For all its history, pancakes have come a long way. At first they were baked in the oven, then a gas stove with cast-iron frying pan came to replace it, then special pancake frying pan with non-stick coating and low bumpers appeared. And now the solar circles are golden on an electric appliance, called a pancake maker. Why does she deserve attention, maybe it's better to fry pancakes in a traditional frying pan in the old fashioned way? Let's understand the advantages and disadvantages of such household appliance as electric pancake and the main criteria of its choice together with the site "Dream House".
Pancake maker Tefal
Advantages of electric paddling blade
If we compare the electric appliance with a frying pan, it turns out that the former has a number of undeniable advantages:
- Firstly, it is an even warming up. With all the desire, the entire bottom surface does not warm up well at the pan, therefore, the dough will be baked unevenly, and the evidence will be dark spots on the pancake surface and an over-dried crust on the edges. In electrodes, the surface is always warmed evenly, since the heating element is built directly into it.
- Secondly, mobility. Such a household appliance allows you to bake pancakes in any place, the main thing is that there was electricity. If you live in an apartment, then going to the cottage, you can always take with you this device and please the family with delicious pastries. If you live in a private house, then in the hot season you can take the pancake in the yard and bake pancakes there in your equipped summer kitchen, just in a gazebo or at a table in the garden. The main condition for such mobility is the presence of an electrical outlet nearby.
- Third, the simplicity of cooking. There is no need to wait until the frying pan warms up well, you do not need to send "the first pancake lumpy" in the trash can because of its inedibility, do not have to stand for hours in the kitchen. Such "do not need" can be distinguished from a dozen, so that every mistress will find her pluses of presence in the kitchen of this important device.
Well, it's time to move to the main question - how to choose a pancake?
Kinds of
electiblins Among the variety of different crepe makers, four main types can be distinguished:
- Pancake with lid - it resembles electric wafer, only has a round shape. The dough is poured on the base, the top lid is closed, while the dough is distributed evenly over the entire surface. This model is good because the pancake is baked immediately from two sides, as a result of which the productivity of the work of the home cook increases several times, on average, one pancake takes less than 30 seconds. The advantage of this model is that the pancake turns out to be very thin and of the same thickness over the entire surface. But the disadvantages of this model are also present. If, without calculating, pour a lot of dough, then it will be squeezed out, which will cause a lot of trouble to the hostess. If you pour a little dough, the pancake will not turn round or uneven.
Pancake with lid
- Flat pancakes - great for those who like large pancakes. On such devices you can bake pancakes of different configurations. Sometimes the kit includes several molds that allow you to prepare pancakes in the form of animals or cartoon characters. Such pancakes will certainly attract the attention of caring mothers. Of the minuses, we can note the possibility of overflowing the dough over the edge and the need to set the desired heating temperature by yourself. Although, on the other hand, this is a big plus, especially if you cook for children.
How to choose the electric paddle
- Pancake with indentations - is a flat surface with round grooves, which allows you to bake several pancakes at once. Depressions can be 2, 4 or 6. Depending on the number of family members and the speed of consumption of sweet baking, choose the desired number of cavities. On average, two families are sufficient for a family of two, for a family with 2-3 households, you can choose 4 or 6 depressions. Just remember that the more pancakes deepen, the more it is bigger and the more power it consumes. Other advantages include the presence of a non-stick coating on the surface and the automatic setting of the heating temperature. Fans of non-standard approach to familiar things can be recommended to choose a pancake with faces, in which the grooves repeat the shape of the smiley.
Electro-Babe Photo
Pancake Smileys and Curly Panels
- The submersible pancake has an interesting device similar to a frying pan. It is immersed in the container with the test for a few seconds, and when the dough sticks to the heated surface, it is removed, and then the baking process takes place in a classical way. The advantage of this model is that when baking is obtained a very thin pancake. This kind of pancakes on sale is rare.
Pancake electric submersible photo
Submersible electroturbine Saturn
This was a review of household appliances for the home, but those who feel the strength to cope with more sophisticated equipment, you can recommend paying attention to the professional electric pancake. Surely you saw such in places of public catering or in points of remote trade. They are more powerful and therefore more productive. Whether it is worth buying such a model is up to you.
The choice of the pancake: the main criteria
Pancake electric photo
Basically, the selection criteria we identified in the previous section of the article, here let's briefly go through the main points that will determine which pancake is better for you:
1) How many pancakes are planned to bakeat one time - you need a flat model with a large surface, designed for one pancake, or a pancake with a certain number of depressions. By the way, there is an opportunity to buy a pancake with replacement panels - changing them, you can bake four big pancakes instead of two big pancakes. Agree, this is very convenient.
2) Power device - pancake, designed for 6 pancakes, consumes more electricity. Typically, the device with four notches consumes 800W, with six - already 1200W.And if we compare them with flat models, then devices with depressions consume more energy.
3) Size - it depends on the size of the kitchen space. If you place a large pancake in a small kitchen, it will constantly interfere, causing discontent of the landlady.
4) The presence of non-stick coating is a very good property that allows not only to bake low-fat low-calorie pancakes, but once and for all get rid of their burning to the bottom. For example, the Tefal pancake, in addition to having a Teflon non-stick coating, still has a heating indicator in the form of a red circle, which signals to the hostess about the heating of the surface.
5) The presence of a temperature sensor for adjusting the heating temperature - this point is important so that the pancakes do not burn.
6) It will not be superfluous to have a scoop in the kit - it is designed for the amount of dough for one pancake. Thus, there is no need to experiment with the volume of scoops available in the house, everything has already been thought out by the manufacturer. Also, the kit may include a set of spatulas.
7) Reliable manufacturing company - among those you can recommend Tefal, Severin, UNIT, CLATRONIC, VES.
How to bake pancakes on an
electric cooker How to bake pancakes on an
electric appliance With the basic characteristics of these household appliances we got acquainted, let's at last look at how to bake pancakes on an electric winery? First you need to prepare the dough - the experience of the owners of this miracle device indicates that the electroblinic needs a more liquid dough than for the frying pan.
Various recipes for electrowindows are usually included in the kit, here is one of them.
You will need: 2,5st.milk, 1,5st.flour, 3 eggs, 0.5 tsp.salt, 1,5 t.l.sugar, 1 pinch of soda, 2 tbsp.vegetable oil. In a bowl, mix the eggs, sugar and salt and beat whisk. Soda is extinguished with boiling water, add to the egg mixture and mix well with a mixer. Add pieces of sifted flour. Warm the milk and add gradually to the mixture. At the end add the vegetable oil and mix everything thoroughly. Bake in a warmed pancake pan.
If we sum up all of the above, it turns out that the electric pancake is a stick for the owners who do not have much time to stand near the stove. Cooked on this recipe pancakes are very thin and delicious.
