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Assiette d'æbleskiver, pancakes sphériques danois dorés saupoudrés de sucre glace, une boule ouverte sur une mie aérienne, avec des bols de confiture de framboise et de fraise et du vin chaud en fond
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Æbleskiver (Danish pancake balls)

Denmark's Christmas pancake balls: a buttermilk batter lightened with whipped egg whites, scented with cardamom and lemon, cooked in a pan with round wells and turned with a skewer into golden, fluffy spheres. Served with powdered sugar and jam.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings : 28 æbleskiver
Course : Dessert
Cuisine : Danish
Calories : 68
Ingredients Préparation Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
  • 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
  • 1/2 unwaxed lemon (grated zest)
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
  • 400 ml buttermilk
  • 50 g melted butter + a little for cooking
  • powdered sugar to serve
  • raspberry or strawberry jam to serve

Préparation
 

  1. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, vanilla sugar, cardamom, lemon zest and salt.
  2. Whisk the egg yolks with the buttermilk and melted butter, pour onto the dry ingredients and mix just enough to get a smooth, thick batter.
  3. Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks and gently fold them into the batter with a spatula, in two additions.
  4. Heat the æbleskiver pan over medium heat. Put a little melted butter in each well and fill them almost to the rim.
  5. After 1 to 2 minutes, when the edge is golden, pierce the ball with a wooden skewer and give it a quarter turn: the still-liquid batter flows into the well.
  6. Keep turning a quarter turn at a time until you get a closed sphere, then let it brown for 2 to 3 more minutes, turning. The center must be cooked (a skewer comes out dry).
  7. Serve piping hot, dusted with powdered sugar, with a small bowl of jam for dipping.

Notes

Allow 5 to 7 æbleskiver per person. Nutrition values are per ball, without powdered sugar or jam. Æbleskiver reheat in 5 minutes in a 180 °C (350 °F) oven.