Ingredients

  • 14 cup cornmeal, fine
  • 14 cup water, boiling
  • 2 cups flour
  • 14 cup sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 14 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1 orange, zest of 1/2 orange here and 1/2 in syrup
  • 1 cup honey
  • 12 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  • Pour boiling water over corn meal; they said corn flour.
  • I just whirred corn meal in a food processor until finer flour.
  • Sift dry ingredients together.
  • Whisk together wet ingredients; add cornmeal, egg, milk, lemon juice.
  • Add to dry ingredients.
  • Add zest to ricotta (I used 1 teaspoon dried orange zest).
  • Fold in mixture.
  • Fry in silver dollar size pancakes with butter; they will stick easily and burn fast.
  • Meanwhile boil together syrup.
  • The original recipe boiled a vanilla bean but I substituted vanilla in it; your choice.
  • I just used honey and butter great stuff.