Gluten Free Yeasted Pancakes with Blueberry Compote
Ingredients
For the pancakes
2 cups (280 g) gluten free bread flour
1 1/3 teaspoons (4 g) instant yeast
2 tablespoons (24 g) sugar
1 teaspoon (6 g) kosher salt
6 tablespoons (84 g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
3 to 3 1/4 cups (24 to 26 fluid ounces) milk, at room temperature
1 egg (50 g, weighed out of shell), at room temperature, beaten
1 egg yolk (25 g), at room temperature
For the blueberry compote
2 cups frozen blueberries (if you use fresh blueberries, they will cook faster)
3 tablespoons (63 g) honey (plus more to taste)
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
3 tablespoons (1 1/2 fluid ounces) lukewarm water
Sour cream or crème fraîche, for serving (optional)
Instructions
First, make the pancake batter. In a large bowl, combine the flour, yeast and sugar, and whisk to combine well. Add the salt, and whisk to combine. Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients, add the butter and 2 1/2 cups of the milk, and whisk to combine well. The mixture will be relatively thin. Cover the bowl very tightly with plastic wrap or transfer to a proofing bucket large enough for the dough to rise to double its size, and secure the top of your proofing bucket. Allow the batter to sit at room temperature, covered, for at least 2 hours or up to overnight. It will sweel, but will deflate easily if the batter is stirred or the bucket is shaken. The batter can also be kept, covered, in the refrigerator, for up to 2 days.
Make the pancakes. When you are ready to make the pancakes, heat a griddle to medium-low or a nonstick pan over medium-low heat, and grease lightly. Uncover the pancake batter, which will have swelled significantly, and stir it down. Add 1/2 cup of the remaining milk, and the eggs. Whisk to combine well. The batter should be thickly pourable. Add more milk by the tablespoon, whisking it in to combine well, until the proper consistency is reached. To make silver dollar-sized pancakes, pour as many portions of about 2 tablespoons of batter each onto the hot griddle as can fit comfortably, without touching. Allow to cook until just a few large bubbles begin to break through the top of the batter in each pancake and the edges are set (about 1 ½ minutes). With a wide, flat spatula, carefully flip over each pancake, and continue to cook until set (about another 30 seconds). Larger pancakes will take longer to cook. Remove from the skillet, and repeat with the remaining batter.
To make the blueberry compote, combine all of the ingredients in a medium-size, heavy-bottom saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the blueberries are all softened and the mixture has begun to thicken (about 7 minutes). Serve the warm pancakes with a dollop of sour cream or crème fraîche and a dollop of the warm blueberry compote.
Adapted from the Yeast-Raised Waffles on page 216 of Gluten-Free on a Shoestring Bakes Bread: Biscuits, Bagels, Buns, and More by Nicole Hunn.