"Flaskpannkaka" Swedish Oven Pork Pancake

This Scandinavian recipe is our traditional Christmas breakfast, but it is not a “reserved for Christmas” recipe. I make it throughout the year and we eat it for lunch and dinner also. If you like bacon, eggs and pancakes, you may like this even better!


Flaskpannkaka (Oven Pork Pancake)


Ingredients/Directions 
1/2 to 1# fried and chunked-up bacon pieces  (Reserve 1/4 to 1/2 cup of bacon grease.) See note* 

Make batter by stirring together: 
6 eggs 
3 C. milk 
1 ½ C. flour 
1/3 C. sugar 

Assemble and Bake:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees (A hot oven is just the thing and some recipes suggest preheating pan with bacon and grease before adding batter.) 

Crumble bacon into bite sized pieces into bottom of 9x13 pan (may oil sides of pan) Add 1/4-1/2 C reserved bacon grease (heated) into pan. Gently pour egg/milk batter over bacon.  Bake 20-30 minutes until center is set. It is common and desirable for the Flaskpannkaka to puff up some while baking. Cut into squares and Serve with maple syrup (yum) for topping. (Some like sour cream and lignonberries on top too.) We complete the meal with: Seasonal or canned fruit, applesauce or even Jello with fruit, Orange juice, Coffee or Cocoa.  This recipe is inspired  from Var Sa God recipe book. Var Sa God translated means “You are welcome.” or “Help yourself to the table.” 

* Note about frying the bacon- "Two Methods":

1. I have found that pre-cutting the raw bacon "slab" into approximately 1 inch pieces before frying helps the process. Just grab some kitchen scissors, cut the package open (leave bacon as it was stacked and packaged). Grab the bacon mass and cut the bacon into about 1 inch chunks/strips. Throw all chunks/strips into the skillet. Fry over medium heat and break apart as bacon gets crispy. You'll end up with nice crispy coarsely-crumbled bacon pieces.

OR 

2. Carefully arrange bacon strip by strip into frying pan, fry til crispy, remove from pan, cool then crumble. 

I just prefer the #1 cut and fry method, but the end goal is the same either way. Choose your method and fry!