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breakfast
Banana Buttermilk Pancakes
A crispy exterior gives these pancakes a delightful texture.
Serves 8 people (16 pancakes)
1¾
cups (425 ml) unbleached, all-purpose flour
¼
cup (50 ml) granulated sugar
¼
cup (50 ml) light brown sugar
1
teaspoon (5 ml) baking soda
½
teaspoon (2 ml) baking powder
¼
teaspoon (1 ml) table salt
¼
teaspoon (1 ml) ground cinnamon
1½
cups (375 ml) buttermilk
2
large eggs
¾
teaspoon (3.75 ml) pure vanilla extract
¼
cup (50 ml) unsalted butter, melted
2
ripe bananas (½ mashed, 1½ cut into thin slices)
1. Preheat the Cuisinart
TM
Griddler
TM
Grill Centro, fitted with the
griddle plate, to Medium.
2. Prepare the pancake batter. Put the flour, sugars, baking soda,
baking powder, salt and cinnamon into a medium bowl. Stir with a
whisk to blend. Reserve.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs and vanilla.
Add to the flour mixture; whisk to combine.
4. Stir in the melted butter and then fold in the mashed banana.
Be careful not to overmix.
5. Once griddle has preheated for 10 minutes, drop batter evenly onto
the griddle plate using a ¼-cup (50 ml) measure. Place 2 to 3
banana slices on each pancake. Cook pancakes until bubbles
form, about 3 to 4 minutes; flip and cook until done, about 2
minutes longer.
6. Transfer to warm plates to serve. As you finish each batch of
pancakes, you can keep them warm on a wire rack placed on a
baking sheet in a low oven (200°F [95°C]). Repeat until all the batter
is used.
Note:
For a complete breakfast put 8 breakfast sausages on the
rollers to cook once the grill is preheated. Once they have been
cooking for 5 minutes start cooking the pancakes.
Nutritional Information per serving (2 pancakes):
Calories 199 (34% from fat) • carb. 27g • pro. 6g • fat 8g • sat. fat 4g
• chol. 71mg • sod. 306mg • calc 81mg • fiber 1g
Country Breakfast
A little bit of everything in this hearty start to the day.
Makes four servings
1
pound (500 g) potatoes (new red or Yukon gold, or a mix of
both), scrubbed and not peeled
1½ to 2 tablespoons (25 to 30 ml) melted unsalted butter or olive oil
¹⁄
8
teaspoon (0.5 ml) sea salt
¼
teaspoon (1 ml) freshly ground black pepper
pinch dried thyme
¼
small onion, finely chopped (about ¼ cup chopped)
8
pre-cooked turkey breakfast sausage links or uncooked, thin
breakfast sausage links
8
large eggs
1. Put the potatoes into a large saucepan filled with salted water.
Cover and bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are just fork-tender.
Reserve to cool.
2. Preheat the Cuisinart
TM
Griddler
TM
Grill Centro, fitted with the
griddle plate and the rollers on the bottom of the grill, to High.
3. While Grill Centro is preheating (about 10 minutes), cut the cooled
potatoes into ½-inch (1.25 cm) pieces and put into a medium
mixing bowl. Toss with the melted butter/oil, salt, pepper, thyme
and onion.
4. Place the sausages on the rollers as instructed on page 5 of the
instruction booklet and put the potato mixture on the griddle plate.
