Emma Miller
It’s not hard to make pancake dough, but not everyone makes pancakes that are truly fluffy and delicious. It turns out that even such a simple dish has its secrets. Fritters are the dish with which many housewives begin their acquaintance with dough. It is easy and quick to make pancakes, and the result is fantastic. But even such simple dough can be ruined if you don’t know a few important rules.
Why pancakes are soggy on the inside
Fritters turn out soggy if you fry them on very high heat. Then they burn on top but do not have time to bake inside. Ideal pancakes should be fried at medium heat close to a minimum and only under a lid.
Why do fritters fall?
Pancakes can fall over for several reasons. First, if the batter was too liquid. In this case, the situation can be corrected. Add some flour to the batter and your next pancakes will be denser.
Also, the pancakes may fall if you use kefir from the refrigerator. The kefir for the batter should be room temperature or slightly warm. You cannot use kefir from the refrigerator, as the pancakes will not be fluffy.
Another reason why pancakes fall is a cold pan. The batter for fluffy pancakes should only be poured on a hot frying pan.
Also, keep in mind that pancakes you fry in a pan without a lid may fall.
What to do to make the pancakes rise
To make the pancakes rise, be sure to add baking soda to the batter. Hostesses disagree on whether it should be carbonated. Some argue that it is necessary to quench the soda with vinegar, while others are convinced that kefir will perfectly cope with this task and vinegar will be superfluous here. Whichever way you choose, you’ll need baking soda in any case. If you don’t have baking soda, you can replace it with a pastry blender.
In addition, to make the pancakes rise, they need to be cooked with fat kefir or sour milk. You can also use yeast.
Why aren’t the pancakes crispy?
Your pancakes will never turn brown if you pour the batter into a cold pan. To make brown fritters, you should heat a frying pan as much as possible, lightly grease it with vegetable oil, turn the heat down to a minimum and only then pour the batter into the pan. Fry the fritters under a closed lid.
The secret of fluffy fritters with kefir
The sourer your kefir, the more fluffy the pancakes will be. Also, note that fat kefir will make the batter more flavorful. For the pancakes to be fluffy, beat the eggs and sugar separately before adding the warm kefir to the batter.
To make fluffy flapjacks, add yeast to the kefir. You can use either dry or fresh yeast. Once the dough is ready, cover it with a towel and let it stand for at least an hour. Fritters made with kefir and yeast turn out puffy, very airy, and really resemble fluff.
Why are pancakes made with milk not fluffy?
Milk is not the best ingredient for this dish. The fact is that milk is ideal for making pancakes, but pancakes are like a sour environment. If you want to make puffy pancakes, you will need kefir or ryazhenka, but not milk. You will never make fluffy pancakes with milk.
If you do make your pancakes with milk and don’t want to back out, you can remedy the situation by adding a bag of dry yeast to the milk. Cover the dough with a towel and leave it in a warm place for an hour to let the yeast begin to work. These pancakes will be puffy. But keep in mind that yeast is the only way to make milk pancakes puffy.
