Last Updated on February 5, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Finnish Spinach Pancakes – Pinaattiletut
These Finnish Spinach Pancakes – Pinaattiletut make a great breakfast, brunch or serve it as an after school snack to the kids, like they do in Finland.
F is for Finland…
There are three types of spinach pancakes from Finland I came across. First, there is Pinattipannukakku – which is a jelly roll style where a dough is stuffed with a spinach filling, rolled and then baked. Then there is Pinaattiletut and Pinaattiohukaiset which are used almost interchangeably as far as I can tell via my Internet research. These are unleavened spinach crepes usually eaten with lingonberry jam for breakfast or as an after school snack for children.
…so when you have some extra Spinach in the refrigerator and looking for something different to do with them, try this delicious utilization of the green…
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IN THE MAKING – HOW TO MAKE SPINACH PANCAKES
These pancakes are a great option to also celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!
Serve with lingonberry or currant jam and sour cream.
I wasn’t sure how the jam would taste with the savory pancakes. however due to the tart flavor of black currant, it actually complemented the pancakes well. Lingonberry also has a tart flavor. A sweet jam like orange marmalade or strawberry wouldn’t work with these pancakes, but tart berry jams do.
Finnish Spinach Pancakes – Pinaattiletut
Ingredients
- 4 oz. baby spinach
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- freshly grated nutmeg
- a pinch paprika
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 egg well beaten
- extra butter for frying
Instructions
- In a food processor, puree the spinach with the milk and butter.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, nutmeg and paprika. Add spinach puree and egg. Mix to combine until you have a very smooth batter.
- Melt enough butter to just coat the bottom of a skillet and pour about 2 tablespoons of batter for each pancake. Fry until browned on both sides.
Nutrition
These Finnish Spinach Pancakes may be from Finland, but they are also a great way to celebrate St. Patricks Day. Instead of adding green food coloring for green pancakes which is the usual tradition, make these healthy all natural green pancakes to celebrate St. Patty’s!
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These pancakes looks prefect to start a hectic day, delicious and iron rich as well.
Spinach pancakes sounds so healthy and filling. Love the color, so appetizing
Wow, what a colorful and healthy looking pancakes.
Colorful and healthy pancakes to start a day with. Even I was wondering how jam would taste with a savory pancake.
Very colorful and healthy pancakes . Must be delicious too..
Lovely color and very healthy too…
Love that colour Mir..very nicely done..never knew even finland had their version of pancakes..
Interesting pancakes Mir. You lost me here 🙂
Healthy, filling and colorful pancakes. That name for spinach pancakes is mouthful. 🙂
These pancakes have a beautiful green colour and they are so healthy. .serving with jam sounds interesting but I would rather serve these with cream cheese or sour cream.
The green coloured pancakes look beautiful and nutritious too…
I love the colour of these pancakes! They'd make a great St. Patrick's Day breakfast! 🙂 Thank you for sharing with the No Waste Food Challenge!
I cant pronounce their names, but they definitely look appetising !
Looks yum Mir.
Love that green color nice one.
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Very colorful pancakes!! I would love mine witw some cheese though! !!
Spinach pancakes sound so very interesting and look awesome! I'd love to try them with hummus or tomato chutney probably!
nice color and loved the presentation
thanks – color is very inviting makes you just want to dig in!
Love the colour of these pancakes, so healthy. Its a ‘have pancakes without any guilt recipe’ 🙂
exactly – your daily dose of iron are in these healthy pancakes!