POFFERTJES (baby dutch pancake puffs with strawberries &cream)

 POFFERTJES

POFFERTJES

drizzled with melted butter, sprinkled with powdered sugar, and topped with strawberries & cream

1 level tsp. instant yeast

1-1/4 cup warm milk

1 cup buckwheat flour

 (you will find it in the organic section of the market)

1 cup flour

2 eggs

1 tbsp. milk

1 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tbsp. butter to melt in frying pan

1 pound fresh strawberries

1 tbsp. sugar

2 cups whipping cream

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tbsp. powdered sugar (more if needed)

1/2 cup butter, melted (to drizzle)
powdered sugar to sprinkle

Directions

Rinse and slice strawberries.  Place strawberries in a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of sugar.  Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

In a chilled bowl, beat cream, vanilla, and powdered sugar on high speed until stiff.

Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk.  In a separate bowl, combine the buckwheat flour, flour, sugar, and salt.  In a small bowl beat eggs and 1 tbsp. of milk.  Add eggs and 1/2 of the warm milk to the dry mixture and whisk smooth.  Now add the remaining milk and whisk again.  Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rest for an hour.

Melt butter in a frying pan.  When it sizzles, add teaspoonfuls of the batter in circular movements to create the mini pancakes.  Turn the Poffertjes around as soon as the bottom has set, using a knife.

Serve Poffertjes on a dinner plate, drizzle with melted butter, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and top with strawberries and cream.

rinse strawberries

slice tops off and slice strawberries and place in a bowl

sprinkle with sugar and gently mix

cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour

Prepare whipping cream while the batter is resting.

In a chilled bowl, beat whipping cream with vanilla and powdered sugar on high speed until stiff.

Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk. Beat eggs and tbsp of milk together. Mix dry ingredients together.

whisk together with 1/2 of the milk until smooth and add remaining milk and whisk again

cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for an hour

melt butter in a frying pan on medium heat until you hear it sizzle.

Add a teaspoonful of batter at a time in a circular movement to create a mini pancake

turn the Poffertjes around as soon as the bottom has set, using a knife

serve Poffertjes on a plate

drizzle with melted butter

sprinkle with powdered sugar

add sweetened strawberries

top with cream

Eet smakelijk

Grootvader & Grootmoeder Barendregt

A love story that began in the Nederlands and happily ever after in America

American version for the girl on the go

Use a pancake mix, that all you need to do is add water.

spray the frying pan with pam

Use a teaspoon to make small pancakes.

Flip with a knife once bottom has set.

Place on a plate and drizzle with melted butter.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Cover with fresh sliced strawberries.

Top with whipping cream from a can.

Easy, yummy, and looks just as good!

Enjoy your meal