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Bouquettes liégeoises
Boûkètes: Liège buckwheat yeast pancakes with raisins for New Year
BelgianBoûkètes are the buckwheat pancakes of Liège, sold at the Christmas market and eaten at home on New Year's Day: a yeasted batter of buckwheat and wheat flour studded with raisins, fried in butter into thick, nutty little pancakes and served with brown sugar or sirop de Liège. A common mistake is a hot pan; the outside burns before the thick middle cooks. Chef's tip: let the batter rise for an hour until bubbly, then fry over a medium-low heat with plenty of butter.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the batter
- 7 oz buckwheat flour
- 3 ½ oz plain flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups warm milk
- 1 egg
- 3 ½ oz raisins
To cook and serve
- 1 ¾ oz butter
- 4 tbsp soft brown sugar
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Whisk 7 oz buckwheat flour, 3 ½ oz plain flour, ¼ oz fast-action dried yeast, 1 tbsp sugar, ½ tsp salt, 2 cups warm milk and 1 egg into a thick batter. Stir in 3 ½ oz raisins. Cover and leave 1 hour, until bubbly.
Step 2: Heat a frying pan over a medium-low heat with a knob of 1 ¾ oz butter.
Step 3: Spoon in batter to make 10 cm pancakes, 1 cm thick. Fry for 3 minutes per side, until golden and set. Common mistake: a hot pan.
30 minStep 4: Serve hot with 4 tbsp soft brown sugar.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 340 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does bouquettes liégeoises take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of fast-action dried yeast?
- Fresh yeast, three times the weight.
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