Cheap Pancakes (Lacné Palacinky)
Ingredients: 2 cups water, 1.5 cups flour, bit of salt, one tablespoon of sugar, topping of your choice
Prep Time: 10 minutes to make the dough, about 2 minutes per pancake for frying
Few weeks ago I showed you how my grandma Pavka makes fancy fluffy apple pancakes. In this recipe I show you how my other grandma, Terka, makes pancakes. Her pancakes (or crepes, palacinky) are simple, easy and cheap to make. They require just a few ingredients and take just few minutes to prepare. And best of all, they are just as tasty.
Start by combining 2 cups of water (voda) and 1.5 cups of flour (múka). Add one tablespoon of sugar (cukor) and a pinch of salt (soľ). Whisk well. The batter should be thin – just a tad thicker than milk.
Preheat a frying pan with a flat bottom. Take it off the stove, and brush on bit of grease with a pastry brush. Pour on a small ladle’s worth of batter onto the pan and let spread out evenly before placing back on the stove. Fry for about a minute and flip over with a knife. Take off just as the pancake starts turning brown.
And that’s it. Wait for the pancake to cool off before spreading on jam or sweetened cottage cheese. Roll into cylinder, or fold into a triangle. Top with chocolate (čokoláda), poppy seeds (mak), nuts (orechy) or whip cream (šlahačka). Enjoy!
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Homemade plum jam or rose hip jam works really well in these.
Dusting the tops with a mixture of icing sugar and cinnamon adds a nice touch as well.
Thank you for sharing this recipe.
guess what I am making at the bed and breakfast in the morning. I am so excitied to try so many!
Made these a few days ago and they were great! I grew up eating the Hungarian version (Palacsintas)which are a bit thinner and usually filled with sweetened ricotta or cottage cheese. But, since I’ve never tried this version, I stayed away from the typical Palacsinta filling. I couldn’t find any plum jam, so I used cherry preserves….delish! Thanks lubos for this one!
my 14 year daughter proclaimed “oh Mom, these are ridiculously good!”, for the guests, I hadn’t mastered the heat of the griddle, not sure the palacinky were ‘right’ but we had rose hip jam and everyone was tickled to join the czech morning!
Hi Bobbi, I and my grandma will be very much honored if you prepare these pancakes at your guesthouse. By the way, you B&B looks great. I’ll definitely make sure to stop by if I ever make it to that part of Minnesota.
Really
simple, easy and cheap to make. And yummy!
Thanks!
Also low fat and calories. Thanks Lubos
Yummy stuff! Economical, filling, and the recipe makes a ton of palacinky. My girls preferred Nutella on theirs; their Daddy went with red rasperry jam. Can’t wait to try the next recipe!
red rasperries are much like red raspBerries, only easier to spell! 😉
What a great recipe without eggs and milk!
I am so excited. My Mother used to make these for us when we were all growing up. My Dad was slovik and I was never sure where the recipe came from !!!! I was planning on making them for my siblings as a surprise for Christmas!!! I wasn’t even sure how to spell them!!
I love pancakes but I can’t find the gratest thing to put on them – TVAROH!! How is that called? I live in Canada and have no idea what to look for in a store.
Farmer’s cheese. Just make sure to buy one that is not salted.
My gram used to fill them with sour cream, cottage cheese and a little sugar.. delicious
Fill them with plum butter. Makes lots, roll them up, layer in an oven-proof dish, heat in oven after drizzling with melted butter, chopped nuts, and powdered sugar. Best ever!!!
Can’t give you any measurements- Gramma never measured anything.
Does anyone have recipe for Lokcze made from leftover mashed potatoes? My Baba & Mom made this all the time would have eaten this non-stop. I think Mom added beaten egg & flour to the potatoes, let the dough rest for awhile & then rolled it out like a large pancake & baked it in her hot Waterless cookware griddle. I think then she browned butter & painted it on both sides of the pancake & sprinkledit w/granulated sugar. If anyone knows how many eggs to add to the potatoes or how much flour to use, please let me know. If not, I’ll experiment & post here again when I figure it out! To the site managers, thank you so much for putting me in touch w/my roots!!
Lokshe are made without eggs.
http://www.slovakcooking.com/2010/recipes/lokshe/