Buckwheat pancakes
Buckwheat pancakes (galettes de sarasin in French) are typical of Brittany and are often served as a savoury dish. They are made with buckwheat flour (a cereal-like seed which is gluten free).
Last modified on: July 21th 2015
Keywords for this recipe:For 20 pancakes, you will need:
780 ml buckwheat flour
1 litre 200 ml 
4 
1 teaspoon 
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 11 min. | 4 min. | 15 min. |
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Mix thoroughly with a whisk, and the pancake batter is ready.
Note: there's a commonly-held belief that the batter should be left to rest, but there is no need to do this with buckwheat, as it contains no gluten.
Note: there's a commonly-held belief that the batter should be left to rest, but there is no need to do this with buckwheat, as it contains no gluten.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Lightly grease a frying pan with a little oil on a piece of absorbant paper. Use a special pancake pan if you have one.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Pour a ladleful of batter, turning the pan to spread it as you pour, to make a pancake that is as round as possible.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Cook for 1 or 2 minutes.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Then cook on the other side for 1 or 2 minutes.
Continue like this until you have used up all the batter.
Continue like this until you have used up all the batter.
Remarks
Feel free to vary the quantity of milk to make the batter thicker or thinner.
Keeping
A few hours in the fridge, protected with plastic film. They freeze well.
Source
Nicolas.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,930 Kcal or 12,267 Kj | 135 gr | 393 gr | 91 gr |
| 147 % | 52 % | 37 % | 14 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 154 Kcal or 645 Kj | 7 gr | 21 gr | 5 gr |
| 8 % | 3 % | 2 % | 1 % |
| Per pancakes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 147 Kcal or 615 Kj | 7 gr | 20 gr | 5 gr |
| 7 % | 3 % | 2 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 20 pancakes : 2.79 €
- Per pancakes : 0.14 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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