Crêpes Filled with Veal, Sour Cream and Paprika (Hortobágyi palacsinta) Recipe
Flavors of Hungary
Total time: 30 to 60 minutes
Prep. time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: About 30 minutes
Difficulty: Average
Chef's Note
To make lighter pancakes, substitute soda water for half of the milk.
Ingredients
For 12 crêpes
Crêpes
- About 155 g (5 1/2 oz.) flour
- 1 liter (4 cups) milk
- or 500 ml (2 cups) each milk and soda water
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp. oil
- Salt
Filling
- 450 g (1 lb.) Veal
- 1 tbsp. oil
- 1 small onion
- 1 tsp. Paprika
- 1 tsp. flour
- 250 ml (1 cup) Sour cream
- Salt and pepper
Method
Preparing the crêpes
- Whisk the eggs with the milk and oil until smooth; add the salt; stirring constantly, slowly add the flour until the mixture is the consistency of a thick cream soup.
- Heat a non-stick skillet, pour in a ladleful of the pancake batter, and quickly rotate the pan to distribute the batter evenly. (When cooking the first pancake, add a bit of oil to the pan.)
- Cook over medium heat for about 1 minute until the pancake comes away from the pan when gently shaken. Turn the pancake and cook the other side until lightly browned.
- If the crêpes break, add a little more flour; if the batter is too thick, add a bit of milk. Stir the batter before making each pancake to keep it from settling.
Filling
- Cut the meat into small cubes.
- Cook the onion until translucent, add the meat and fry for 2-3 minutes over high heat, stirring constantly.
- Remove from the heat, sprinkle with paprika, season with salt and pepper, cover, and cook over low heat until tender.
- Remove from the pot, leaving the juice for later, and crush with a fork.
- Thicken the cooking juices by combining 1 tsp. flour and 1-2 tbsp. sour cream until smooth. Whisk into the veal juices, bring to a boil, add the remaining sour cream and stir thoroughly.
- Add 1-2 tbsp. of the thickened stew to the crushed meat in order to make the meat spreadable.
Finishing
- Spread the meat filling on the pancakes and roll them up.
- Place the pancakes in an ovenproof dish, pour the remaining meat juice mixed with the sour cream over top, and place in a preheated oven to heat through.
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Hegyalja ut 23, 1016 Budapest
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