Ham and Cheese Griddle Cakes

Title:
Ham and Cheese Griddle Cakes

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Ham




Ingredients:





   3/4 c  Yellow cornmeal


   3/4 c  Unbleached all purpose flour


     1 ts Baking powder


   1/4 ts Baking soda


   1/4 ts Salt


 1 1/2 c  Buttermilk


     3 lg Eggs; separated


     4 tb Butter; (about) melted


   1/3 c  Crumbled Maytag blue cheese


   1/3 c  Finely chopped ham


          Maple syrup






 Mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Whisk buttermilk, egg yolks


 and 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter in medium bowl to blend. Whisk into dry


 ingredients. Mix in cheese and ham. Beat egg whites in another bowl to


 stiff peaks. Fold whites into batter in 2 additions.


 


 Heat 1 tablespoon melted butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat.


 Working in batches, pour batter into skillet by 1/4 cupfuls. Cook until


 cakes are puffed and golden, adding more butter skillet for each batch if


 necessary, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to plates. Serve with maple


 syrup.


 


       4    Servings


 


 Bon App?tit November 1995


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #978 by shade 
on Jan 2,


 1998