Groceree logoGroceree

🇳🇱 Dutch recipesDessert

Poffertjes

By Groceree

Little yeast-risen pancakes, half buckwheat, cooked in a dimpled pan until puffed and pale gold, then buried under butter and icing sugar. Eaten hot, twelve at a time.

Last updated

A plate of small puffed poffertjes dusted with icing sugar and topped with a melting knob of butter
Servings
4 servings
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Total
1 h 35 min

Ingredients

  • buckwheat flour100 g
  • plain flour100 g
  • dried yeast4 g
  • milk350 ml
  • eggs1
  • salt1 pinch
  • butter50 g
  • icing sugar3 tbsp

Instructions

  1. 01

    Warm the until just lukewarm, whisk in the and leave for 5 minutes until it foams.

  2. 02

    Mix the , and , pour in the and the , and whisk to a smooth batter about the thickness of single cream.

  3. 03

    Cover and leave somewhere warm for 1 hour, until the surface is domed and full of bubbles.

  4. 04

    Melt 15 g of the . Heat a poffertjes pan over medium heat and brush each hollow with the melted .

  5. 05

    Fill each hollow almost to the top with batter, from a jug or squeeze bottle. When the edges set and the surface loses its shine, after about 90 seconds, turn each one with a fork or skewer.

  6. 06

    Give them 1 more minute until puffed and golden on both sides, and keep them warm while you brush the hollows with more melted and cook the rest.

  7. 07

    Pile onto plates, drop a knob of the remaining on top and dust heavily with .

Notes

  • Buckwheat is what makes them poffertjes rather than tiny pancakes. It brings the faint earthiness and the tender, almost custardy centre.
  • Yeast, not baking powder. The hour of rising gives the flavour and the lift that a chemical raiser cannot.
  • No poffertjes pan? An æbleskiver or takoyaki pan works; failing that, drop teaspoons of batter into a buttered frying pan — but the dimpled shape is half of what they are.

Nutrition per serving

Calories
320 kcal
Protein
9 g
Carbs
45 g
Fat
11 g

Estimated from the ingredients.

From a video to your shopping list

Saw a recipe on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube? Share it to Groceree and the ingredients land on the list everyone at home shares.

  1. Find a recipe video

    01

    Find a recipe video

    Any recipe on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or a website.

  2. Find a recipe video

    Groceree iconGroceree
    02

    Share it to Groceree

    Tap Share and pick Groceree. The app reads the recipe for you.

  3. The recipe is in the app
    03

    The recipe is in the app

    Ingredients, quantities and steps, ready to cook from.

  4. Pick what you need
    04

    Pick what you need

    Untick what is already in the cupboard and add the rest.

  5. It’s on the shared list
    05

    It’s on the shared list

    Sorted by aisle, on every phone at home, in real time.

More Dutch recipes