World Flavors Cookbook

Tagenites (Ancient Greek Pancakes)

Name: Tagenites (Ancient Greek Pancakes)
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Ancient World
Ingredients: wheat flour, water or milk, olive oil for frying, honey, curdled milk or fresh cheese optional, sesame seeds

Wheat flour pancakes fried in olive oil and served with honey — the ancient Greek breakfast cake mentioned by Athenaeus, Galen, and Cratinus. The original pancake.

Cuisine: Ancient World

Ingredients

wheat flour, water or milk, olive oil for frying, honey, curdled milk or fresh cheese optional, sesame seeds

Instructions

Mix flour with water (or milk) to a thin pourable batter. Heat olive oil in a flat pan. Pour small ladlefuls of batter. Cook until edges set and bubble, flip once. Serve hot with honey drizzled over and fresh cheese on the side.