Korean Food

Midlife Crisis List #7:  Try new recipes.

My daughter, Jessica, spent a few weeks in Korea recently.  She was visiting her dad, other mom, youngest brother and younger sister.  I was excited for this opportunity for her to see and experience another culture, but I gave her an assignment while she was there.  She was to find a food she loved and bring back a recipe so we could make it.  I loved reading her blog while she was gone (http://mytravelingsuitcase.blogspot.com/)  and knew what I food I wanted to make, even before she came home:  Korean Pancakes. 

I started searching, and found a recipe on this site:  http://www.maangchi.com .  (By the way, there are several other recipes I will be trying from this site.  They look very yummy!)  The picture that looked most like Jessica’s picture was “Sweet pancakes with brown sugar syrup filling” or “Hotteok.”  It looked easy enough, so I bought all the ingredients and waited.  Finally, Jessica’s schedule and my schedule lined up and I took a trip to her house.  I could have made the pancakes at home, but then Jessica wouldn’t be able to tell me if they tasted right!

The dough is very soft.

We used a generous amount of flour when we divided the dough into pieces.

The filling—Yummy cinnamon, brown sugar and nuts!

Finished product.

When you fry these, the brown sugar in the filling melts.  It is very yummy!  The best part is that Jessica pronounced them a success. 

The website had other fillings.  I tried this one because it was the one Jessica said she liked, but I am definitely going to try different fillings when I make this again.