Blood orange & cardamom pancakes (aebleskiver)
These comforting round buttermilk pancakes are spiked with citrus and spice. A traditional Danish bake, they're called aebleskiver. It's all about hygge!
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Prep:30 mins
Cook:20 mins
- A challenge
Nutrition per serving
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kcal 49
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fat 2g
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saturates 1g
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carbs 5g
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sugars 1g
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fibre 0g
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protein 1g
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salt 0.1g
Ingredients
- 125g plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
- 200ml buttermilk
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 1 blood orange, zested
- 1 tbsp blood orange juice
- 50g butter, melted and cooled, plus extra for greasing
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- icing sugar, to dust
Tip
Aebleskiver panIf you want to get an aebleskiver/ ebleskiver pan then they're available from Nordic Ware on amazon.co.uk.
Method
In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cardamom and a pinch of salt. In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, egg yolks, orange zest and juice and butter. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk to create a smooth batter.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then add the caster sugar, whisk again, then fold into the batter.
Butter an aebleskiver pan and set over a medium-high heat. Spoon 1 tbsp batter into each hole and allow to cook and set for about 1 min. Use a skewer or pointed palette knife to flip the pancakes around forty degrees, then add a bit more batter, allow to set and flip again, cooking and rotating until you have a golden puffed pancake ball. Alternatively, drop spoonfuls of batter into a buttered non-stick frying pan and cook for several mins on each side. Dust with icing sugar and serve hot.
