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aebleskiver pancake balls in danish aebleskive pan

Aebleskiver

Recipe for Aebleskiver
Original Danish Pancake Balls called aebleskivers. We eat them in the month leading up to christmas. You need a special Aebleskiver pan to make them, but they are pretty easy to make.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Danish
Servings 30 pieces
Calories 57 kcal

Ingredients
  

Dough:

  • 3 eggs divided into yoaks and whites
  • 4 dl buttermilk or sour cream
  • 240 g all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tsp lemon zest finely grated
  • 1 tsp cardamom ground

Filling (optional):

  • 2 apples in small cubes

For frying:

  • 20 g butter

Instructions
 

  • Put all the ingredients for the dough – EXCEPT THE EGG WHITES – in a blender, and blend until the dough has an even consistency. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
  • Then beat the egg whites until forming stiff peaks and fold them carefully into the dough without beating too much air out of them.
  • Heat an aebleskive pan on the stove. It should be on medium heat, and be well warmed up before you start baking.
  • First, melt a little butter in each hole and then fill the holes with dough. Once you have dough in all the holes, turn the apple slices over. Turn them first a quarter turn, and when you have reached all the way around, turn them the last quarter turn so that they close and become completely round. If you have not filled enough dough in, you can refill them a little before turning the last quarter turn, but it should not be necessary. This is also where you can get a few apple cubes inside the aebleskiver if you like.
  • Then bake the apple slices while turning regularly. It takes about 5 minutes on medium heat to bake them through.
  • Take the aebleskiver off the pan and place them in a dish. Cover them with tin foil and keep them warm in the oven at 50 degrees celcius while you bake the rest.
  • Once all the aebleskivers are baked, sprinkle them with icing sugar and serve with your favorite jam.
  • Merry Christmas!

Nutrition

Calories: 57kcal
Keyword Aebleskivers, Danish Christmas food, Danish pancake balls, Ebleskiver, Real danish Aebleskiver, Traditional danish food
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