Gluten Free Dairy Free Corn/ Cornmeal Pancakes
"GF flours are so expensive (especially in Panama), so I'm trying to get a good corn based pancake. I've been tinkering with this recipe, and I'm posting it here for safe keeping. It's a work in progress. Here in Panama they have what they call crema de maiz or cream of corn. It is a very fine ground corn flour. Masa harina that you use for tamales might work as well."
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4-5
ingredients
- 2 cups cornflour, could use Corn meal, but would have to adjust the water (or Crema de Maiz)
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1⁄4 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
directions
- Bring water to a boil.
- Mix corn flour and corn meal.
- Slowly pour water OVER cornmeal mixture. Make paste as you go.
- Add everything else and mix well. The corn meal obviously make a coarser grit pancake. You could boil more (like 3 cups of water) and cook the cornmeal like grits to get maybe a different texture also.
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Reviews
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Wonderful recipe! So easy - no exotic ingredients, and VERY tasty! I halved the recipe and used honey instead of sugar, but that's the only change I made. Will definitely make this again. Thanks for posting!<br/>Made for Healthy Choices ABC. -
Wow, that recipe turned out surprising good! I didn't think anything using masa harina could taste a little sweet. I was afraid the pancakes might taste bland or like a tortilla (which is what I've been only making with masa harina or cornflour) so I added some fruits. I juiced a sweet clementine and a lemon and added to the mixture and then two smaller kumatos. I just bought kumatos for the first time this week and their like a sweeter version of a tomato and they turn a brownish red when ripe. Overall the pancakes were delicious and were probably like corn latkes rather than potato latkes, flat, a little oily, with a sweet kick to them.
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Wonderful recipe! So easy - no exotic ingredients, and VERY tasty! I halved the recipe and used honey instead of sugar, but that's the only change I made. Will definitely make this again. Thanks for posting!<br/>Made for Healthy Choices ABC.
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I was born and raised in the beautiful state of South Carolina. I lived there my whole life until June 2005 months ago when we decided we were tired of dealing with the cold weather and opted to move back to my husband's birthplace (sunny Panama). We are really enjoying the tropical weather (and all the fresh, free produce in our yard) We have mango, papaya, grapefruit, banana, and coconut trees in our yard. No veggetable garden yet, but I hope there will be soon! Our family loved to eat out alot in the States, but as there are not many quality restraunts here (we have Tony Roma's and TGI's) I'm learning to prepare more food at home. I live here with my husband, 3 daughters, son, my mother, and my husband's grandmother. (So we have a FULL house!) I didn't cook much growing up (or eat meat much) so when I married someone who says, a meal isn't meal without meat I had to learn real quick. I was so thrilled to find recipezaar! I get bored with eating the same thing, so its great having a never ending source of recipes at my fingertips.
