Mary and Brian's Recipes

BETTE'S DINER SOUFFLE PANCAKES
Category Breakfast
Events:
Ingredients
2 egg yolks 1/2 cup half and half 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1 1/2 tablespoons butter ,clarified 1/2 teaspoon sugar (replace with dry mustard for the lunch version) 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 egg wites Liquor (see the alternatives)
Method
preheat broiler In large bowl,beat the egg yolks with the half and half. Add the flour slowly ,stir till just to combine. Stir in the butter,sugar or mustard, salt and the liquor. Place the egg whites in a separate bowl. With an electric mixer or whisk, beat until the whites form soft peaks. Gently fold the whites into batter, just until combined. Heat a lightly buttered 10 inch nonstick saut� pan with an oven proof handle, or a heavy cast iron skillet, over high heat until it is almost smoking. Pour the batter into the pan. Decrease the heat to medium and cook for about 5 minutes, until the bottom of pancake is nicely browned and batter has begun to firm up. Arrange the pieces of prepared fruit, nuts,or other ingredients called for in chosen recipe in a circular pattern on top of the batter,laying them gently on the surface. Place the pan 4 to 5 inches below broiler element and broil till browned (2-4 minutes, the lunch ones are the lower end), and the center is just set but still soft. Gently slide the pancake onto warmed plate: For breakfast/desert dust the fruit with confectioners sugar and whisk to table. Serve immediately with butter and warm maple syrup or other toppings,as indicated in your chosen recipe. For lunch just serve, you may want to top with a mayo/mustard combination.
Notes
Variations - Breakfast Apple Brandy - heat 1 Tbsp butter in amll saute pan over medium heat. Add 1 cup peeled/cored slice apple and 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon. Saute 2-4 minutes till soft. Add 1 tsp applejack, Calvedos or other brandy. add per the above. Banana-Rum - To the batter add 1 Tbs dark run. Use 1 cup banana slices per the above. Pear William - Heat 1 BTS butter in a small saute pan over medium heat. Add 1 cup peeled/cored slice pear and a few drops of vanilla extract. Saute 2-4 minutes. To the batter add 1 Tbsp pear brandy and add the pears per the above. Fresh Berry and Grand Marnier- To the batter add 1 Tbsp of Grand Marnier. In a bowl toss 1 cup blueberries, blackberries, rasberries or sliced strawberries (or any combination) with 1 Tbsp sugar. Gently stir and add per the above. Pineaapple Mango - take 1/4 inch pineapple slices and 1/4 inch mango slices. Add 1 Tbsp dark rum to the batter. Top with 6-8 pinapple slices and 6-8 mango slices per the above. Peach Melba - Press 1/2 cup fresh or thawed frozen rasberries through a strainer to make the sauce, add sugar to tast. Peel, core and slice a peach into 1/4 inch slices. Add schnapps to the batter and add the slices of peach per the above. Tope with the sauce and whipped cream. Variations - Dessert Chocolate- a dd 2 Tbsps chocolate syrup, 1/4 cup chocolate chips and 2 Tbsps dark rum to the batter. Add a few additional chocolate chips per the above. Nutty Pralide To the batter, add 2 Tbsps dark rum. Bring 2 Tbsp sugar, 2 Tbsp water and a few drop of lemon juice to a boil in the pan you will be using for the pancake, continue to boil for about 4 minutes until sugar is carmelized. Stir in 1/4 cup chopped pecans. Cuook 1 pinut and remove the pan from the heat. Remove the pecans and return the pan to the stove and add 2 tsp butter. Distribute 60% of the pecans into the pan and start the recipe above. Add the remaining pecans per the above. Maple Syrup/caramel is a great topper. Variations - Lunch/Brunch Substitute 1/2 tsp of dry mustard for the suger. You can also add a pinch of cayenne if you like. Chile-cheese - To the batter add 1/2 cup grated chedd/monterey jack or swiss and 1/2 cup roasted and diced anaheim/pasilla/red bell pepers. Add a few more at the midway poing per the above. Crab and avocado - Tot he batter add 1/2 cooked crabmeat and 1/2 ripe avocado cut into 1/2 inch chunks. Green Onion and bacon - Cook/drain/crumble 3 strips bacon. To the batter add the bacon and 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onion. Ham and Cheese - To the batter add 1/2 cup grated Gruyere or Cheddar. Add 1/4 cup diced ham per the above.
Rating: Unrated