After visiting one of our local thrift stores, my husband
came home with this pan which I immediately recognized as ‘that pan that makes
those things that I can’t pronounce’. He
thought it might be for eggs, but thank goodness for the Internet because I
never would have recalled that it was an “Ebelskiver” pan for making small
Danish pancakes. Who knew that in some
places (for example, Minnesota, California) they have actual Aebleskiver
(danish word) Days?
I had to give it a try.
It was not as easy or simple as the cookbooks and several videos make it
seem to be. First off, they should tell
you not to spill the batter all over the pan (in every video, everyone is very
neat). Second, turning those things isn’t that easy or smooth – I used a bamboo
skewer but if you are a bit clumsy they don’t turn over that quickly (I am not
that good with regular pancakes, so why did I think that this pan would be a
snap). Third, if you want to put filling in them you
have to work FAST – otherwise they burn too quickly before you have time to
fill with batter, fill with a filling, then fill with batter again, cook then
turn. I am sure if I spent a week at it I might get the hang of it. In the end, they tasted – well, like pancakes. I might try to make a savory version (filled
with cheese and perhaps a bit of sausage?).
I’ll have to experiment, after all, isn’t that the fun of accidently
finding a pan like this?
I found this video about how to make them the non-clumsy correct way --www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWxISl1dpyI&feature=related
(and the restaurant was featured in the movie "Sideways")
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