Archaic Aebleskiver

Equipment:

• Whisk or mixer with whisk attachment
• Knife for cutting apple
• Mixing bowls
• Spatula
• Aebleskiver pan 
• Pastry brush
• Skewer (You can use chopsticks if you don’t have a skewer.)

Ingredients:

• 1 apple (preferably tart and flavorful)
• Optional spices, possibly cinnamon and nutmeg
• 2 eggs (yolks and whites separated)
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 4 Tablespoons melted butter

Not in the batter:

• Additional melted butter for the pan
• Powdered sugar to top the aebleskiver

Peel and core the apple, then cut it into small pieces. Mix any spices in with the apple pieces. For softer, more cooked apples, heat the apple pieces. Set the apple pieces aside.

Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks. Set them aside.

In a different bowl stir together the rest of the batter ingredients until smooth, then fold in the egg whites.

Heat the pan until a drop of water sizzles on it. Brush melted butter into the pockets then add batter, not quite a pocket full. When the batter is bubbly at the edges, shove in some apple, stick a skewer into the ball, and flip it. Keep flipping periodically. An aebleskive is done when a (wiped off) skewer emerges clean.

Rebutter the pan right before adding more batter.

Serve your aebleskiver with powdered sugar on top. Modern aebleskiver skip putting the apples inside and are served with jam and such.

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JKB