Name: Blood orange & cardamom pancakes (aebleskiver)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: makes 24
Cuisine: Danish
Ingredients: 125g plain flour; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp ground cardamom; 200ml buttermilk; 2 large eggs separated; 1 blood orange zested; 1 tbsp blood orange juice; 50g butter melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing; 1 tbsp caster sugar; icing sugar to dust

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Blood orange & cardamom pancakes (aebleskiver)

Blood orange & cardamom pancakes (aebleskiver)

Rosie Birkett

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makes 24

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Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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These comforting round buttermilk pancakes are spiked with citrus and spice. A traditional Danish bake, they're called aebleskiver. It's all about hygge!

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Rosie says, "This seasonal take on a classic dessert is inspired by ‘hygge’ – the Danish dedication to taking pleasure in everyday things and creating a sense of wellbeing and comfort. These tasty little buttermilk pancakes spiked with blood orange and cardamom are certainly very hygge. Called aebleskiver in Danish, they are traditionally made in a special aebleskiver pan (available from nordicware.com), but you can make them in a frying pan as mini bun-type pancakes."

Ingredients

Nutrition

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125g plain flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp ground cardamom
200ml buttermilk
2 large eggs

separated
1 blood orange

zested
1 tbsp blood orange

juice
50g butter

melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing
1 tbsp caster sugar
icing sugar

to dust

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Nutrition: per aebleskivier

kcal49
fat2g
saturates1g
carbs5g
sugars1g
fibre0g
protein1g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cardamom and a pinch of salt. In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, egg yolks, orange zest and juice and butter. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk to create a smooth batter.
step 2

Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then add the caster sugar, whisk again, then fold into the batter.
step 3

Butter an aebleskiver pan and set over a medium-high heat. Spoon 1 tbsp batter into each hole and allow to cook and set for about 1 min. Use a skewer or pointed palette knife to flip the pancakes around forty degrees, then add a bit more batter, allow to set and flip again, cooking and rotating until you have a golden puffed pancake ball. Alternatively, drop spoonfuls of batter into a buttered non-stick frying pan and cook for several mins on each side. Dust with icing sugar and serve hot.

RECIPE TIPS

AEBLESKIVER PAN

If you want to get an aebleskiver/ ebleskiver pan then they're available from Nordic Ware on amazon.co.uk.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2017

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