If you ask my fiance what his favorite food is, here's what he'll say: Pizza.
Which is funny for someone who is engaged to a woman that pretty much never makes true pizza. Sure, I'll use similar ingredients, but it is always somehow slightly different. Smaller. Healthier. In a different form. Which reminds me: Anyone ever had a pizza shake? Ew?
Lately, I've been experimenting with pancakes recipes. After we had some delicious savory pancakes at
Belly Q, I was interested in creating something similar. Basically, they took a savory, cheesy pancake and topped it with meats and cheeses.
It's like if pizza and tostadas had a baby. Here's how they described it at the restaurant:
I know... it sounds delicious, right? We had the Goat Milk Feta Cheese & Rice Noodle Pancake, and I think we may have also tried the Double Smoked Bacon & Kimchi Pancake. It was a delicious meal and really got my creative wheels turning.
Finally, while working out, those creative wheels finally found their traction, and I had the perfect idea. We had some delicious chorizo left over from a meat and cheese plate we made for our
Speakeasy Party earlier this month. And we also had, as we
always do (because it is a staple of our kitchen), some delicious feta cheese.
And thus, these parmesan pancakes were born! They were such troopers and cried like total babies. I topped them with some broken up chorizo sausage (chorizo is so soft to begin with that it was pretty easy to break into small pieces with a fork), feta cheese, some mixed shredded cheese, and cholula. The result was something perfectly savory, filling, and low carb. Justin scarfed it up within minutes.
We ate ours with a knife and fork, the way you'd eat a traditional pancake, but feel free to just roll it up and eat it like a taco or something!
Savory Parmesan Pancakes with Chorizo and Feta Cheese
Ingredients for Pancakes:
- 1/2 Cup Oatmeal
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Egg Whites
- 2/3 Cup Cottage Cheese
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients for Topping (to taste):
- Chorizo
- Feta Cheese
- Mixed Cheese
- Italian Seasoning
- Cholula
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Place chorizo in a greased pan and heat on medium, breaking apart and moving around every few minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine pancake ingredients in a blender and blend until well mixed. In a greased pan, pour batter to the size you'd like your pancake to be. Heat over medium-high heat until your pancakes look a little bubbly and you're able to lift them up with a spatula and see that the bottom is beginning to brown. Flip and heat on the other side for just enough time until both sides are beginning to brown. Then, remove from heat and place on a plate.
- Once chorizo is done, take a cookie pan and line with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Place cooked pancakes on the pan (you may need to use more than one or do them in shifts if you're making a big batch), and top with chorizo, mixed shredded cheese, and feta cheese. Then, place in the oven for approximately 10 minutes, or until cheese is sufficiently melted.
- Remove from the oven, add cholula (or the sauce of your choice!) and serve!
Delicious!
- Have any of you ever made savory pancakes?
P.S. From now on, I'm going to try a little exercise in gratitude at the end of every post. Feel free to join in and add your own via comments!
Dear Nasty-Watery-Slushy-Melted-Snow all over Chicago,
Sometimes, when I am boarding the CTA bus, I imagine I am stepping over hot lava instead of 3 inches of dirty snow water. Thanks for making me feel like a kid again.
Love, Carly
