Cornmeal Pancakes With Smoked Salmon And Lemon

Pancake batter prepared from water, yeast, all-purpose flour, yellow cornmeal, coarse salt, white sugar, warm milk, buttermilk, egg yolks, melted butter, cumin, and stiffened egg whites. Pancakes are cooked in a skillet until golden in color. Individual cakes are topped with smoked salmon and sour cream and lemon zest sauce. Garnished with chopped fresh chives and served warm.

Ingredients -

1 teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
2 tablespoons Warm Water
1-1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
3/4 cup Yellow Cornmeal
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Sugar
3/4 cup Warm Milk
1/2 cup Buttermilk
2 Eggs, separate yolks and whites into separate bowls
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
1/2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds, crushed
1 cup Sour Cream
1/2 teaspoon Lemon Zest
1/2 pound Smoked Salmon, sliced into thin serving size pieces
Snipped Chives, for garnish

 
Preparation:

1. Add warm water to large bowl Sprinkle yeast into warm water. Stir with a fork to dissolve.

2. In separate bowl, combine all-purpose flour, yellow cornmeal, salt and sugar to bowl.

3. Whisk warm milk, buttermilk and egg yolks into yeast mixture.

4. Stir milk mixture into flour mixture.

5. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand 45 minutes.

6. Add butter to small saucepan, simmer over medium heat. Add cumin and cook 30 seconds.

7. Using electric mixer, beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks.

8. Fold egg whites into yellow cornmeal batter.

9. Fold butter mixture into batter.

10. Spray large skillet with non-stick cooking spray. Preheat over medium high heat.

11. Using tablespoon, drop batter onto skillet. Cook tiny pancakes until golden, turning once.

12. Place pancakes on serving plates.

13. Stir lemon zest into sour cream.

14. Top pancakes with strip of smoked salmon. Garnish with 1-teaspoon of sour cream mixture.

15. Garnish with chopped chives.

 



Salmon Tips -
Cooking Salmon
When cooking salmon, use a non-stick sauté pan or a non-stick spray, as the skin from salmon will stick to the pan.

Salmon Tips -
Salmon Substitution
Striped bass, rockfish, arctic char, red snapper and black cod can be substituted for the salmon.
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