooked or dried fruit. A different combination of toppings will allow to create new and unexpected flavors.

Maria Bykov

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