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Pannekoeken or pannenkoeken?

Dear Scott,
In reply to your e-mail, some info on a tasty subject. The Dutch spelling changed in 1994 by law and since then we have to write pannenkoeken, because it’s a compound. The first part –pan- has as plural –pannen-. Even if it’s baked in ONE pan the plural rule prevails. I still can not get used to it....

But to get back on topic. Below I put two URLs and a a list of choices from a restaurant in Utrecht, my recipe for pancakes and some pictures about poffertjes.

I hope this is what you were looking for.



On the right a picture of a:

Spekpannenkoek / Pancake with Bacon
Show this in Phillie: No bacon on the side!!

Pancakes
Two examples of a pancakerestaurant menu's with English section: De Kraai
De Oude Muntkelder (their English part of the site did not work well in my browser so I pasted it down here, in case it doesn't work in yours either)
The restaurant De Oude Muntkelder in Utrecht serves:
Traditional pancakes with
Sugar
Syrup
Jam
Bacon
Cheese
Apple
Raisin
Banana

Less traditional (my comment)
 Bacon and apple
Bacon and pineapple
Bacon and raisin
Bacon and cheese
Bacon and onion
Salami and cheese
Chorizo
Ham
Ham and mushroom
Ham and cheese
Cheese and pineapple
Cheese and mushroom
Cheese and ginger
Apple and banana
Apple and raisin
Apple and Grand Marnier
Apple and Calvados
Apple and cheese
Banana and cheese
Banana and rum
Lemon
Cherries
Peach
Pineapple
Apricot
Fruitcocktail
Ginger
Raisin and cheese
Raisin and rum
Raisin and brandy
Grand Marnier
Pears

Our specialities, for the pancake expert!! (their ideas not typical dutch)
Pancake with tomato, onion and mushroom
Pancake with ham, cheese and mushroom
Pancake with ham, cheese and onion
Pancake with ham, cheese and pineapple
Pancake with bacon, cheese and mushroom
Pancake with bacon, cheese and pineapple
Pancake with salami, cheese and peppers
Pancake with peach, cherry liqueur, vanilla ice-cream and whipped cream
Pancake with advocate, banana and whipped cream
Pancake with apple, raisin and Marasquin
Pancake with honey, nuts, mandarin and whipped cream
Pancake with chocolate sauce, vanilla ice-cream and whipped cream
Pancake with mocca-caramel sauce, vanilla ice-cream and whipped cream
Pancake with strawberry sauce, vanilla ice-cream and whipped cream
Pancake with apple, cinnamon ice-cream, -liqueur and whipped cream

International pancakes (their ideas not typical dutch)
Egyptian; pancake with lamb doner kebab, peppers, garlicsauce and salad
Greek; pancake with minced lamb, pinetree pips and Greek salad
Hungarian; pancake with chorizo, salami, peppers, tomato and cheese
Indonesian; pancake with chicken fillet, mushroom, onion, leek, peanutsauce and salad
Mexican; pancake with chicken fillet, mushroom, onion, peppers, tomato, pineapple, sweetcorn and salad
Masai; pancake with cheese, sunflower seeds, mushroom, onion and salad
Chilian; pancake with chili, spicy minced beef, mushroom, onion, pineapple, peppers and salad
Canadian; pancake with bacon, mushroom, onion, ham, cheese, and currysauce, separately served
Norwegian; pancake with salmon, creme fraiche, creamcheese and salad
Austrian; pancake with beef, mushroom, onion and salad
Belgium; pancake with apple, raisins, nuts, Marasquin and whipped cream
Brasilian; pancake with pecan-caramel ice-cream, mocca-caramel sauce, Amaretto, almonds and whipped cream
Canarie; pancake with banana, pineapple, vanilla ice-cream, Pisang Ambon and whipped cream
English; pancake with Williamspears, vanilla ice-cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream
French; pancake with apple, raisins, vanilla ice-cream, Cointreau and whipped cream
Dutch; pancake with hot cherries, vanilla ice-cream, cherry liqueur and whipped cream

Choice of extra Ingredients (on top of a pancake as mentioned above)
Bacon, ham, cheese, tomato, onion, mushroom, salami, chorizo, fried egg, ginger, apple, banana, pineapple, cherries, pear, peach, apricot, fruitcocktail, raisins, chocolate- or strawberry sauce, mocca-caramel sauce, Grand Marnier, Cointreau, cinnamon liqueur, rum, raisins in brandy, Calvados, Tia Maria, Ice cream: vanilla, strawberry, banana, mocca, pecan-caramel, chocolate, cinnamon, straciatella

My recipe for pancakes
Nowadays most people bake their pancakes at home with a popular instant pannekoekenmix. So they do not need to have yeast or baking powder at hand. I usually use the Van Pelts secret ingredient.

Here's my recipe for 'pannekoeken'-batter (enough for appr. 10 in a medium sized pan)

500 gr flour or whole wheat flour
1 litre milk
3 medium sized eggs
1/2 tsp salt (or none, esp. if you add bacon!)
1/4-1/2 bottle of beer *)
1 tblsp oil (if you add a little oil you usually only need tot put a oil in the pan for the first batch.


Put the flour in a bowl (zif if it if you want to start without little lumbs), make small hole in the middle and start with mixing in the eggs one by one, mix in a quarter to a half a bottle of beer, add some salt if prefered. Good beating adds air! Gradually pour in all milk and start stirring, making a smooth batter.

*) Beer the secret rising ingredient from the Van Pelts! Leendert always says he got that from Oma. Don’t worry the alcohol will evaporate, no one gets drunk ;-))

Poffertjes
Pretty much the same recipe as for pancakes, usually a little bit thinner by putting in more milk, esp. if you want to poor it from a plastic bottle, see example below.
Poffertjes served with butter and fine sugar
Pan for Poffertjes for small group of a family

Plate for Poffertjes for restaurant or large groups
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