Discovering the delicious world of Boûkètes: a Belgian treat

24/11/2012

Recipe ■
Pancakes based on buckwheat flour and cinnamon. Very typical of Liège. These pancakes are very easy to make and super tasty.

BY HANAN, recipe

Recipe for the Boûkètes

■ Ingredients

(for 10 to 15 boûkètes)
- 200 g buckwheat flour.
- 20 g baker's yeast.
- 5 eggs.
- 50 ml milk.
- 25 g melted butter.
- 1 pinch of cinnamon.
- 1 teaspoon of fine granulated sugar.
- 50 g raisins.
- 10 cl peanut oil.
- Blonde cassonade sugar.
- Salt

■ Preparation

- Separate egg whites from egg yolks.
- Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt.
- Slightly heat the milk. Fill a cup with warm milk and mix with the crumbled yeast.
- Pour the flour into a large bowl. Make a hole in the middle and add gradually while kneading the dough with the fingertips, the dissolved yeast, the remaining milk, the melted butter and the sugar. Mix well.
- Then add a pinch of salt, the egg yolks and the cinnamon.
- When the preparation is well homogeneous, add the whisked egg whites and the raisins.
- Cover the bowl and rest the dough near a heat source for 4 hours. It must double in volume.
- Then bake the boûkètes in an oil-greased pancake pan.
- Eat with brown or white sugar.

Enjoy your food.

Hanan
Always curious about life, culture and people

Hanan: text • Lucyin: photo • 24 November 2012

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