Palacsinta (Hungarian Pancakes with Apricot Jam)

Name: Palacsinta (Hungarian Pancakes with Apricot Jam)
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 150g plain flour; 2 eggs; 300ml milk; 100ml sparkling water; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 200g apricot jam; 2 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting

Thin, lacy pancakes rolled around tangy apricot jam and dusted with icing sugar.

Time30 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.49 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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150 gplain flour
2eggs
300 mlmilk
100 mlsparkling water
1 tbspcaster sugar
1 tspsalt
2 tbspsunflower oil
200 gapricot jam
2 tbspicing sugarfor dusting

Method

1
Whisk the flour, eggs, milk, sparkling water, caster sugar and salt into a smooth thin batter. Rest for 10 minutes.
10 min
2
Heat a non stick frying pan and brush with a little oil.
3
Pour in a ladle of batter and swirl to coat the pan thinly. Cook for 1 minute until the edges lift, then flip and cook for 30 seconds more.
1 min
4
Slide onto a plate and repeat, oiling the pan between pancakes.
5
Spread each pancake with apricot jam and roll up or fold into quarters.
6
Dust with icing sugar and serve warm.

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