¼tsppure vanilla powder,grains from ½ a vanilla pod, 1 tbsp. good homemade vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
Wet
3eggs - divided into yolks and whites
400gplain yoghurt natural
100gmilkuse the milk you like, I use skim milk
2tspfinely chopped organic lemon zestfrom ½ large or 1 small lemon
1tbsplemon juice
50gmelted (salted) buttergive the butter about 1 minute in the microwave
Filling
Apple Compote, apple jam, apple-pear butter, jam...
Cooking
Butter
Aebleskive pan - Puff dumpling pan - Takoyaki pan
For turning
Turkey Lacers,cocktail sticks, a metal knitting needle or any skewer made out of wood or metal - food safe
Toppings for aebleskiver
Powdered sugar or sugar
Homemade apple compote,marmalade, jam, maple syrup...
Instructions
Dry
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl.
Wet
Separate the eggs into yolks and whites. *
Stir the wet ingredients together - except the egg whites, and mix the wet with the dry.
Whisk your batter until it is smooth and almost lump-free – don’t overdo it - you have lemon zest in it.
Whip the egg whites completely stiff.
Use a silicone spoon/spatula and whisk 1-2 spoonful of the egg whites in the batter.
Then gently stir in the rest of the egg white.
Resting
Put the lid on the bowl, cover it with plastic wrap or pour your batter into a pancake bottle.
Leave it in the fridge for at least of ½-1 hour - or until the next day.
Cooking
Heat up the pan and melt a little butter in each hole.
When the butter is hot and bubbly, fill the holes ¾ with batter.
When the batter starts to get firm and the bottom of the aebleskive becomes golden, turn it ¼; use a pin or a skewer, and let the batter flow into the pan.
Filling
If you want round aebleskiver, fill a little compote** and/or more batter into the hole that is formed.
Turn the aebleskiver and bake them until they are golden brown all over.
Serve
Serve the aebleskiver with a dusting of icing sugar or sugar.
The aebleskiver without sweet filling is served with marmalade, jam or homemade apple compote.
Eat the aebleskiver and drink a cup of gløgg, a non-alcoholic version or mulled wine.
Notes
* Separate one egg at a time in a cup and pour the whites into the whipping bowl, then you're sure you do not get egg yolk in your egg whites.
Should it happen that an egg yolk breaks, then pour the whites into the rest of the wet ingredients, you only need 2 whipped whites.
** apple into small cubes (apple) puree, jam, marmalade, marzipan, nougat, chocolate ...You can put the finished aebleskiver in an ovenproof dish and keep them warm in an oven at 50°C fan oven.
If you don’t eat all your aebleskiver store them in the refrigerator. You can reheat them in the oven or microwave oven.
They filled aebleskiver are also a big hit in the lunchbox.