AUTHOR: Julia
TITLE: A Dairy Thankgiving (Recipe: Wild Rice Pancakes)
DATE: 11/02/2009 05:18:00 AM
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I celebrate Thanksgiving with my sister and her family. We usually gather at their home in Richmond... because they keep kosher it's easier to cook there rather than kasher my kitchen and cook our usual banquet for 12 people. And my dining room is too small.
The restrictions of the Jewish dietary laws mean that we have to choose between a dairy meal and a meat meal. Personally, I would go for dairy. I don't mind giving up the turkey for the sake of all the cheese, cream and butter that goes into our family's traditional buffet: Sweet Corn Tamales with Salsa, Bread Pudding with Creme Anglaise, and my favorite: Wild Rice Pancakes.
But I'm alone. Everyone else votes for turkey. So we use soy milk in place of cream and milk, omit the added fat when butter is suggested, and delete the tamales altogether. To be sure, the meal is much lighter than most.
On the occasion of my sister's visit last week, I decided to take advantage of the fact that we would have a dairy meal. I made the full-on dairy version of my wild rice pancakes, and served them with a topping of sour cream and smoked salmon.
Wild Rice Pancakes
3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 TBS fresh dill
1 egg + 1 yolk, beaten
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup whole butter, melted
1/2 cup carrots, chopped
1/2 cup mushrooms, chopped
1/2 cup celery chopped
1/2 cup onions chopped
1 - 4 oz. box of wild rice, cooked and drained
plain (canola) oil for cooking
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR:T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types
DATE:11/02/2009 08:58:00 AM
I love little pancake recipes - with dairy or meat!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR:noble pig
DATE:11/02/2009 09:33:00 AM
I would go for dairy too!! But it all sounds yummy.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR:Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)
DATE:11/02/2009 07:10:00 PM
Oooh, they're like little wild rice blinis! Adorable.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR:Reeni
DATE:11/02/2009 09:47:00 PM
I'm all for the dairy meal too! These cakes sound really good - I've never had any like them - love the herby sour cream too.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR:The Blonde Duck
DATE:11/03/2009 02:41:00 PM
Popped in to say hi. This looks wonderful!!
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