Boûkète (Belgian Buckwheat Pancakes)
This mildly sweet version of buckwheat pancakes with rum raisin served with cane sugar is really a lovely combination if you are craving healthy brown stuff for breakfast.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 60 g buckwheat flour
- 60 g whole wheat flour or plain flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp instant or active dry yeast*
- 250 ml warm milk adjust as needed
- 1 tbsp butter for cooking
- 2 tbsp raisins or as needed
- 1 tbsp rum
- Cane or light brown sugar for serving
Instructions
- Wash and then soak the raisins in the rum for about one hour.
- Place the flour, salt, and sugar in a large bowl and mix well. Add yeast if you use instant yeast and mix again.
- Add half of the milk and whisk until you have a thick paste. Mix in the yeast mixture if you use active dry yeast.
- Add the rest of the milk, a little at a time, and continue to whisk until you have a smooth batter without lumps.
- Cover and leave the batter for fermentation in a warm place. This could take 1 hour or more, depending on the temperature. After good fermentation, it should look bubbly and frothy on top.
- Gently stir the batter. The batter should be free-flowing, adjust the thickness adding some warm milk/water if needed. Let rest for another 10 minutes.
- Heat a pan over medium-high and grease generously with butter.
- Gently stir the batter before scooping and pour a ladleful of batter onto the center of the pan. Then tilt and rotate the pan to spread the batter evenly on the surface.
- Add a few rum raisins or as many as you want to the pancake as you cook it. Cook for about 2 minutes until the top surface is set and the edges start to turn brown.
- Flip and cook on the other side for 30 seconds or so. Remove from the pan and repeat with the remaining batter.
- Serve warm sprinkling with sugar, or spread with apple butter or the toppings of your choice.
Notes
if you use instant yeast, just mix it with dry ingredients. If you use active dry yeast, you need to activate the yeast first. If you don’t like raisins, just omit them or use other types of dried fruits. If you don’t like to use rum in your foods, soak the raisins in warm water.