Hotteok

Hotteok are Korean filled pancakes whose sugar filling melts into syrup as they cook. They are eaten as a street snack and can also be made at home. Maangchi’s dough uses wheat flour, yeast, water, sugar, salt and vegetable oil. After rising, it is divided into portions, each folded around a filling of brown or turbinado sugar, cinnamon and chopped walnuts.^[1]

The filled dough balls cook in an oiled pan and are pressed into broad, flat circles after turning. Continued cooking melts the sugar inside the sealed dough. Maangchi serves them hot and also suggests mozzarella as an alternative filling.^[1]