Ingredients
3 eggs
4 tablespoons sugar
250 ml warm milk or buttermilk
15 g yeast
65 g butter
200 g flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
A bit of butter for frying
1 apple – cut into 20 small pieces
Accompaniments: Jam and powdered sugar
Instructions
- Separate the eggs into yolks and whites. Beat the egg yolks together with the sugar until the mixture becomes white and fluffy.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan and let it cool slightly.
- Dissolve the yeast in a bowl with the warm milk and add the beaten egg yolks. Add flour, cardamom, salt, lemon zest, and melted butter. Stir the dough until smooth.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into the dough.
- Put a bit of butter in each hole of the æbleskive pan, fill with dough and a small piece of apple, and cook the æbleskiver for about 2 and a half minutes on each side. Turn them with a knitting needle. Total cooking time is 5-6 minutes.
- Serve the warm æbleskiver with good jam and powdered sugar.
Tip: Make a quick jam if you like: Put 300 g mixed berries and 75 g cane sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Let it simmer until the sugar is dissolved. Blend half of the berries and mix them with the remaining whole berries. Optionally, season with a bit of grated orange zest and vanilla. If you need to thicken the jam, mix a bit of cornstarch with cold water and add it to the saucepan while stirring. Bring to a boil and stir until the desired consistency is reached.
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