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Danish "Æbleskiver"

Course Dessert
Cuisine Danish
Servings 40 pieces

Equipment

  • "Æbleskive"-pan

Ingredients
  

Æbleskiver

  • 5 dl buttermilk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cardamom
  • 230 g flour
  • 4 (300g) apples
  • 3/4 dl water
  • about 10 g butter

Strawberry jam

  • 1/2 dl water
  • 350 g sugar
  • 500 g strawberry
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
  • 3 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp liquid atamon

Accompaniment

  • powdered sugar

Instructions
 

Æbleskiver

  • Whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, and lemon in a bowl
  • Add the sugar and salt and whisk till even
  • Add the soda, cardamom, and flour and whisk till there are no clumbs
  • Peel the apples and cut them into 4 pieces in order to remove the stem and core of the apple
  • Cut the apples into squares of 1-2 cm in height, length, and width (giving about 16 pieces per apple)
  • Boil the apples with the water for about 2 1/2 min. Put them in a strainer to remove the water
  • Add a dash of butter to each hole in the pan. Heat the pan at medium heat
  • When the pan is hot, add dough so that the hole is 3/4 full, add a piece of apple as well
  • Flip the "æbleskiver" after about 3 min, when it is golden brown underneath. Use a knitting needle or fork. Make sure that it gets enough so that the apples are tender
  • Remove the "æbleskiver" from the heat when they are golden brown on both sides. And instruction 7-9 is repeated.

Strawberry jam

  • Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and heat it till the sugar has dissolved
  • Rinse and remove the stem and leaf of the strawberries
  • Add the strawberries, lemon, and vanilla to the saucepan
  • Let boil for 20-30 min with a lid on the saucepan on low heat
  • Add atamon and put in jars (about 5 dl)
  • Eat the æbleskiver with jam and powdered sugar