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Why would he beat the batter for 15 minutes? Did flour back then not have as much gluten? This is all the info I could manage to find about this on my own: (m

Why would he beat the batter for 15 minutes? Did flour back then not have as much gluten? This is all the info I could manage to find about this on my own: (mangled the link since the site is jam-packed with ads and trackers) www.realsimple (dot) com (slash) food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/pancake-secret-ingredient-gluten

mlyle 5y ago
Flour was not milled as finely or consistently so more mixing was required and gluten development was not as much of a concern.
analog31 5y ago
My hunch is no baking powder. I've made pancakes without baking powder by heavily beating the eggs before gently folding in the other ingredients. Haven't tried this particular recipe.
- frazbin 5y ago
  Yep that's the one-- gotta get gas into the batter somehow
  - Nursie 5y ago
    It so much in an English pancake, which these are in the picture. English pancakes are flat.
  - sandermvanvliet 5y ago
    Throw in some beer, works a charm for the taste too
    - lostlogin 5y ago
      Yeasted batter makes amazing waffles and pancakes. You need to make it the day before you use it but it’s completely worth it.
    - mongol 5y ago
      Beer in pancake batter? Interesting idea, never thought of.
      - ChoGGi 5y ago
        Never had beer batter? That's a shame https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/recipe/cakes-and-desserts/beer-battered-apple-fritters https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/recipe/cakes-and-desserts/b...
      - unionpivo 5y ago
        or just soda water On new years day (YYYY-1-1) we traditionally make it with champagne
        mongol 5y ago
        Very cool
      - kaetemi 5y ago
        Yeah, I always use beer as well. Works great. 0.2l Milk, 2 eggs, 80g flour, 15g butter, 30g sugar, 85g beer. Mix milk, eggs, and everything else except the butter and beer. Melt the butter and mix it in too. Add beer, drink the rest. Then make pancakes.
bcherny 5y ago
The recipe has 1.5 cups heavy cream, which will become fluffy when you beat it that long, making the pancakes lighter and fluffier.
- buescher 5y ago
  Except you add the cream after beating the eggs and flour in the original recipe. Today's waffle and some pancake batter recipes will call for beating the eggs until light and fluffy, which takes a few minutes in a mixer and could take 15 minutes by hand. Then you typically fold or mix the flour and dairy (milk, cream, or buttermilk) into the eggs, alternating small amounts of each. Then add the clarified butter. That's how I would adapt the recipe to the use of a mixer. Also, I would make sure to use salted butter in this recipe or add a small amount of salt.

mlyle 5y ago

Flour was not milled as finely or consistently so more mixing was required and gluten development was not as much of a concern.

analog31 5y ago

My hunch is no baking powder. I've made pancakes without baking powder by heavily beating the eggs before gently folding in the other ingredients. Haven't tried this particular recipe.

frazbin 5y ago
Yep that's the one-- gotta get gas into the batter somehow
- Nursie 5y ago
  It so much in an English pancake, which these are in the picture. English pancakes are flat.
- sandermvanvliet 5y ago
  Throw in some beer, works a charm for the taste too
  - lostlogin 5y ago
    Yeasted batter makes amazing waffles and pancakes. You need to make it the day before you use it but it’s completely worth it.
  - mongol 5y ago
    Beer in pancake batter? Interesting idea, never thought of.
    - ChoGGi 5y ago
      Never had beer batter? That's a shame https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/recipe/cakes-and-desserts/beer-battered-apple-fritters https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/recipe/cakes-and-desserts/b...
    - unionpivo 5y ago
      or just soda water On new years day (YYYY-1-1) we traditionally make it with champagne
      - mongol 5y ago
        Very cool
    - kaetemi 5y ago
      Yeah, I always use beer as well. Works great. 0.2l Milk, 2 eggs, 80g flour, 15g butter, 30g sugar, 85g beer. Mix milk, eggs, and everything else except the butter and beer. Melt the butter and mix it in too. Add beer, drink the rest. Then make pancakes.

bcherny 5y ago

The recipe has 1.5 cups heavy cream, which will become fluffy when you beat it that long, making the pancakes lighter and fluffier.

buescher 5y ago
Except you add the cream after beating the eggs and flour in the original recipe. Today's waffle and some pancake batter recipes will call for beating the eggs until light and fluffy, which takes a few minutes in a mixer and could take 15 minutes by hand. Then you typically fold or mix the flour and dairy (milk, cream, or buttermilk) into the eggs, alternating small amounts of each. Then add the clarified butter. That's how I would adapt the recipe to the use of a mixer. Also, I would make sure to use salted butter in this recipe or add a small amount of salt.