I've posted before about the cast iron aebleskiver pan, for making pancake balls.Often I see this pan listed on ebay, as a "muffin pan" or "egg poacher." It's not.
You can certainly make miniature muffins in this pan; They'll look like mushrooms. I have before.
Although Griswold did indeed market this pan as also being useful for poaching eggs, I did not see how that was possible.
The cups are only 2 inches. How would they even fit an egg, let alone enough water to do the job?
It is possible to poach "double boiler" style. Place on top of a 10 inch skillet with boiling water.
A large egg barely fit in the cup; A little egg white spilled over into another cup. Medium eggs might be better.
Melt a little butter in the cup, then add the egg.
Did you know that hot buttered poached eggs are a British delicacy?
It took a while, but it did poach the egg. I prefer my eggs fried, so I won't be doing this often.
So now I admit: Yes, it is possible to be used as an egg poacher or muffin pan.
But it's an aebleskiver pan.
I've posted before about the cast iron aebleskiver pan, for making pancake balls. Often I see this pan listed on ebay, as a "muffin pan" or "egg ... cironskillet.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteAlways wondered how you would poach in those pans. Glad I found out the truth. Odd that I have seen so many of these pans and found out it's a Danish treat, yet this is not Denmark. Well, I have one that will now be a part of the collection, especially as we just found the recipe and tried it out.
ReplyDeleteNow, in searching this pan I found out what this other odd pan is that looks like mini-pancake maker ... Russian Blinis!
NEXT!!!
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