Æbleskiver

Spherical pancakes cooked in a dimpled pan, dusted with sugar.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Flour
• 2 cups Buttermilk
• 3 Eggs
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Cardamom
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 3 tbsp Butter
• ½ tsp Salt
• 2 tbsp Powdered sugar

Method

1. Make the batter — Whisk the flour, buttermilk, egg yolks, sugar, cardamom, baking soda and salt until smooth.
2. Fold in whites — Whip the whites to soft peaks and fold them in for lightness.
3. Heat the pan — Heat an æbleskiver pan and put a little butter in each well.
4. Fill — Pour batter almost to the top of each well.
5. Turn — As the edges set, use a skewer to rotate each ball a quarter turn at a time until round and golden all over.
6. Æbleskiver are ready — Dust with powdered sugar and serve with jam.

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