Croatian palacinke
Croatian palacinke are a European style crepes, supper thin and excellent with jam, chocolate or even cheese y filling.
Servings 4 people
Calories 200 kcal
Ingredients
For the batter
- 200 g all-purpose flour ([1 ⅔ cup])
- Pinch of salt
- zest of 1 lemon
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- 200 ml tepid milk ([¾ cup])
- 200 ml water ([¾ cup])
- 1 tsp rum
For the filling
- 10 tsp jam or chocolate spread
For the baked palacinke
- 500 g cottage cheese ([2 ¼ cup])
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla-favoured sugar
- zest of 1 lemon
For the topping
- 300 ml sour cream ([1 ¼ cup])
Instructions
- Prep up your ingredients. Whisk salt and lemon zest into flour to distribute evenly. Combine milk and water. Beat the eggs. Melt the butter.
- Begin by adding a bit of flour to the eggs and whisk until you get asmooth mixture. To avoid lumpy batter, add liquid (milk and water) and flourinterchangeably until you use all the ingredients. Whisk in the melted butterand rum last.
- Let it sit for half an hour at room temperature.
- Coat a shallow frying pan with a few drops of oil andlet it get really hot. If you start too soon, the first pancake will come out fat and rugged. (This one makes a great meal for pets!)
- Choose a ladle which holds just enough batter for a thin layer. Pour in the batter andswirl the pan with your other hand to spread it evenly
- 1-2 minutes in, loosen the edges of the pancake with aplastic or rubber spatula. Once you can easily do that all around the pan, thepancake is ready for turning.
- Fry the other side of the pancake slightly shorter. Continue until you've used upthe batter.
- Serve and eat pancakes straight away. Dress them withjam or chocolate spread and roll them up into a sausage.
- For the baked version, fry the pancakes as described above. Combine cheese, egg, sugar, vanilla-flavoured sugarand lemon zest with a fork or spoon. If you like your filling sweeter, use moresugar.
- Spread the cheese mix on each pancake and roll them up. Cover only two thirds of the surface so the filling doesn't spill out. Place them in an oven dish.
- Combine sour cream and egg and spread on top of thepancakes.
- Bake at 200 °C [400 °F] for about 20 minutes or until they turn golden. Serve hot.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal