Corn Griddle Cakes with Sausage
One serving contains 300 calories, 9g of protein, and 14g of fat. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of freshly cracked peppercorns, buttermilk, honey, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.
Instructions
Melt butter in asmall saucepan over low heat.
Whisk inhoney and orange zest. Season to taste withsalt and pepper. Cover and keep warm.
Melt butter in a smallsaucepan over medium heat. Spoon milksolids from surface and discard.
Pourclarified butter into a small glass measuringcup (there should be about 1/4 cup), leavingany browned bits behind; set aside.(Alternatively, use 1/4 cup grapeseed oil.)
Cook sausage in a 10" cast-iron skilletor other large heavy nonstick skillet overmedium heat, breaking up into small pieceswith the back of a spoon, until brownedand cooked through, about 8 minutes. Usinga slotted spoon, transfer sausage to a smallbowl.
Add corn to same skillet and cookover medium-high heat, stirring often, untilbrowned, 5–6 minutes.
Transfer corn tobowl with sausage and let cool. Wipe skilletclean and reserve.
Whisk cornmeal and next 7 ingredients ina medium bowl.
Whisk buttermilk and eggsin a large bowl; add dry ingredients andwhisk until just combined. Fold in sausage,corn, and scallions.
Heat 1 tablespoon clarified butter in reservedskillet; working in batches and adding butteras needed between batches, add batterto pan by tablespoonfuls. Cook until cakesare crisp and golden brown, 2–3 minutes.Turn cakes over and cook until browned,1–2 minutes longer.
Transfer cakes to papertowels to drain.
Serve warm drizzled withorange-honey butter.