Delicious and easy aebleskiver, requiring few ingredients and an aebleskive pan to become a hit.
Recipe for homemade aebleskiver with buttermilk
Classic and simple Danish pancake balls – just like my grandmother made them.
Danish pancake balls are one of my best childhood memories, and you can use this as a basic recipe since it is relatively simple.
It can be varied in many ways, e.g., add grated lemon zest, a pinch of salt, and small apple pieces.
Servings: pcs.
Homemade Aebleskiver with Buttermilk
Delicious and easy aebleskiver, requiring few ingredients and an aebleskive pan to become a hit.
Equipment
- Æbleskive Pan
Ingredients
- 250 gram Wheat Flour
- 2.3 gram Baking Soda
- 12.5 gram Vanilla Sugar
- 2 gram Cardamom
- 400 gram Buttermilk
- 100 gram Butter melted
- 3 pcs. Egg separated into whites and yolks
- 12.5 gram Sugar
- 10 gram Butter for frying
Instructions
- Start by mixing the dry ingredients together in a large bowl: all-purpose flour, vanilla sugar, baking soda, and cardamom.
- Separate the eggs into egg whites and yolks.
- In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients: buttermilk, melted butter, and egg yolks together.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and place it in the refrigerator.
- Mix the egg whites with sugar and whip to a meringue (stiff and thick).
- Once the meringue is ready, fold it into the batter. Use a spatula to gently fold it in. Now that we've spent time whipping air into the egg whites, it's important not to knock it out when folding.
- When your aebleskive pan is hot, add a small knob of butter to each hole and about 1/2 dl of batter. The batter should reach the edges.
- When a crust starts to form on the bottom of the aebleskiver (typically when it bubbles at the top of the batter).
- Use a meat skewer/knitting needle/wooden stick to lift/turn the aebleskiver, but only halfway. This way you can see if more batter is needed or optionally add a small piece of apple.
- Now turn them all the way around to get the characteristic aebleskive shape (resembling a small UFO).
- Let them cook until a crust forms all around and they are now ready to serve.
- You can advantageously place the finished aebleskiver on a rack in the oven (with a heatproof dish/pan with water underneath) at about 150 degrees Celsius (302 degrees Fahrenheit) regular oven.
- Serve with powdered sugar and jam.
