CHEZ MA TANTE'S PANCAKES
At the Brooklyn restaurant Chez Ma Tante, the brunch pancakes come two to an order, big as dessert plates and almost burnt. "I knew I wanted them to be really, really crispy," said the chef de cuisine Jake Leiber. He was inspired by a fairly straightforward pancake recipe made with bacon fat he found in "How America Eats," the seminal cookbook by Clementine Paddleford, an American food historian. Mr. Leiber swaps the lard for butter, adds an extra egg yolk to his batter, cranks up the heat on his vintage cast-iron skillet, then pours in an outrageous amount of melted clarified butter. Fried in shallow pools of hot fat, each pancake gets fritter-like crisped edges. Mr. Leiber serves them with more butter, and glugs of maple syrup.
Provided by Daniela Galarza
Categories breakfast, brunch, quick, pancakes
Time 20m
Yield 6 to 8 large pancakes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Whisk egg and yolk together in a medium bowl. Add baking powder, sugar and salt; whisk until smooth and fluffy. Pour in half the milk, then half the flour. Using a wooden spoon, stir to combine. Add the remaining milk and flour plus 2 tablespoons clarified butter and stir briefly just until batter comes together but is still somewhat lumpy.
- Heat a large 12-inch cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium-high for at least 5 minutes. Pour about 1/4 cup clarified butter into the pan. When the surface of the clarified butter starts to shimmer, ladle about 1/3 cup of the batter into the skillet for each pancake, leaving a couple of inches between each pancake. Add more clarified butter as pancakes cook to keep about 1/8 inch of fat in the bottom of the pan at all times.
- Cook until the top of the pancake starts to bubble and edges turn browned and crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Use a spatula to flip each pancake. The cooked surface should be very crispy, with a dark ring around the edge. Cook until the second side is browned and crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat to cook the remaining pancakes, adding more clarified butter as needed.
- Serve immediately with pats of salted butter, if desired, and maple syrup. If making a large batch, cooked pancakes can be kept warm on a wire rack set in a rimmed metal baking sheet in a 300-degree oven.
OLD-FASHIONED PANCAKES
This is the most basic recipe for a slightly thick pancake. It's just as easy to make a quick homemade batter as it is to open a box mix, which needs ingredients added to it anyway. And using organic ingredients seems to give the pancakes a cleaner and truer flavor.From the book "Mad Hungry," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books).
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Breakfast & Brunch Recipes Pancake Recipes
Yield Makes 2 cups batter; 16 4-inch pancakes
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place a heat-proof platter into a warm oven (at 200 degrees).
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add in the egg, milk, and 2 tablespoons of the butter. Whisk from the center, slowly incorporating the flour. Rest the batter for 10 minutes.
- Heat a large well-seasoned cast-iron skillet or favorite griddle over medium-high heat. Swirl the remaining tablespoon of butter in the skillet (or use oil to coat the griddle) and immediately pour in 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. When bubbles rise to the surface, flip the pancakes, slightly reduce the heat, and cook until the bottoms are golden and the centers are cooked, about 1 minute. (Rarely does the first pancake work because it takes a bit of time to get in the groove with the heat, fat, and batter.)
- As the pancakes come out of the skillet, place them on the warm platter in the oven until ready to serve. Serve a stack of 3 pancakes, topped with more butter and the maple syrup.
MAPLE PANCAKES
"Our family looks forward to tapping the maple trees in March and then enjoying the pure maple syrup year-round. This is just one of the recipes I like to make that has maple syrup as an ingredient," says Mary Colbath from Concord, New Hampshire. -Mary Colbath, Concord, New Hampshire
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 15m
Yield 6 pancakes.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine the egg, milk, oil and syrup; stir into dry ingredients just until blended. , Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a lightly greased hot griddle; turn when bubbles form on top of pancakes. Cook until second side is golden brown (pancakes will be thin). Serve with additional syrup.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 486 calories, Fat 21g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 123mg cholesterol, Sodium 983mg sodium, Carbohydrate 60g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 14g protein.
FLUFFY BUTTERMILK PANCAKES WITH MAPLE-BUTTER SYRUP
I've been perfecting my Pancake recipe over the years and I finally did it! These pancakes are super fluffy and delicious. My family was truly impressed. Makes about 12 - 6"diameter pancakes. I use non-stick spray on my griddle but you can use butter.
Provided by Vilmaris
Categories Breakfast
Time 40m
Yield 12-14 pancakes, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- PANCAKES: In a large bowl, mix Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Sugar and Salt. Set aside.
- Separate egg yolks from egg whites.
- Beat egg whites and cream of tartar on high speed until high speaks form, set aside.
- Beat milk, egg yolks, vanilla, and melted butter together at slow speed until mixed.
- Add Milk mixture to Flour mixture slowly while beating at a medium speed until completely blended.
- Add 1/3 of the egg whites to the batter and mix together. Fold in (using a spoon of spatula) the rest of the egg whites carefully, do not over mix!
- Grease your skilett or griddle with your preference of non-stick spray or butter and set to medium temperature (or 350 degrees).
- Drop about 1/3 cup of batter on pan for each pancake and cook on that side until you see a few bubbles on the surface of the batter.
- Flip your pancakes and cook for about another 1-2 minutes.
- SYRUP: Place Maple syrup in a microwave safe container, add butter and heat in microwave for 30-45 seconds until butter is melted. Mix with spoon and serve over pancakes.
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