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Assiette de poffertjes, mini pancakes hollandais dorés et bombés, avec une noisette de beurre fondant et du sucre glace, petite fourchette en bois, poêle à poffertjes en fonte et carreaux bleus de Delft en arrière-plan
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Poffertjes (Dutch mini pancakes)

The soft little pancakes of the Netherlands: a milk batter raised with baker's yeast, half wheat and half buckwheat, cooked in minutes in a dimpled pan. Served hot with butter and powdered sugar.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Rising 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings : 4 servings
Course : Dessert
Cuisine : Dutch
Calories : 460
Ingredients Préparation Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 125 g all-purpose flour
  • 125 g buckwheat flour
  • 1 tsp active dry yeast (or 10 g fresh yeast)
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 egg
  • 400 ml whole milk lukewarm
  • 60 g butter (for the pan and serving)
  • 40 g powdered sugar

Préparation
 

  1. Dissolve the yeast in 100 ml lukewarm milk with the sugar and let stand 5 minutes until foamy.
  2. In a bowl, mix both flours and the salt. Add the egg, the yeast milk, then the rest of the milk little by little, whisking, until you have a smooth, fairly runny batter.
  3. Cover with a tea towel and let rise 1 hour in a warm place: the batter should show small bubbles on the surface.
  4. Stir the batter gently and pour it into a squeeze bottle (or a piping bag).
  5. Heat the poffertjes pan over medium heat and brush each cavity with a little melted butter. Fill the cavities three-quarters full.
  6. As soon as the bottom is golden and the top starts to dry (about 1 minute), flip each poffertje with a wooden skewer or fork. Cook 30 seconds to 1 minute more.
  7. Serve right away on a plate with a knob of butter and plenty of powdered sugar. Repeat with the rest of the batter.

Notes

Makes about 50 poffertjes. A mini blini pan or takoyaki pan works well instead of a poffertjes pan. The batter can also be made in a Thermomix (see text). Eat poffertjes right away: they lose their softness as they cool.