Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Lätyt (Finnish Pancakes)

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We started the day with delicious Finnish pancakes - lätyt. My mom had given me this cast iron skillet this spring, and since my kids ask me all the time for 'lättyjä' (Finnish word endings vary), and I rarely make them, I decided to surprise them this morning with this very Finnish treat.

Since it has been forever a long time a little while since I had made lättyjä, I decided to google the recipe to make sure I had the correct amounts. I decided on the recipe from this blog, as the blog author was calling lätyt with the correct name ;-) In Finland some people call them letut or ohukaiset or pannukakut or krepit.

I first tripled the recipe, then doubled, but didn't end up using all the batter, so quadrupling the recipe (as usual) seems to be a good amount for our family of seven.

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Serve with a sprinkling of sugar, whipped cream, jam and/or fresh berries. Enjoy!!


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Pitkästä aikaa tein lättyjä aamupalaksi, viimeisestä kerrasta on niin kauan, että piti varmistaa resepti googlettamalla:) Täältä blogista löytyi hyvä resepti, jonka käänsin alle englanniksi, ja nelinkertaistin reseptin suurperheellemme. Meille aikuisille paistoin lätyt terveellisemmässä kookosöljyssä, ja ripottelin xylitol-sokeria päälle, ja jauhoista oli ehkä neljäsosa kokojyvää, muuten tavallisia valkoisia jauhoja. Hyvin maistui hillon, kermavaahdon ja mustikoiden kanssa, nam! Kiitos vielä äidille uudesta valurautapannustani - ehdottomasti oli avain näiden lättyjen paistoon.


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Oh, you'd actually like the translated recipe? Ok, ok, here it is:)

Lätyt - Finnish Pancakes

8 cups of milk
4 eggs
5 cups of flour (I used a mix of white & wheat - shhhh!)
2 tsp salt

real butter (or coconut oil)
sugar (or xylitol)

toppings of your choice

The amounts don't have to be exact, the milk can be a day or two old. Mix the first four ingredients together, let sit while the cast iron skillet is warming up. Traditionally you cook lätyt in real butter, but I used coconut oil for the Captain & my lätyt to make them a bit healthier. Cook on your cast iron skillet, both sides, then sprinkle a bit of sugar (I used xylitol on the healthier ones) on both sides. Delicious as is, or serve with whipped cream, fresh berries and/or jam.

8 comments:

  1. Hyvältä näyttävät, kai sitä sitten on huomenna vaarillekin tehtävä. Harvoin tulee kyllä täälläkin tehtyä.

    Saat niistä pitsireunaisia ja rapeita sekä voit tehdä hyvin ohuita, kun lisäät sparkling water´a (tms kuplivaa) osana maidosta!
    Hyvä sinä !

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  2. Hyvä idea! Laitankin joskus vohvelitaikinaan<3

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  3. These look awesome. I have a recipe that is similar but I think I might have to try these in the morning! We love the recipe I have with cinnamon and sugar on them and then just rolled up to eat. The blueberries look so yummy too!

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  4. Gayly, do try!! Let me know how you like them:)

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  5. They look wonderful!

    Your blog intrigues me because it's always been a dream of mine to travel like you do.

    4 children all the same age? How do you do it?

    I've enjoyed reading through the posts that I have so far.

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  6. Thank you, Marsha! After a very busy Nov-Jan and then May-July on the road, we are loving being in Maine, having some quieter days. Although they are times I'm getting antsy to start traveling again:)

    At this point having four 13-year olds isn't that difficult, but it sure was challenging when they were babies, or toddlers, or potty-training... God has always provided the help needed, I don't think I could have done it alone. Now they are such a big help to me!

    Welcome to Mothership Adventures, so glad you found us<3

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  7. They look great! My mom learned how to make what my Finnish grandma called, Pannukakku. I did a post on it here: http://www.dearlylovedmist.com/2011/12/pannukakku.html :)

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  8. Heidi, maybe I should try the oven pannukakku again some day... Who knows, maybe I'll love it know:) It has taken 20 years for me to start craving a lot of the Finnish foods I grew up with, but didn't appreciate then:-D

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