Friday, February 8, 2013

Hotteok (Korean Sweet Pancakes)

I was gifted with Marja Vongerichten's cookbook, "The Kimchi Chronicles" and had to make these sweet Korean pancakes--makes the best breakfast on a chilly weekend morning:


This video slideshow does a great job demonstrating the recipe and what everything is supposed to look like at various stages.  It may seem challenging but it came together pretty easily.  Here's my balls of dough waiting to be filled.


I went with the traditional brown sugar and nut mix as well as vegan chocolate chips:


And they cook very easily in the fry pan:


And beautifully.  You don't want to cook too fast on high heat because you want to give the filling time to melt inside:


Love that crispy golden brown color:


That melty chocolate goodness is heavenly!


I recommend making them when you have guests and can eat all of them while they're warm. They're a little less dazzling once they're cold. Looking forward to making these again soon...

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