Monday, August 8, 2011

How to make a Dutch Baby without a baby daddy.

1. Pancake Mix
2. Hot Cast Iron Skillet
3. Oven.
Add those three together and a Dutch Baby is made.

In all seriousness, these suckers are surprisingly easy to make and incredibly filling...could be the dulce de leches bananas ... 

The best thing about dutch babies is that they're extremely versatile in terms of what you can put inside. I prefer to make mines sweet.

Here is the recipe, I got it from Alton Brown.

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted and divided
  • 2 3/8 ounces all-purpose flour, approximately 1/2 cup
  • 3 tablespoons vanilla sugar, plus extra for serving
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup whole milk, room temperature
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • Lemon wedges

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Place 2 tablespoons of the melted butter into a 10-inch cast iron skillet and place in the oven. Set the remaining tablespoon of melted butter aside to cool slightly. Wait 10 minutes before assembling the other ingredients.
Place the flour, vanilla sugar, salt, milk, eggs and remaining tablespoon of melted butter into the bowl of a food processor or blender and process for 30 seconds. Carefully pour the batter into the preheated skillet. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the edges are puffed and brown. Sprinkle with additional vanilla sugar and serve with lemon wedges.


I just used regular sugar. 


Dulce De Leche Topping:
Marsala Wine
Bananas
Dulce De Leche Sauce in a can
Salt
Vanilla
Butter


Pan on medium with a pat of butter. 
Sautee Bananas until they're slightly bruleed and pour a splash of marsala wine and ignite to burn off the alcohol.
Put in a pinch of salt and splash of vanilla.
Put a scoop of the dulce leche sauce to warm.
Pour on Dutch baby and serve with some powdered sugar. 




HAPPY EATING!