Garlic Pancakes with Ham Sauce

Title:
Garlic Pancakes with Ham Sauce

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Garlic,
Pancakes,
Breakfast




Ingredients:





   1/2 lb Butter


     3 tb Rubbed sage


     3    Large heads fresh garlic


     2 c  Self rising flour


     2    Eggs


     2 tb Oil


 3 1/2 c  Milk


     9    Large cloves fresh garlic,


          -minced


     1 lb Lean ham, minced






 Mix together 12 tablespoons (1-1/2 sticks) butter and sage; reserve. Remove


 as much outer skin from garlic as possible without piercing the cloves'


 covering. Set garlic in saucepan, cover with water and boil gently about 45


 minutes or until cloves are quite soft. Remove from heat. When cool enough


 to handle squeeze each clove to remove cooked garlic by grasping clove at


 tip and pulling down toward base. In mixing bowl, beat garlic with fork


 until smooth. Add to garlic same amount (at least one cup) flour, eggs, oil


 and 1-1/2 cups milk to make pancake batter. Add minced garlic to batter and


 set aside. Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter and keep warm. While waiting


 for batter to work, place half the sage butter (6 tb) in saucepan, add 6 tb


 flour to make a roux and cook at medium temperature, stirring frequently,


 to brown. Meanwhile in skillet, place remaining 2 tb of remaining sage


 butter and add ham. Heat thru, but do not burn. When roux is nicely


 browned, add remaining 2 cups milk. Allow to thicken, stirring frequently.


 Add ham and skillet drippings and mix to make ham sauce. Keep warm. Heat


 griddle or clean skillet and grease lightly with a bit of remaining sage


 butter. Drop batter by spoonfuls onto griddle to make silver dollar-sized


 pancakes. Serve with melted butter and ham sauce. Makes 2 dozen pancakes.


 NOTE:Cooking the garlic until it is soft changes its flavor from pungent to


 sweet and nut-like -- a very good addition to pancakes and a pleasant


 compliment to the smokiness of the ham sauce. Serve for breakfast, brunch,


 lunch or even a light supper.


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini