Äggakaga is a traditional South Swedish thick pancake.
Author:Johanna Kindvall
Prep Time:15 mins
Cook Time:15 mins
Total Time:30 minutes
Yield:21x
Ingredients
Scale
4 eggs
1 2/3 cup (400 ml) milk
cup (175 ml) regular flour
1 ½ tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
freshly milled pepper
plenty of butter for frying
l/2 lb (250 g) smoked bacon, sliced
2 sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped
Instructions
Crack the eggs in a bowl and whisk them together with the milk.
Add salt, pepper and sugar.
Sift the flour into the batter little by little to avoid lumps. The mixture is done when all is well mixed and has become a smooth batter.
Let it rest on the counter while you fry the smoked bacon. Add the rosemary to the bacon when its almost done.
Set the bacon aside and reserve the fat, as that will be use when cooking the pancake.
The pancake should be about 1- 1 ½” thick so a regular frying pan (about 10″-11″ wide) that can fit the whole batter will work perfectly. Heat up the pan and melt a large lump of butter.
Lower the heat to medium and pour in the batter. With a spatula, scrape the bottom and move the firm batter into the middle of the pan to prevent the mixture being burnt. Continue until all batter is firm.
Turn the cake by covering the pan with a plate before turning.
Add some more butter if necessary before sliding the cake onto the pan again, raise the temperature slightly and cook until the cake has browned underneath.
Turn one more time. This time add the bacon fat before sliding the cake onto the pan.
The cake is done when it’s golden brown on both sides.
Top the cake with the fried Rosemary bacon and enjoy with lingonberry or cranberry jam. Best served with either milk or beer.