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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).

94,364 24.3/5 for 29 ratings

Last modified on: July 21^th 2015

For 10 pancakes, you will need:

1 250 g buckwheat flour
2 600 g milk
3 2 eggs
4 ½ teaspoon salt
Total weight: 953 grams

Change those ingredients for: 5 pancakes 10 pancakes 20 pancakes 30 pancakes

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
11 min.	4 min.	15 min.

Keeping: A few hours in the fridge, protected with plastic film. They freeze well.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put 250 g buckwheat flour, 600 g milk, 2 eggs and ½ teaspoon salt into a bowl.

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.

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 6 - 1 min.

Slide a spatula or maryse under the pancake to turn it.

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.

Remarks

Feel free to vary the quantity of milk to make the batter thicker or thinner.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,465 Kcal or 6,134 Kj	68 gr	196 gr	46 gr
73 %	26 %	19 %	7 %

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 10 pancakes : 1.40 €
Per pancakes : 0.14 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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You're welcome! :-)
Posted by jh april 21^th 2017 at 13:54 (n° 2)
I am delighted to find this site. I haven't had a real Breton crêpe since I worked in La Belle France years ago. Merci, Jean-Hugues, merci mille fois!
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