Pancakes and Smoked Strawberry Jam

Cardamom Pancakes, Smoked Strawberry Jam

For the Pancakes

2c AP flour

1 ½ c Milk

½ c Sugar

¼ Vegetable oil

1tbsp Baking powder

4 Eggs

1tbs Ground Cardamom

1tsp Fresh grated ginger

1tsp Sea salt

Method:

Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl. In a separate bowl break up the eggs and add the milk, sugar oil ginger and cardamom. Gently pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and incorporate until just brought together, lumps are fine. (Don't over mix or you will develop gluten in the flour and make tougher pancakes!)

For the Smoked Strawberry Jam

2 c strawberries

1 c sugar

1/4c water

1 orange zest and juice only

1 Lime juice only

Method:

Remove the stems from the strawberries and cut them into ¼. Place them on a perforated tray and smoke in a cold smoker for two hours with hickory or apple wood chips. Take the smoked strawberries and place them in as pot with the sugar, water, the orange zest and juice, and lime juice, cook over medium heat for 15 min or until the strawberries have broken down and gave up their liquid. Remove from heat and reserve

To Finish and Serve

Warm a cast iron or non stick pan over medium high heat. Pour just enough vegetable in the bottom of the pan to coat and start spooning your pancakes on to whatever size you would like, be sure to leave enough space in between the pancakes so they don't touch each other. When small bubbles start to come up to the tops of the batter, flip the pancakes and cook for 45 seconds- 1 minute. Take the pancakes from the pan and place right on serving plate, top with warm smoked strawberry Jam and enjoy

Tip

If you don't have access to a smoker you can skip that step and just add, ½ tsp liquid smoke to the strawberries while they cook or you can skip the smoke all together and the resulting jam will still be delicious!, Many people don't realize how easy and in expensive it is to make your own pan cakes from home without using the box, but its easy

Cardamom is a spice pod native to India; it has a refreshing floral flavor with eucalyptus back notes. It is becoming more and more popular in this country and can start to be found in higher end grocery stores and Indian Markets