totient | scallion pancakes

A week ago I bought three bunches of scallions from Baldor thinking I'd make scallion pancakes. In fact I made all kinds of other things that use scallions, like ceviche and khao na kai, and I managed to use nearly two of the bunches before they started to look sad. Tonight it was time to use up the rest of the scallions, though, and I had rendered a cup and a half of duck fat earlier in the day so I thought I'd try them out.

I followed the Bon Appetit recipe except substituting duck fat for chicken fat. The dough came together super easily -- Bon Appetit calls for a bit of sesame oil in with the boiling water and I thought that was a nice touch. The pancake assembly was a little tedious but feels like it'd get better with practice. I fried them up in duck fat in addition to putting it in with the scallions and I think next time I'll probably try something with a higher smoke point for the actual frying part. But duck fat is definitely the right thing for the assembly.

They were very tasty, and it was nice to be able to have them at 1am. They weren't better than the ones from Kor Tor Mor. But I'm curious about other recipes. This seems like something that's worth perfecting.