Who said that pancakes can only be sweet? Served with vegetables, they are a great spring second course or the highlight of the Sunday picnic
Hands up who, having found themselves abroad, never had breakfast with Pancake: they are soft sweet disks, similar to pancakes or pancakes, usually garnished with tufts of whipped cream and maple syrup. Served at breakfast along with very long coffee, they are one of the typical ones American breakfasts.
Savory pancakes with vegetables
But if we told you that they can also be consumed in salty version, perhaps garnished with seasonal vegetables? Spring is a riot of delicacies from the garden: peas, broad beans, asparagus, spinach, but also carrots and peppers. You can indulge yourself to season pancakes and make them a second course or a tasty single dish to take to picnics, especially if there are vegetarians.
Here are the instructions on how to prepare the base, which can then be filled to taste.
Vegetables
Let's start cooking the vegetables: in a pan, make a fried made from onion (or leek, if you prefer) and carrot with two tablespoons of oil. After a few minutes, add the vegetables chosen for the garnish, also based on what you have at home: peas and beans, if you want a sweeter taste; asparagus and spinach for a more decisive taste. Take care to cut the vegetables into small cubes (peppers, carrots, asparagus …), then pour it into the pan, adjusting with salt and pepper and cooking it for about 10 minutes.
Pancake dough
Once the vegetables are ready, turn off the heat and let it cool. Now dedicate yourself to prepared for pancakes: melt some butter in a pan, then let it cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, heat the milk, let it cool and add the yeast, letting it melt. In a bowl beat the eggs with an electric blender and add the melted butter, the milk with the yeast and a pinch of salt. Continue to beat the mixture, slowly adding the flour. Continue to blend until the batter is smooth and free of lumps.
Shape the pancakes
Get a non-stick pan on which to melt a knob of butter. Then pour a ladle of dough, cook it on both sides, until golden brown. Remove the disc from the pan and proceed until the dough is used up.
Stuff the pancakes
There two ways to serve pancakes with vegetables: o add the cooked vegetables to the dough to get pancakes with vegetables, or prepare the discs and then stuff them later, as if they were sandwiches. In any case, the extra touch is to serve them with sour cream and who likes, with gods bacon cubes previously fried.
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