Garlic Pancakes with Ham Sauce
- 1/2 pound butter
- 3 tablespoons sage rubbed
- 3 each garlic large heads
- 2 cups flour, self-rising self rising
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 1/2 cups milk
- 9 each garlic cloves large, minced
- 1 pound ham lean, 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 tablespoons flour to make a roux and cook at medium temperature, stirring frequently, to brown.
- Meanwhile in skillet, place remaining 2 tablespoons 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.
butter, sage, garlic, flour, eggs, vegetable oil, milk, garlic, ham lean
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/garlic-pancakes-ham-sauce-32559 (may not work)