Our World Tour began with Germany. We decided to make appelfpannkuchen, a type of pancake with caramelized apples on the bottom – something I thought both kids would like. We used a recipe from Emeril’s There’s a Chef in My World cookbook as our starting point.
Since this is not my recipe and I couldn’t find it online, I can’t share it exactly, but here are the highlights:
First, you peel, core, and slice two apples very thin. Cook them in a bit of butter over high heat in an oven-safe frying pan, then add brown sugar until cooked through and caramelized. Meanwhile, mix up the pancake ‘batter’ (which was very heavy on the eggs and gave it a very eggy texture – if we make this again, I’ll reduce the egg count) and pour it over the top of the apples. Slide the pan into a very hot oven and bake until golden brown. When finished, ours looked like that (see above).
I sliced our appelfpannkuchen into wedges and we served it with powdered sugar or syrup.
My picky Little Man gobbled his down without a single comment – especially rare when trying new foods! – and ran off to play.
My Big Girl firmly declared the apples to be her favorite part and promptly asked for a second slice.
So far, we’re very fond of Deutschland!
