In Russian cuisine, pancakes take pride of place both in everyday life and on the festive table. Such a treat is prepared with a variety of s alty, spicy and sweet fillings, and served with butter, honey, jam, condensed milk for tea. Baking this delicious and fragrant traditional dish has its own tricks and nuances. Especially worth paying attention to the frying utensils.
It's all about the shape
To prepare everyone's favorite treat, you will need a small set of available products (eggs, flour, milk, s alt, sugar, soda, vegetable oil for frying) and a good pancake pan. You can, of course, fry in ordinary dishes, but experienced housewives and leading chefs unanimously say that this dish must be prepared using special kitchen utensils. The thing is that in conventional frying dishes, the walls and bottom are either equally thick or equally thin. A pancake pan differs from its counterparts in the kitchen with a thick bottomand thin walls. It is this feature that contributes to good and fast frying of both thin and thick truly Russian pancakes. In addition, the pancake pan has low rims, which makes flipping much more convenient. The forms of such special vessels are very diverse: round of all possible diameters, oval, in the shape of hearts and bears, with a ribbed bottom and even. The most convenient is the classic version - round with an average diameter. In such a pan, you can bake both thick pancakes with butter, and thin ones for the filling. Although the kids, of course, will really like breakfast in the shape of some animal face.
Old Time Frying Pans
Many have pancake pans from their mothers and grandmothers in their kitchens. These kitchen utensils from past centuries are most likely made of cast iron. These are also produced today. A cast iron pancake pan is very good for baking fragrant dough, as it warms up perfectly evenly and keeps the temperature at the same level. But there is one significant drawback - products made from this material are very heavy. They cannot be placed on modern ovens with glass coatings, and deftly flipping pancakes in such a pan requires a certain skill.
Several decades ago, aluminum reigned in the kitchens of all housewives: pots, spoons, forks and, of course, a variety of frying utensils. An aluminum pancake pan is light and cheap, but that's where its virtues end. Standard stampedspecimens have a thin bottom, as a rule, they do not have coatings, they are easily deformed, heat up and cool down too quickly. Not every housewife will be able to cook this dish in such a frying pan - pancakes will burn, curl up or not fried enough. There are also thick cast products, but you should not forget that cooking in such dishes is not very safe. This is one of the reasons why many have abandoned this relatively cheap and common material for making cookware.
Modern helpers
The most common today is the pancake pan with non-stick coating. These kitchen utensils are made of aluminum alloys, and differ in that a special modern coating has been applied to it. The coating material is safe for he alth and greatly facilitates the frying process, preventing sticking and burning of the dough. When choosing such a frying pan, you should pay attention to the thickness of the bottom and the number of layers of coating. Three layers are considered ideal. In this case, the cookware will last longer, since its service life directly depends on the integrity of the applied non-stick layer and its quality.
The induction pancake pan is a great invention of the last decade. The special bottom coating evenly distributes heat over the entire surface, making the frying process a real pleasure. And most importantly, such kitchen utensils can be used on modern induction cookers without worrying about the integrity and safety of expensive appliances.
Producers of pancake happiness
Today, the market has a huge number of manufacturers of kitchen utensils, including pancake pans. Here are the most popular ones:
1. French manufacturers: Tefal, Vitesse.
2. Italian Masters: Flonal S. P. A.
3. Made in China: Kitchen Star, SNT, BERGNER, Con Brio, Gipfel, Hilton.
4. German quality: Rondell, Bergner, Wellberg, KAISERHOFF.
In total, the market presents the products of more than 100 manufacturers from around the world. Many of them have very decent models and interesting prices.
Of the domestic companies, it is worth noting the company "Scovo" and, of course, pancakes "Neva pancakes". The products of the Neva Metal Ware plant (St. Petersburg) are produced on modern equipment, taking into account the latest industry trends and centuries-old traditions of preparing Russian dishes. A wide range of products will allow every housewife to choose something for themselves. Of course, there are also cheap products of little-known or completely unknown brands, but buying such a thing, you always risk getting a low-quality product. First, the non-stick coating of a cheap frying pan of unknown origin can contain toxic substances and be harmful or even dangerous to he alth. Secondly, such kitchen utensils usually do not last long, quickly become unusable and go to the trash.
Where can I get it?
You can buy a good pancake pan in the store oron the market, or you can order online. It is best, of course, to purchase such a product directly from the manufacturer and its official representative. So the buyer will receive a warranty card and full confidence in buying the original, and not a handicraft fake.
Pancake pan: reviews of hostesses
Many housewives, from beginners to the most experienced, having tried to cook pancakes in a modern frying pan, are very satisfied and refuse copies inherited, whether cast iron or aluminum. Those with experience will appreciate the ease and convenience. Those who are just starting out in the culinary field will be happy with a good result at the first cooking without experience.
Everyone who has tried frying in the pans of the Neva Metal Posuda plant notes the excellent taste of pancakes without additional "fragrant" chemical additives, as well as their light weight and very high-quality non-stick coating. It is thanks to the top layer that the dish can be cooked almost without oil, which is very he althy and economical.
