Why Add Boiling Water to Pancake Batter: 3 Reasons

24.12.2024 09:20

Many experienced housewives and professional cooks add boiling water to the pancake base.

Thanks to the hot water, the dough acquires the desired consistency.

The pancakes turn out perfect: soft, tender, elastic and, of course, very tasty.

The expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, cook, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova listed the positive results of adding boiling water to pancake batter.

The pancakes will come out airy and lacy.

If you cook pancakes with milk and boiling water (in a 1 to 1 ratio), you will get quite fluffy flatbreads.

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In addition, the dish will turn out “lacy” - with holes.

Airiness and openwork will be achieved without using soda.

The pancakes will be elastic.

Thanks to boiling water, the pancakes will become elastic: they will not tear.

Pancakes can be left for tomorrow

Due to the hot component, the flatbreads will acquire another important property - tenderness.

It will be so strong that it will persist even the next day.

You can safely leave the prepared pancakes for tomorrow: they will not dry out, they will remain soft and have a pleasant taste.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Julia Arkhipova Expert: Julia ArkhipovaExpert / Belnovosti


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  1. The pancakes will come out airy and lacy.
  2. The pancakes will be elastic.