Poffertjes are Amsterdam's mini pancakes, twenty pillowy yeasted rounds the size of a fifty-cent piece, blistered on a cast-iron griddle, slathered with melted butter and showered in icing sugar.

Poffertjes originated as a 19th-century street-fair snack across the Netherlands. The cast-iron griddle with rounded indentations and the buckwheat-and-wheat batter are the defining technique. Amsterdam's market stands, especially the Poffertjeskraam at Albert Cuyp, keep the format unchanged: order a portion of twenty, eat on the curb with a wooden fork. Berry Maatjes' rum-and-raisin variants are the only acceptable embellishment.

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