I made ebelskiver today after buying an ebelskiver pan at Tyler Florence's kitchen supply store in Mill Valley yesterday. I'm not sure what possessed me to buy it. And I'm not sure what possessed me to make ebelskiver either considering that I have no energy and I am sick with a sore throat. The tummy wants what the tummy wants, I guess.
Photo courtesy of Williams-Sonoma.com
What are ebelskiver? The easiest way to describe ebelskiver is a small Danish pancake puff that is sometimes filled with jam, chocolate or whatever. I put bits of banana in mine. They were wonderful. I think next time I will try making it with rice flour so it has more resistance. If you know what takoyaki are, then picture a sweet dessert takoyaki and you get ebelskiver. I'm too lazy to take pictures so check out a fellow bay area blogger's post on making ebeskiver. The recipe I used was from Williams-Sonoma. I did some searching and found that you can either make dense ebelskiver using any pancake recipe or you can make them lighter by folding whipped egg whites into the batter.
