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A buckwheat pancake is a
A buckwheat pancake is a pancake
A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a Starch, starch-based batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or fryi ...
made with buckwheat
Buckwheat (''Fagopyrum esculentum''), or common buckwheat, is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. The name "buckwheat" is used for several other species, such as '' Fago ...
flour
Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds. Flours are used to make many different foods. Cereal flour, particularly wheat flour, is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many culture ...
. Types of buckwheat pancake associated with specific regions include:
* ''Blini
A blini (sometimes spelled bliny) ( pl., diminutive: блинчики, ''blinchiki'', dialectal, diminutive: млинчики, ''mlynchiki'') or, sometimes, blin (more accurate as a single form of the noun), is a Russian and more broadly Eastern ...
'', Eastern Europe, with a buckwheat variety particularly popular in Russia
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, Ukraine
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(''hrechanyky'' or ''гречаники''), and Lithuania
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(''grikių blynai'')
* ''Crêpe bretonne
The Crêpe bretonne is a traditional dish in Lower Brittany, a region of France. It can be served plain, or filled with sweet or salty ingredients. The Crêpe bretonne can be made of wheat (sweet crêpe) or buckwheat (salted crêpe). This last ...
'', a savory pancake known as ''bleud ed-du '' from Lower Brittany
Lower Brittany ( br, Breizh-Izel; french: Basse-Bretagne) denotes the parts of Brittany west of Ploërmel, where the Breton language has been traditionally spoken, and where the culture associated with this language is most prolific. The name is ...
in France
* ''Kaletez
', called ' in French, is a buckwheat pancake in Breton cuisine.
According to legend, the buckwheat pancake was born thanks to a Breton woman spilling buckwheat slop on a hot pebble in the chimney. Small quantities of buckwheat pollen have been ...
'' (''galette de sarrasin''), a buckwheat pancake in Breton cuisine
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
* ''Memil-buchimgae
''Memil-buchimgae'' () or buckwheat pancake is a variety of ''buchimgae'', or Korean pancake. It is a crepe-like dish made of thin buckwheat batter and napa cabbage.
Along with other buckwheat dishes, it is a traditional local speciality of Ga ...
'', a variety of Korean pancake with buckwheat flour and cabbage
* ''Ploye
A ploye or ployes is a Acadian pancake type mix of buckwheat flour, wheat flour, baking powder and water which is extremely popular in the Madawaska region in New Brunswick and Maine.
First invented in Nova Scotia, they later spread to the S ...
'', a Canadian pancake, particularly popular in New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
See also
*List of buckwheat dishes
This is a list of buckwheat dishes, consisting of dishes that use buckwheat as a main ingredient. Buckwheat is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. A related and more bitter species, ''Fagopyrum tataricum'', a domestic ...
References
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