Okay, so until a week ago, I had never heard of such as thing as an Æbleskiver, I still don’t think I even know how to pronounce it correctly! But these puffy little Danish pancakes were absolutely delicious, and very simple to make (at least they were once a customer explained to us the secret to making them, thanks again by the way!) I’ve included her “secret” at the end of the recipe.
1-3/4 cup flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs, separated
1-3/4 cup buttermilk
lemon zest
Place flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, and salt in bowl. Add buttermilk, lemon zest, and egg yolks one at a time. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. *Fill hot, well greased Æbleskiver mold half to full. Turn with skewers when browned.* Serve with powdered sugar, syrup, strawberries, apple sauce, preserves, butter, etc. Æbleskivers may be stuffed with a variety of fillings. To do this, fill mold half full, add filling, top off with batter to fill mold.
*Okay, so when we made our first batch to sample, we just sprayed our cast-iron Æbleskiver griddle liberally with cooking spray. Not a good idea, the spray burned before the pan even came to tempurature. So, with help of our customer friend, we found out the best way to cook the Æbleskivers is to fill each “dimple” in the Æbleskiver pan a little under half-way full of vegetable oil, and to heat the pan over medium heat. You can test the oil by placing a very small amount of the batter in one of the “dimples”, if it begins to bubble immediately, the oil is ready.
Then, fill each “dimple” full with the batter (and by full, we mean like maybe 2 tablespoons of batter per “dimple”) Use a skewer or knitting needle to turn the Æbleskivers over once they are golden brown on the bottom. If you are worried about the middle cooking through, than only turn the Æbleskivers over a quarter of the way at first, and then once the insides have cooked a bit longer, flip it the rest of the way over so it can brown on all sides. Once done, let the Æbleskivers rest for at least a minute on a plate lined with paper towels to drain off the extra oil.*