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Gundel palacsinta
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Non vegEggHungary

Gundel palacsinta

Walnut filling, dark chocolate sauce and a pancake folded like a little handkerchief.

60 minTime
15 gProtein each
mildSpice
Budapest's famous pancake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
713kcal
15 gprotein
5 gfibre
60minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

4 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup
Egg2
Milk1¼ cups for the batter, 1/3 cup for the filling
Soda water (club soda)¼ cup
Salta pinch
Sugar2 tsp for the batter, 5 tbsp for the filling
Butter2 tbsp, divided
Walnuts1 cup, finely ground
Raisins3 tbsp, chopped
Orange1, zest only
Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)80 g, chopped
Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)½ cup
Cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa powder)1 tbsp

Method

6 steps
  1. 1Whisk the maida, salt and 2 tsp sugar. Whisk in the eggs and 1 1/4 cups milk until smooth. Rest 20 minutes, then stir in the soda water.
  2. 2Cook 8 thin pancakes in a buttered pan on medium, about 1 minute and then 20 seconds. Stack under a cloth.
  3. 3For the filling, simmer the remaining milk with 5 tbsp sugar until dissolved. Stir in the ground walnuts, raisins and orange zest and cook on low 3 minutes.
  4. 4For the sauce, heat the cream until steaming, take it off the heat and stir in the chocolate and cocoa until glossy.
  5. 5Spread 2 tbsp filling over each pancake, fold in half and then in half again into a triangle.
  6. 6Warm the triangles in a covered pan on low for 2 to 3 minutes. Plate and pour the warm chocolate sauce over.
Serve it like this

Overlap two triangles on a warm plate and spoon chocolate sauce generously over them. Finish with a little orange zest.

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