Greek · Breakfast

Athens-Style Pancakes

Name: Athens-Style Pancakes
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes about 12 pancakes, 10 cm across; serves 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 190 g all-purpose flour, about 1 1/2 cups; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp sugar; ½ tsp salt; 300 ml milk, 1 1/4 cups; 45 ml unsalted butter or extra-virgin Greek olive oil, melted (3 tbsp); 1 large egg; 1 tsp olive oil, for brushing the skillet; Greek honey or grape molasses (petimezi), whisked with tahini, to taste; Greek yogurt with fruit, to taste; honey with sesame seeds and ground cinnamon, to taste

Thick, tender tiganites made from a simple milk, egg and baking-powder batter and cooked in a skillet. A blank canvas for the toppings Athenian brunch cafés love, from honey and yogurt to tahini and grape molasses.

YieldMakes about 12 pancakes, 10 cm across; serves 4
Hands-on28 min
Total35 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Batter

190 gall-purpose flour, about 1 1/2 cups
2 tspbaking powder
½ tspsugar
½ tspsalt
300 mlmilk, 1 1/4 cups
45 mlunsalted butter or extra-virgin Greek olive oil, melted (3 tbsp)
1large egg

For the pan

1 tspolive oil, for brushing the skillet

Optional toppings

to tasteGreek honey or grape molasses (petimezi), whisked with tahinioptional
to tasteGreek yogurt with fruitoptional
to tastehoney with sesame seeds and ground cinnamonoptional

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Egg
Sesame
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Stone fruits (any)
Peach
Olive
Berries (any)
Strawberry
Blueberry
Grapes
Cinnamon
Honey
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Richness / fat

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
30–60 min total
Difficulty 1
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: moderate
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: low

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