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Pancakes with Carmelized Pears and Gorgonzola

Pancakes with Carmelized Pears and Gorgonzola

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pancakes
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    Cordelia's Notes: I prefer to start my day with something savory. So for pancakes I thought I can go mid way and mix savory with sweet. Pears and Gorgonzola is match made in heaven, so why not make it into...

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Serves 12-15

Carmelized Pears :

2-3 bartlett pears (depending on their size) Ask a question about this ingredient

1/3 cup honey Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon chopped thyme Ask a question about this ingredient

  1. Peel the pears and cut them to small cubes. Drizzle a bit of lemon juice so the pears won't discolorate.

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  2. put the honey in a pan and add the pears. Cook on medium heat for 10-15 minutes until juices evaporated, the honey caramelized but just a bit darker. Add the thyme in the last few minutes.

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  3. Put aside to cool.

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  1. Separate the egg whites from the yolks and put in a different bowl with a pinch of salt. Beat the egg whites to stiff picks.

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  2. in a different bowl mix the yolks, milk, salt.

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  3. Sift the flour and baking powder to the yolk bowl and mix well, but not too much so you won't get tough pancakes.

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  4. Fold the egg whites to the mixture (first fold 1/3 of the egg whites and ten the rest for fluffier texture).

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  5. Fold in the Gorgonzola and the pears.

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  6. Warm a non-stick pan on medium heat with some butter (one teaspoon). When warm pour about 1/3 of a cup of the mixture to the pan (depending on the size of the pancakes you want). Fry for about 3-4 minutes until there are a lot of bubbles on top and the pan side is brownish. Flip the pancake and fry for 1-2 minutes until brownish. Don't cook too much so it won't get dry.

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  7. Mix the arugula with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of honey, lemon juice and salt and pepper.

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  8. For serving - put a handful of the arugula on top of 1-2 pancakes and sprinkle with crumbled Gorgonzola.

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2 Comments on Pancakes with Carmelized Pears and Gorgonzola

Gizma_and_frou_frou Reply

thanks neighbor!

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MMM, these sound delish!

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