Heirloom Pea Pancakes Recipes

HEIRLOOM PEA PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Fill a bowl with ice water. Bring a pot of water to a boil, then lightly salt it. Add sugar snap peas to boiling water, and blanch for 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon, and plunge immediately into ice bath. Remove sugar snap peas from ice water, and reserve. Repeat procedure for the shelled peas, blanching them for 3 minutes or until tender. Reserve.
• Puree sugar snap peas with the milk and the cream in a blender or food processor. Pour into a large mixing bowl, and whisk in the egg. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into mixture, and whisk to combine. Coarsely puree reserved shelled peas in food processor, then fold into batter.
• In a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, melt 1/2 tablespoon butter. Drop tablespoonfuls of batter into pan. When edges are lightly browned, place pan in oven and bake for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from oven, and flip pancakes over gently with a spatula. Cook until bottoms are lightly browned; return to oven for another minute. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Repeat process until all batter is used.

PEA PANCAKES

Steps:

• If using fresh peas, cook in a small saucepan of boiling salted water until tender, about 3 minutes (if using frozen peas, do not cook). Drain.
• Purée eggs, cottage cheese, flour, 2 tablespoons oil, and 1 teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth. Transfer batter to a medium bowl and stir in peas and 4 scallions. (Batter should be thick but pourable; stir in water by tablespoonfuls if too thick).
• Heat a lightly oiled large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, add batter to skillet by 1/4-cupfuls, spreading out to 3"-4" rounds with a spoon. Cook pancakes until bubbles form on top, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until pancakes are browned on bottom and the centers are just cooked through, about 2 minutes longer.
• Serve pancakes drizzled with butter and topped with scallions.

POTATO PANCAKES WITH CHICK-PEA FLOUR, CILANTRO AND CUMIN

Steps:

• Place grated potatoes and onion in large colander and drain well, squeeze mixture to extract as much liquid as possible. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Mix in green onion and next 8 ingredients. Gently heat 2 tablespoons zesty cilantro pesto (can be replaced with oil if extra cilantro flavor is not desired) in a large nonstick skillet over medium-heat. Add cumin seeds and turmeric and stir 30 seconds. Stir into potato mixture. Cover and let stand 30 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in same skillet over medium heat. Add scant 3 tablespoons potato mixture to skillet for each pancake; using spatula, flatten to about 4-inch rounds. Cook until golden, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer pancakes to ovenproof dish; keep warm in oven. Repeat with remaining potato mixture, adding more cilantro pesto or oil as necessary;

CHICK PEA PANCAKE

Steps:

• Mix egg, flour, milk, cumin and chick pea puree to a smooth batter. Adjust viscosity with additional milk or flour. Add virgin olive oil, parsley and coriander and whisk well. Preheat non-stick pans and place 3 inch pastry ring in each pan. Pour 1 ounce olive oil in each ring and proceed to make pancakes 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle currants on bubbling side and turn when brown. Brown evenly on both sides.

PEACHY BAKED PANCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Put margarine in a pie dish and melt in the preheating oven.
• Mix eggs, flour, and milk in a bowl; pour over melted butter. Arrange peach slices atop the egg mixture. Sprinkle sugar over the peach slices.
• Bake in preheated oven until the pancake is firm in the center, about 30 minutes.

BAKED PANCAKE WITH PEACHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a cast-iron skillet in the preheating oven.
• Combine peach slices, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl; gently toss to coat the peaches well.
• Beat eggs, milk, flour, vanilla extract, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl until batter well-combined but a little lumpy; pour into skillet. Top batter with the peach mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until set in the middle, about 20 minutes.