Danish Æbleskiver!
Danish Christmas Traditions - Danish Æbleskiver
When talking about Danish kitchen- many associations to traditional Danish Hot Dogs, Danish bacon and Danish Smørrebrød comes to your mind. But within the last few years the Danish gastronomy has rised to shine and become among the world’s outstanding restaurants with its list of extraordinary Michelin stars restaurants. More to this later – but in this post and because of Christmas, I will focus on a delicious Danish dessert called “Æbleskiver”.
In Denmark, æbleskiver are common before Christmas and are often served with gløgg, Scandinavian mulled wine with raisins, nuts and a special mixture of spices. Æbleskiver were traditionally cooked with bits of apple (æble) inside but this is very rarely included in modern Danish forms of the dish.
Æbleskiver (Danish meaning apple slices) are traditional Danish pancakes in a distinctive shape. They are cooked on the stove top by baking in a special pan, which give them their round shape.
The batter for æbleskiver usually includes whear flour, which is mixed with milk or cream, eggs, sugar and a pinch of salt. Æbleskiver are not sweet themselves but are traditionally served dipped in strawberry jam and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Velbekomme!
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Merry Christmas,
Anh, Denmark
