Post by Okwes on Dec 21, 2006 13:23:29 GMT -5
BlueCorn-Pinon Pancakes With Cranberry Compote
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Cranberry-pinon compote:
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/3 cup pine nuts
1 cup whole cranberry sauce
1 to 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon ground mexican cinnamon (canela) or; other ground cinnamon
1 drop pure almond extract
Pancakes:
1 1/4 cups pine nuts
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup blue cornmeal
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups milk
2 drops pure almond extract
vegetable oil, for pan frying
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Prepare the compote: Warm the butter in a small skillet over medium heat.
Stir in the pine nuts and saute until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Watch
the nuts carefully; they will continue cooking off of the heat and can burn
easily. In a saucepan, combine the cranberry sauce, corn syrup, cinnamon, and
almond extract. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, reduce the heat to low.
Stir in the pine nuts. Keep the compote warm or let it cool to room temperature.
Start the pancake batter, placing 3/4 cup of the nuts in a food processor
and pulsing briefly until ground. Avoid processing the nuts so long that they
turn to butter. Add the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt and
pulse to combine just until a coarse meal forms. Spoon the mixture into a large
bowl and stir in the butter until it disappears. Add the eggs, milk, almond
extract, and remaining nuts. Warm a griddle or a large heavy skillet over
medium heat. Pour a thin film of oil onto the griddle. Pour or spoon out the
batter onto the hot griddle, where it should sizzle and hiss. A generous 3
tablespoons of batter will make a 4-inch pancake. Make as many cakes as you can
fit without crowding. Cook the pancakes until their top surface is covered in
tiny bubbles but before all the bubbles pop, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip the pancakes
and cook until the second side is golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes longer.
Repeat with the remaining batter, adding a bit more oil to the griddle as needed.
Serve the pancakes
immediately, accompanied with the warm compote.
Yield: 4 servings
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6825/1689/1600/pancakes.jpg)
Cranberry-pinon compote:
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/3 cup pine nuts
1 cup whole cranberry sauce
1 to 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon ground mexican cinnamon (canela) or; other ground cinnamon
1 drop pure almond extract
Pancakes:
1 1/4 cups pine nuts
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup blue cornmeal
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups milk
2 drops pure almond extract
vegetable oil, for pan frying
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Prepare the compote: Warm the butter in a small skillet over medium heat.
Stir in the pine nuts and saute until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Watch
the nuts carefully; they will continue cooking off of the heat and can burn
easily. In a saucepan, combine the cranberry sauce, corn syrup, cinnamon, and
almond extract. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, reduce the heat to low.
Stir in the pine nuts. Keep the compote warm or let it cool to room temperature.
Start the pancake batter, placing 3/4 cup of the nuts in a food processor
and pulsing briefly until ground. Avoid processing the nuts so long that they
turn to butter. Add the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt and
pulse to combine just until a coarse meal forms. Spoon the mixture into a large
bowl and stir in the butter until it disappears. Add the eggs, milk, almond
extract, and remaining nuts. Warm a griddle or a large heavy skillet over
medium heat. Pour a thin film of oil onto the griddle. Pour or spoon out the
batter onto the hot griddle, where it should sizzle and hiss. A generous 3
tablespoons of batter will make a 4-inch pancake. Make as many cakes as you can
fit without crowding. Cook the pancakes until their top surface is covered in
tiny bubbles but before all the bubbles pop, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip the pancakes
and cook until the second side is golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes longer.
Repeat with the remaining batter, adding a bit more oil to the griddle as needed.
Serve the pancakes
immediately, accompanied with the warm compote.
Yield: 4 servings