Pancakes on the water - general principles of cooking
For most hostesses, the recipe for pancakes is associated exclusively with milk. Not everyone will risk cooking pancakes on the water, although, relying on the correct recipe and consistency of technology, the finished product will turn out to be no less tasty than the traditional one on milk.
Pancakes on the water can be cooked, if you have a personal intolerance to dairy products, you want to reduce the overall caloric content of the finished product, keep a post, or there was simply no milk at home. Moreover, you can cook pancakes, not only without milk, but without eggs, and then this dish will appeal to those who lead a vegetarian lifestyle.
Pancakes cooked in water are thin and openwork. You can serve them the same way as usual - in its pure form, with fillings and additives.
Meanwhile, it is worth remembering that even cooked on the water, pancakes remain a high-calorie dish that is not suitable for dietary nutrition. Use them best in the morning.
Pancakes on the water - preparing food and dishes
If you decide to fry pancakes on the water, take seriously the main component of the dish. Water from the tap is not suitable because of its rigidity. You can use purified water or purchased mineral water. Of course, carbonated water is not suitable.
In addition to water, prepare also eggs, flour, salt, sugar, vegetable oil.
Before proceeding with the process, prepare a griddle, a container for the test (deep enameled bowl), a silicone brush, a blender, or a mixer for whipping the dough.
Thin pancake recipes:
Recipe 1: Pancakes on the water
Perhaps you will be confused by the simplicity of the recipe, but this is not a reason to refuse cooking pancakes on the water. Mandatory ingredient dishes - soda, extinguished with vinegar. You can use any vinegar, but the best is to take an apple. Ingredients Required:
- Water for pancakes mineral 400 ml
- Egg 3 pieces
- Soda -1/2 tsp
- Flour 10 tablespoons
- Vinegar 2 tablespoons
- Sugar
- Salt
- Sunflower oil
Preparation Method:
- In a deep bowl, beat the eggs, pour in mineral water and mix well. Add sugar and salt to the dough.
- In a spoonful of vinegar pour the soda, and add the mixture to the bowl.
- Add flour to dishes. Enter it slowly, constantly stirring the dough. Properly cooked batter for pancakes on the water should not contain lumps.
- Pour in vegetable oil (2-3 tablespoons) to the dough and mix well.
- Before you start frying pancakes, grease the pan with oil.
How many pancakes are mixed in water? Fry pancakes for one minute on each side.
Recipe 2: Corn pancakes on water
If instead of the usual flour to use corn, pancakes on the water will turn out bright yellow in color and with an unusual pleasant taste. Serve these pancakes with sweet and sour jam - cranberry or cherry. Before you fry the corn pancakes in a pan, let the dough stand for about an hour or two so that the corn flour will swell.
Ingredients Required:
- Corn flour 5 tablespoons
- Wheat flour 5 tablespoons
- Egg 3 pieces
- Water for pancakes purified 400 ml
- Baking powder for dough 1 \ 2 tsp
- Salt
- Sugar
- Vegetable oil
Preparation Method:
- First of all, separate the whites from the yolks.
- Whip proteins with salt with a blender to form a dense and thick foam. To better whip proteins, cool them in the refrigerator beforehand.
- Knead dough. In a separate bowl, lower the yolks, gently in the wheat and corn flour, sugar, mix it all up with a spoon to a uniform consistency. Add mineral water, mix.
- Pour protein foam into the dough, add a tablespoon of sunflower oil, mix again until smooth. Cover the container with the dough and put it in a warm place for a half to two hours.
- Fry pancakes in a pan, greasing it with butter each time. To make the corn pancakes on the water well fried, it’s enough to hold them in the pan for two minutes on each side.
Recipe 3: Pancakes on water, fasting
If you live a vegetarian lifestyle or keep a Fast, then this is not a reason to deny yourself the pleasure called “pancakes”. Pancakes on the water will be obtained without eggs, if you cook them using the technology below. The finished dish will amaze you with its taste: it will be full-fledged juicy pancakes that can be used in its pure form, with mushrooms or jam.
Ingredients Required:
- Water for pancakes mineral 400 ml
- Vinegar 1 tablespoon
- Soda 1/2 tsp
- Wheat flour 2.5 glasses
- Salt
- Sugar
- Vegetable oil
Preparation Method:
- Heat water for pancakes to about 50 degrees.
- In a bowl, mix warm water, vinegar blasted with vinegar, gently add sifted flour, sugar and salt. Stir with a blender until smooth.
- Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to the dough. Fry lean pancakes on the water for one minute on each side.
Recipe 4: Pancakes on water on buckwheat flour
Pancakes are unusual, if you cook them using buckwheat flour. Such pancakes on the water are perfectly combined with meat fillings - liver, liver, meat or chicken with mushrooms. If you serve such pancakes in their pure form, then the most delicious they are hot and with onion zazharki. Since no eggs are used for cooking, such pancakes can be eaten by those who are fasting or have a vegetarian lifestyle. Ingredients Required:
- Buckwheat flour 10 tablespoons
- Water for pancakes mineral 400 ml
- Yeast 20 grams
- Salt
- Sugar
- Vegetable oil
Preparation Method:
- Heat half the water to 50-60 degrees.
- Dip buckwheat flour in cold water, stir and pour in hot water.
- Dissolve yeast with sugar. Add to dough, salt, add vegetable oil. Leave the dough for half an hour to reach.
- Fry buckwheat pancakes on the water for two minutes on each side. Lubricate the pan with a small amount of oil each time before you fry a new pancake on it.
Recipe 5: Lemon pancakes on water
Dessert pancakes on water with lemon flavor will surely come to your taste.
Ingredients Required:
- Water for pancakes mineral 400 ml
- Egg 3 pieces
- Lemon zest
- Flour 10 tablespoons
- Salt
- Vegetable oil
- Vinegar 1 tablespoon
- Soda 1/2 tsp
- Vanilla
Preparation Method:
- In deep dish, beat eggs with a blender, add mineral water, salt and sugar.
- Add soda with vinegar to the dough.
- Gradually add sifted flour to the dough, stirring constantly to avoid lumps.
- Add vegetable oil to the dough and add lemon zest, vanilla. Stir again.
Fry the lemon pancakes in water on a heated grease pan, greased with butter, one to two minutes on each side until golden brown.
Pancakes on the water - secrets and tips from the best chefs
- If the recipe requires the use of vinegar, give preference to natural apple.
- What is the best stuffing for pancakes cooked in water? If you cooked sweet pancakes, then sprinkle them with powdered sugar, grease with jam, jam, fruit sauce.
- If you cooked savory fresh pancakes on the water, then liver, egg with boiled rice, salted fish with butter, chicken with mushrooms, and grated cheese are excellent fillings.
- Dessert pancakes on the water can be cooked with cinnamon and vanilla. You can also use citrus zest to get a pleasant aroma in the finished dish.
- If you use wheat flour to make pancakes, sift it before adding to the dough. Pancakes on the water will be obtained only if there are no lumps in the dough. Wholemeal dough is very difficult to bring to a uniform state.
- To make the finished pancake tastier, once it is removed from the pan, grease with a slice of butter.
- Pancakes on water are best done in a cast iron pan.
- If you sprinkle salt over the pan, the pancakes will not stick to it during frying.
- If you want to make pancakes on water the way the Slavs cooked them a few centuries ago, add finely chopped onion or grated carrots to the already prepared dough.
