Jalapeño, Bacon, and Cheddar Corn Pancakes

Mother’s Day is just a couple of days away, and if you are making brunch, you might want to try these corn flour pancakes, which incorporate spicy, salty, and sweet. I made these cakes for dinner one night this week with a salad, and they were a huge hit.

These pancakes are made up of chopped jalapeño, turkey bacon, roasted corn, grated Kerrygold cheddar, milk, and eggs.

As always, I kind of eyeballed things with this recipe. I chopped two large jalapeños (which turned out to be too much, I would go with one next time) and four slices of turkey bacon and combined those items with a cup of roasted corn. I use the Trader Joe’s frozen roasted corn in lots of recipes, including chili, and it is awesome.

I recently received an amazing gift of cheese and butter as part of the Kerrygold Blogger Network. I grated up about 1/2 cup of the Skellig Sweet Cheddar (all the while nibbling this sweet and tangy cheese while I cooked). I added the grated cheese to the jalapeño, bacon, and corn mixture and stirred thoroughly, distributing the ingredients evenly.

At this point, I was really kind of winging it, so I slowly mixed in the corn flour, which I received from War Eagle Mill as part of Whole Grain Sampling Day. I stirred in about two cups of the corn flour, then added three eggs, mixed again, and slowly streamed in milk until the mix was no longer dry. The pancake mix is thick and sticky; there are a lot of ingredients that make it so.

I then heated up a frying pan with a little oil and made the pancakes just as I would any other pancakes, browning them lightly on each side.

The final step was whipping up some Kerrygold butter with maple syrup. We topped the pancakes with the sweet butter, and dug right in.

These pancakes are bursting with flavor and texture. The sweet maple butter really pulls it all together, cooling some of the spice, and pairing so well with the salt of the bacon.  These would make a fantastic brunch, paired with some fruit, spicy Bloody Marys, and maybe some pastries or dessert items.

Do you have any delicious brunch plans this weekend?