German Pear Pancake
Course: PancakeCuisine: EuropeanPrep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35
minutesTotal Time
50
minutesServings
8
Yield
1 large puffed pancake
Ingredients
2 large — firm pears, cored and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices
½ cup — white sugar, divided
2 tablespoons — lemon juice
1 ½ teaspoons — lemon zest
¼ cup — butter, sliced
6 — large eggs
1 cup — whole milk
1 teaspoon — pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon — kosher salt
1 cup — all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon — confectioners’ sugar, or to taste
Directions
- Toss pear slices with 1/4 cup white sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest to coat.
- Arrange butter in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet and place on the center rack of the oven. Heat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Remove skillet from oven once the butter has just melted, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Beat eggs in a large bowl until frothy; add milk, 1/4 cup white sugar, vanilla extract, and salt, and mix until just combined. Sift flour into egg mixture and stir until batter is just mixed.
- Stir pear slices into the melted butter and spread into a single layer. Pour batter over pears.
- Bake in the preheated oven until pancake is set in the middle, the sides have risen, and the bottom is browned, 28 to 30 minutes. Top pancake with confectioners’ sugar.
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