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rox formerly rmg
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Here's that Apple Pancake recipe! The copy around the recipe was pretty fun
too
I love reading old recipe books, and especially old restaurant
recipe books. They're transporting somehow. cheers, rox
"At Luchow's an order of a German Pancake for dessert calls for a
spectacular performance on the part of the chef and the waiter, or captain,
who is in charge of your table. The pancake, when borne from the kitchen,
measures about a foot and a half in diameter. It is delicately browned, hot,
ready for the ministrations of the captain.
Working swiftly at a serving table at your elbow, he sprinkles the top of
the pnacake thickly with sugar and powdered cinnamon from huge glass
shakers. He quickly squeezes the juice of lemon over this and then spreads
the famous imported Preisselbeeren (lingonberries) or huckleberries, cooked
apples, or chocolate sauce thickly over the sugared surface an drolls the
cake like a jelly roll.
Next he cuts the roll in 2 pieces, sprinkles them with more sugar and
cinnamon, and slips each onto a plate. If you like, he will sprinkle these
rolls with Jamaica rum or kirschwasser, ignite it, and then place this
succulent dessert before you while the sugary flames are dancing across its
surface.
The chef's pan for this mammoth pancake is a large, long-handled thin irong
frying pan. Each cake is made with 4 or more tablespoons of batter poured
into the heated pan, which has been generously buttered. The batter must be
psread quiddkly to form a large, thin pancake. As soon as it bubbles and the
bottom is set, it is turned with a wide pancake turner and baked on the
other side.
Here is the recipe:
Luchow's German Pancake
6 Eggs
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 pint milk
1/2 pound butter
Powdered cinnamon in shaker
Sugar in shaker
Juice 1 lemon
Preisselbeeren, huckleberry jam, cooked apples, or chocolate sauce
Jamaica rum, kirschwasser (optional)
Beat eggs lightly, beat in flour, salt, and sugar, then milk. Beat 5 minutes
in all. The batter should be thin and smooth.
Melt enough butter in a wide frying pan to coat bottom and sides. When hot,
pour in 4 to 5 tablespoons batter. Turn and alent pan to make batter spread
to form large, thin flat pancake. Cook until batter buggles; turn; bake
other side. Slip onto hot plate. Makes 4 to 6 pancakes.
A wine you will enjoy with this dessert is a Chateau Yquem. (poster's note:
NO KIDDING!)
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Apple Pancakes
German Pancake batter (see recipe above)
2 or 3 ripe apples
2 tablespoons butter
Sugar
Powdered cinnamon
Make pancake batter as in German Pancake recipe.
Wash apples; peel, core, and slice thin.
Melt enough butter in large frying pan to coat bottom and sides; pour very
thin coating of batter in pan (2 or 3 tablespoons). Tilt pan to spread
batter; let bake about 1 minute.
Cover pancake with apples. Pour 2 or 3 tablespoons butter over apples. Turn
cake with wide pancake turner when browned on bottom; brown other side. Fold
over like omelet or roll loosely. Cut in half. Dash with sugar and cinnamon.
Serves 2.
too
I love reading old recipe books, and especially old restaurantrecipe books. They're transporting somehow. cheers, rox
"At Luchow's an order of a German Pancake for dessert calls for a
spectacular performance on the part of the chef and the waiter, or captain,
who is in charge of your table. The pancake, when borne from the kitchen,
measures about a foot and a half in diameter. It is delicately browned, hot,
ready for the ministrations of the captain.
Working swiftly at a serving table at your elbow, he sprinkles the top of
the pnacake thickly with sugar and powdered cinnamon from huge glass
shakers. He quickly squeezes the juice of lemon over this and then spreads
the famous imported Preisselbeeren (lingonberries) or huckleberries, cooked
apples, or chocolate sauce thickly over the sugared surface an drolls the
cake like a jelly roll.
Next he cuts the roll in 2 pieces, sprinkles them with more sugar and
cinnamon, and slips each onto a plate. If you like, he will sprinkle these
rolls with Jamaica rum or kirschwasser, ignite it, and then place this
succulent dessert before you while the sugary flames are dancing across its
surface.
The chef's pan for this mammoth pancake is a large, long-handled thin irong
frying pan. Each cake is made with 4 or more tablespoons of batter poured
into the heated pan, which has been generously buttered. The batter must be
psread quiddkly to form a large, thin pancake. As soon as it bubbles and the
bottom is set, it is turned with a wide pancake turner and baked on the
other side.
Here is the recipe:
Luchow's German Pancake
6 Eggs
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 pint milk
1/2 pound butter
Powdered cinnamon in shaker
Sugar in shaker
Juice 1 lemon
Preisselbeeren, huckleberry jam, cooked apples, or chocolate sauce
Jamaica rum, kirschwasser (optional)
Beat eggs lightly, beat in flour, salt, and sugar, then milk. Beat 5 minutes
in all. The batter should be thin and smooth.
Melt enough butter in a wide frying pan to coat bottom and sides. When hot,
pour in 4 to 5 tablespoons batter. Turn and alent pan to make batter spread
to form large, thin flat pancake. Cook until batter buggles; turn; bake
other side. Slip onto hot plate. Makes 4 to 6 pancakes.
A wine you will enjoy with this dessert is a Chateau Yquem. (poster's note:
NO KIDDING!)
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Apple Pancakes
German Pancake batter (see recipe above)
2 or 3 ripe apples
2 tablespoons butter
Sugar
Powdered cinnamon
Make pancake batter as in German Pancake recipe.
Wash apples; peel, core, and slice thin.
Melt enough butter in large frying pan to coat bottom and sides; pour very
thin coating of batter in pan (2 or 3 tablespoons). Tilt pan to spread
batter; let bake about 1 minute.
Cover pancake with apples. Pour 2 or 3 tablespoons butter over apples. Turn
cake with wide pancake turner when browned on bottom; brown other side. Fold
over like omelet or roll loosely. Cut in half. Dash with sugar and cinnamon.
Serves 2.