Raise your hand if you have not licked your fingers as a child after eating your fingersrittelle of hot apples and sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. The recipe today it crosses all of Italy but, in particular, is typical of Trentino Alto Adige, the homeland of apples. In those areas, apple pancakes are made all year round, are a sweet-symbol of the territory, but now they have become all over Italy one of the typical desserts of the Carnival period. In the recipe you will also find a short VIDEO TUTORIAL that I published on Vimeo.
Like so many others REGIONAL DESSERT RECIPES FOR CARNIVAL, apple pancakes are also very simple and quick to prepare. Substantially, it's a batter that encloses the apple slices, marinated in sugar, lemon and cinnamon. Then, the whole thing is fried. Is’ also possible to make baked apple pancakes (I'll explain how to do it in the process) for a good snack, lighter and healthier.
My tips for perfect apple pancakes
In the recipe, the result of many delicious trips and tastings in Trentino Alto Adige, Put some’ of Trentino grappa both in apples and batter. Alcohol evaporates in cooking, but the scent stays and the pancakes stay softer for longer. You can, Anyway, don't use alcohol. I remind you that the perfect frying must be done in immersion, in a high-edged wok. Use abundant peanut seed oil or high oleic sunflower oil, at a temperature of 170 degrees centigrade. You need the usual kitchen thermometer that I suggest you buy on Amazon. Without thermometer, the risk is getting pancakes soaked in oil and not perfectly cooked.
The perfect batter for apple pancakes
I note that batter does not contain sugar. Sugar is only put in the maceration phase of apples. And you put it after frying, when the apple pancakes are ready. Because? The presence of sugar in the batter would cause a caramelization phenomenon. The pancakes would immediately become very dark, without the apples inside being cooked. You'll see that by following my advice you'll get perfect apple pancakes, Swollen, Golden, sweet and fragrant. Finally, the gluttonous touch: sprinkle with caster sugar, mixed with cinnamon, the surface of the pancakes: to lick your fingers.
At this point, i advise you to take a look at all my CAKES WITH APPLES, starting with the delicious APPLE PIE family members and CARNIVAL SWEET. And I wish you good day!
2 comments
Hello Ada, I love doughnuts and it's super good when you make cinnamon perfumes well. It's greedy and comforting .
I wish you a beautiful day.
Maïté
Thank you to you. I'm glad you love them.. I'm waiting for news! Have a good week, ADA