Aebleskiver Pans

Munk Pans

Aebleskiver Pans are special pans in which to cook Aebleskivers (small Danish pancake balls) on top of the stove.

The pans are usually round, but some are shovel-shaped. Round ones will be about 8 inches (20 cm) wide. You can get them made from cast iron, forged aluminum or non-stick coated metal. The handle is often metal, but may be wood or plastic.

The pan has in it rounded cavities (also described as indents, cups and more energetically, "half-spherical hollows"), traditionally seven of these, about 2 inches (5 cm) wide and 1 inch (2 1/2 cm) deep.

In most, you can see the round indents coming out of the underside of the bottom piece. A few, though, will have undersides that hide the indents at the bottom, with flat sides and a flat bottom (picture a cast-iron flying pan with what looks like a poached-egg insert) -- manufacturers say this distributes the heat more evenly when placed on the heat. Manufacturers who leave the indents forming the hollow-sided bottom exposed counter that this design focusses the heat on the cavities.

To use them, you heat the pan until a few drops of water in it will sizzle away immediately. Melt about 1/2 teaspoon of butter in each cavity. Put your Aebleskiver pancake mixture into the indents, filling each about 2/3 full. As the pancakes cook, they puff up. Then, you rotate them in their cavities, with a fork, skewer or knitting needle (sic), to put the unbrowned tops on the bottom and cook some more to brown them thoroughly.

The outsides of the pancakes will get all crusty.

Aebleskiver Pans are similar to Indian Kuzhi Appam Pans (aka Appakarai Pans), Thai "Kanom Krok" Pans, and Japanese Takoyaki Pans.

Some North American versions may be found with a top and a bottom. Both have the same indents, lined up. The purpose of the top "lid" presumably is to help them cook faster, and maintain a more rounded shape as they cook.

Cooking Tips for Aebleskiver Pans

You need to season the cast-iron ones first.

Language Notes about Aebleskiver Pans

An alternative name, "Munk Pans" comes from another Danish name for Aebleskiver, "Munker" (Monks).

Also called:

Cacerola de Munk (Spanish)

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