Ebelskivers: Danish-Style Filled Pancakes And Other Sweet And Savory Treats [Paperback]

Kevin Crafts (Author), Erin Kunkel (Photographer)

Book Description

Release date: March 1, 2011

The only cookbook for the break-out best-selling new pan for making the popular sphere-shaped filled pancakes from Denmark. The Ebelskiver pans are sold at Amazon, Walmart, Target and Sur La Table.  In the last year this book has sold 75,000 copies at WS stores exclusively.

Ebelskivers offers 40 mouthwatering recipes for the Danish-style pancakes, ranging from traditional to whimsical and everything in between. This book includes everything you need to know to make and fill these treats, plus step-by-step photographs and recipes for sauces, toppings, and glazes.

Originally from Denmark, ebelskivers (pronounced “able-skeevers”) are snacks or desserts traditionally served during holidays and at celebrations. Today, cooks offer these puffy, sphere-shaped pancakes with a wide range of sweet and savory toppings and fillings, varying them in countless creative ways. Making ebelskivers requires little more than ingredients you probably already have on hand—milk, eggs, flour—and a special seven-welled pan that forms the pancakes’ unique shape. Everything you need to know about making these treats is here: from mixing the batter; to cooking and filling the pancakes; to tips for creating perfect ebelskivers every time. Filled with luscious photographs and more than forty tempting recipes, this book will provide endless inspiration for any occasion. Served any time of day, these delicious recipes will change the way you look at pancakes forever!

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Originally from Denmark, ebelskivers (pronounced "able-skeevers") are snacks or desserts traditionally served during holidays and at celebrations. Today, cooks offer these puffy, sphere-shaped pancakes with a wide range of sweet and savory toppings and fillings, varying them in countless creative ways.

Making ebelskivers requires little more than ingredients you probably already have on hand - milk, eggs, flour - and a special seven-welled pan that forms the pancakes' unique shape. Everything you need to know about making these treats is here: from mixing the batter; to cooking and filling the pancakes; to tips for creating perfect ebelskivers every time.

Filled with luscious photographs and more than forty tempting recipes, this book will provide endless inspiration for any occasion.

From the Back Cover

In these pages you'll find more than 40 sweet and savory ideas for Danish-style sphere-shaped puffs called ebelskivers. Served any time of the day, these delicious recipes will change the way you look at pancakes forever!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Weldon Owen; Original edition (March 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1616280670
• ISBN-13: 978-1616280673
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > Scandinavian
  • #6 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Meals > Breakfast
  • #32 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Bread

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little book - One Problem August 12, 2011

By J. Gohr

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a great little book with lots of ideas. The variety of ideas was one of the reasons I wanted to have the book, but the main reason I wanted it was for a CHOCOLATE batter recipe.

Well they have a picture of chocolate ones and they refer you to the chocolate one, but there is no chocolate batter recipe anywhere in the book. You are told to use the vanilla batter for the chocolate ones. Anyway I still like the book and just figured out a work around for the problem.

If you want a chocolate batter, make the vanilla batter and add the following additional ingredients:
3 Tablespoons of cocoa powder to the flour, salt, baking soda, sugar mixture.
Increase the Sugar to 3 Tablespoons
Increase the butter to 4 Tablespoons

If you are allergic to dairy like I am, substitute coconut milk for the milk.
Coconut oil for the butter that goes in the batter.
Olive oil to cook.

My kids love the chocolate ones with rolo candies melted in the middle.

By the way, if you are going to make these, you owe it to yourself to buy the Lodge Cast Iron Aebleskiver pan. Lodge is the best and they are made in America. Heat the pan in your oven on 350 before putting on the stove top. Your pan will be heated through and you will get cooking much quicker.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ebelskivers Cookbook May 27, 2011

By Colleen848

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Within 2 days of receiving this book I made 3 batches of Ebelskivers.
I had never heard of them before stumbling on them on Amazon.
Some reveiwers say they use pancake mix to make theirs but I can't imagine replacing the light, airy batter with a heavier mix. The book gives several receipes for the pastry mix.
I tend to believe if you prefrer a buttermilk batter you could substitute the milk with it to acheive the same finished result and taste.
The Ebelskiver are to die for and the batter is so simple to make at home. I understand why someone called them "Evil Skeevers"!
I made the basic batter twice and already tried experimenting by adding ice cream fudge topping as the filler on the second batch. It worked out great.
The third batch I made the almond cherry ones. Great too.
They are so simple to make and are unbelievably delicious.
What surprised me is the versatitly of them. In the cookbook are cheese stuffed served with marinara sauce, crab stuffed, etc. If you like to be a creative cook like I do, the possibilities are endless
There is not one person that I have talked to that have ever heard of them. Obvisously, they are not sold in the stores around Western New York.
I am planning on opening a bed and breakfast next year and these will definitely be on the menu.
Along with the cookbook I also purchased Nordic Ware Danish Ebleskiver Pan.
Great pan to make great Ebelskivers!!
Get them both and let your imagination and creativity take you away to tastefully wonderful possibilites.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars We call them "evilskivers" March 10, 2011

By MissGreen

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a great little cookbook for those delicious pancake type treats.
The standard batter recipes are worth the price alone. We make these for our daughter and she loves them. This book just has some great ideas for sweet, savory and dessert skivers.
Again the standard batter recipes alone are worth it!

If you have never tried Ebelskivers, get the book and the pan and let creativity be your guide. My favorite is to take the coconut skiver recipe and add butterscotch chips.

You can also alter the ingredients to make them a little more healthy, we use low fat milk, egg whites and coconut oil in place of whole milk, whole eggs and butter.
Still delicious, less evil.