Monday, February 21, 2011

Best Version Of Semolina Pancakes/Crepes



In Morning serve these crepes, drizzled with honey or spread with apricot jam. Cooking the crepes on only one side leaves a lacy network of tiny holes, perfect for catching the sweet toppings; the fine semolina provides a lovely sandy texture.

Recipe source:- Food & Wine magazine

Total:- 30 Min plus 1 Hour rising
Makes 12 pancakes

Ingredients:-

Warm Water:- 3 Cups
Baking Powder:- 2 Tsp
Fine semolina:- 1 3/4 cup
All purpose flour:- 1/3 cup
Active dry yeast:- 2 Tsp
Sugar:- 1Tsp
Salt:- 1 Tsp
Vegetable oil for cooking
1/3 cup honey warmed
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted





Procedure:-

1)In a bowl , combine 1/4 cup of the warn water with baking powder.

2) In a food processor, combine the semolina with the flour, yeast, sugar and the remaining 2 3/4 cups of warm water; process for 30 seconds until smooth.

3) Add the salt and baking powder mixture and process for 30 seconds longer.

4) Pour the batter into a large bowl, cover with kitchen towel and let rise at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

5) In a small bowl , blend the honey with the melted butter.

6)Heat a 10 inch nonstick skillet and coat it with a thin layer of vegetable oil. Whisk the batter until creamy. Ladle 1/3 cup of the batter into the skillet, tilting th skillet to distribute evenly.

7)Cook the pancake over moderate heat until bubbles appear all over the surface and the bottom is pale golden, about 2 minutes.

8)Shake the skillet to loosen the pancake, then slide the pancake onto the plate.Drizzle with the honey butter and serve right away.

9) Repeat with more oil and the remaining batter and honey butter.

Enjoy:)

25 comments:

  1. Wonderful description, sure Will try this Preety

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  2. Wow.. this is something so new and interesting. I would love to have them for breakfast :)

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  3. Semonlina pancake looks delicious.

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  4. Pancakes looks lovely... perfect breakfast...
    Reva

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  5. Would love have with maple syrup, pancakes looks awesome..

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  6. Gorgeous and pretty pancakes, simply delicious.

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  7. Delicious! Man, I love whipping up quick pancakes. Adding semolina is a nice twist.

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  8. Pancakes look very delicious...prefect breakfast...

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  9. oooh what a great way to start the day!

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  10. sday i tried this pancake....but i used maida and small changes!! ur looks perfect!!

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  11. wowww... this is new to me.. i loved that lacy structure. :)

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  12. wow.. interesting receipe. .. i have never tried semolina pancakes before.... your pics make me want to try it:) Beautiful presentation!!!

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  13. Perfect for breakfast..loved the photo :)


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  14. Thts a great recipe.. works out well in the morning.. and simple too

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  15. i would love to have these warm anyday!

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  16. They have come out so nice and perfect preethi:)

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  17. Why are you using both yeast and baking soda?

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  18. i tried this recipe from a magazine...i didn't make any changes to it & it tasted amzing..

    both baking soda and yeast serves different purpose in recipe..

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  19. Hi Preeti first time here and your semolina pancake crepes are awesome. Will check more of your recipes.

    Please do visit my blog.
    www.mysrilankanrecipe.com

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