Ingredients
- 1 cup Roy's Calais Flint Corn Kenyon's or locally ground corn meal
- 1/2 tsp Sugar (some prefer to omit sugar)
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 3/4 cups Milk
- To taste Butter, bacon fat or oil for greasing the skillet
- To taste Boiled cider, butter, raw milk cheeses
Roy's Calais Flint Corn Johnny Cakes with Boiled Cider and Raw Milk Cheese
Meal: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredient: Sweets
Season: Summer
Contributor: Robin Schempp for Slow Food USA
Directions
4 SERVINGS
- Combine cornmeal, sugar (if using), salt and milk in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Drop by the spoonful onto a hot, well-greased griddle or fry pan.
- Cook for approx. 3 - 4 minutes until the edges turn lacey and brown, then flip and finish the other side for 3 - 4 minutes.
- Serve warm drizzled with boiled cider, a selection of raw milk cheeses and local apples.
Some Suggested Cheese Accompaniments
Farmhouse Clothbound
Shelburn Farms
http://www.shelburnefarms.org/
Grafton Clothbound
Grafton Village Cheese Co.
http://www.graftonvillagecheese.com/
Bayley Hazen Blue
Jasper Hill
http://www.jasperhillfarm.com/
Mon St. Francis
Capriole
http://www.capriolegoatcheese.com
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