Cornmeal Pancakes with Blueberry Pepper Sauce
Cornmeal Pancakes with Blueberry Pepper Sauce is a unique twist on your classic breakfast meal. The cornmeal in the pancakes give it a nutty, slightly sweet flavor. The blueberry pepper sauce adds a sweet and spicy kick resulting in a unique depth to the dish.
This recipe is perfect for breakfast or brunch with family and friends, and is sure to impress.
Plus, they’re easy to make and can be whipped up in no time at all.
Making Cornmeal Pancakes with Blueberry Pepper Sauce
Get your pancake batter started
Melt the butter and set aside to cool while you make the batter.
In a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, self-rising flour, sugar, and baking powder.
Next, whisk in the buttermilk and eggs, but don’t over mix as this can lead to tough pancakes.
Just get everything blended then let it rest while you make the sauce.
Get your sauce started
First, it’s important we talk about the peppers.
Jalapeño peppers are hotter, more spicy than poblano peppers, so you’ll need to buy based on preference.
Also, poblano peppers are slightly larger than jalapeños, so you may not want to put the whole pepper in the sauce, because it might overpower the blueberries.
If you use a poblano, use about 3/4 of the pepper in the sauce.
Last point, there are other peppers you can use, too, such as bell peppers (mildest of peppers), to the Carolina Reaper (spiciest in the world and would probably kill me).
For this recipe, I suggested only 2 for simplicity sake, but of course, you can adjust.
So, back to cooking.
In a small sauce pan, stir the following together: blueberries, sugar, peppers, and lemon juice.
Cook on medium heat and mash the blueberries with the back of the spatula or spoon.
Then, reduce the heat to low so the sauce can simmer while you cook the pancakes.
Cooking the pancakes
Remember the melted butter? Stir it into the batter now.
Also, heat a non-stick pan on medium heat and swirl a little butter in the pan.
Scoop out 1/4 cup batter per pancake, fitting as many as comfortably fit in the pan, probably 3 or 4.
Work in batches.
Each pancake with get little bubbles on top and get dry around the edge after about 2 minutes.
Check for color on the bottom, then flip.
Cook the other side for another 1 – 2 minutes, then check the bottom again for color.
The golden brown color is your tip the pancake is ready.
Serving Cornmeal Pancakes with Blueberry Pepper Sauce
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Cornmeal Pancakes with Blueberry Pepper Sauce
Ingredients
Pancakes:
- 4 Tbsp. butter, melted
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
Blueberry Pepper Sauce:
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries
- 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1 jalapeño pepper (or poblano), See NOTES seeded and diced
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Instructions
- Melt butter, set aside to cool.
- In large bowl, mix together cornmeal, flour, sugar, and baking powder. Whisk in buttermilk and eggs. Do not over mix. Set batter aside to rest while you make sauce.
- In small sauce pan, stir together blueberries, sugar, peppers, and lemon juice. Cook over medium heat stirring occasionally. Mash blueberries with spatula or spoon, then reduce to low heat and allow to simmer while you cook pancakes.
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add small amount of butter to pan, swirl to coat.
- Stir melted butter into pancake batter. Ladle 1/4 cup batter per pancake onto hot pan (3 or 4 at a time depending on how many fit). Cook in batches.
- Cook pancakes until bubbles appear on top and the bottom is golden brown (1 - 2 minutes), then flip. Cook for another 1 - 2 minutes. Check bottom for color.
- Serve immediately with warm sauce. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Cornmeal Pancakes with Blueberry Pepper Sauce
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