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Pancakes and omelets

12 recipes · Dessert

12 pancakes and omelets recipes from the “Big Cookbook,” in the dessert category. From Henriette Schønberg Erken's original text to a modernized version for today's kitchen.

  • Blueberry Pancakes

    Blueberry pancakes from Erken 1914: a plain pancake batter with sweetened, boiled blueberries added while frying, stacked and dusted with sugar.

  • Baked Cream Omelet

    Baked cream omelet from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): eggs, sugar and whipped cream baked in a mold for 30–45 minutes, served with sugar or red sauce.

  • Christmas Omelette

    Christmas omelet from Erken 1914: a sweet egg mixture with cream, rum and citrus zest, filled with ham or poultry, rolled and flambéed. Serves 2.

  • Meringue pancakes or glazed pancakes

    Meringue pancakes from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): thin pancakes stacked with warm jam, covered with meringue and almonds and browned pale golden.

  • Munker (Aebleskiver)

    Munker (æbleskiver) from Erken 1914: a cardamom yeast batter cooked in a munk pan with cooked apple or jam inside, served warm with sugar or jam.

  • Omelet with Jam (omelette en surprise)

    Omelette en surprise from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): a fluffy omelet fried in butter and baked, filled with lukewarm jam, folded and glazed with sugar.

  • Pear Pancakes, Thin

    Thin pear pancakes from Erken 1914: pancake batter with diced pears sprinkled on in the pan, fried golden and dusted with sugar. Apples also work.

  • Pancake, Russian

    Russian pancake from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): a cooked batter of butter, flour, milk, eggs and lemon, fried as two large cakes with jam between.

  • Pancakes

    Thin pancakes (6–8 pcs) of 125 g flour, 1 egg, 2.5 dl milk, and salt; served rolled with sugar and a few drops of lemon juice.

  • Thick Pancakes

    Thick pancakes from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): flour, milk, cream, eggs and salt, the batter rested 1–2 hours and fried in melted butter.

  • Rice Pancakes (Risengrynslapper)

    Rice pancakes from Erken 1914: leftover rice porridge mixed with egg, butter, sugar and rice flour, fried as small dollops and served with sugar.

  • Rum Omelet (omelette au rhum)

    Flambéed rum omelet from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): a fluffy egg omelet fried in butter, rolled, dusted with powdered sugar and flambéed with warm rum.