With my 5 year service anniversary present from work, I recently ordered this. This has been on my wishlist for a couple years, I have been wishing for ever since I had some of those Poffertjes at my visit to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm.
I know Poffertjes and Ebelskivers (pronounced “able-skeevers”, also written Æbleskiver, but I am not typing that over and over) are not the same…
For one thing Poffertjes are Dutch (thus, the presence at the tulip farm) vs Ebelskivers which are Danish. They are snacks or desserts traditionally served during winter holidays and celebrations, and don’t require much besides milk, eggs, flour (yes gluten free flours are fine to substitute in as well!) and fillings of your choice as well as some sort of welled pan. Ebelskiver pans are sold at Amazon, Walmart, Target and Sur La Table, etc. Getting the temperature right in the pan is difficult, which is why I’ve had this electric version on my wishlist.
Also, IMHO Ebelskivers are better because they are a little bigger so you can fill them with more goodness… say sweet fruits, chocolates, or cheese!!! I plan to test all of these fillings. Example recipes I have bookmarked include
- Maple-nut ebelskivers (serve on the side with sausage and pork for breakfast! Or as dessert with bourbon whipped cream)
- Spiced apple filled ebelskivers
- Banana rum (reminiscent of bananas Foster)
- Salted caramel-pecan ebelskivers
- Molten chocolate ebelskivers
- Walnut, pear, and blue cheese
- Marionberry jam and brie
- Spicy corn ebelskivers
- Potato and green onion (can be topped with caviar, ketchup, or sour cream)
Anxiously awaiting a package!!! Denmark is often ranked the happiest country in the world- do you think these ebelskivers contribute to that? Which of these ebelskiver combinations do you think sound good!?? Have you had ebelskivers or poffertjes before?
WOW these look good! I don’t think I’ve ever had Ebelskivers before. Once your Ebelskiver pan arrives, if you need some test subjects for your recipes, let me know! 😉
I have never had any, I wonder if gluten free pancake batter would work? Those flavours look soooo yum, I always get excited waiting for new kitchen gear to arrive 🙂
There are definitely gluten free recipes out there for Ebelskivers, but I bet gluten free pancake batter would work too since it’s essentially the same thing, though I think it will probably be a bit more dense and not as fluffy as starting with gluten free flour and using egg whites, though maybe if you are making your pancake batter you can adjust it and be good to go!?
Hi Pech! I’ve been looking for poffertjes in Portland but I can’t find any! For some of us that can’t wait until the Tulip festival, do you know of any places that serves them? I tried looking it up and Griddle Me This Hot Cakes came up on Yelp, but it looks like it closed. 🙁
I work with Fred. Love your stuff! Looked for ramen and poffertjes and your name came up 🙂
You can also get poffertjes at Broder, they have 3 locations, and they specialize in Scandinavian food! Thanks for reading my blog, and give Fred some trouble for me at work 🙂