Spinach Pancakes with Earth Balance Lime Butter
 
 
Spinach Pancakes with Earth Balance Lime Butter
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients
Butter
  • ½ stick Earth Balance butter, at room temperature
  • grated zest of 1 lime
  • 1½ tbsp lime juice
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
  • ½ garlic clove, finely chpped
  • ¼ tsp red chili flakes
Pancakes
  • ½ lb (about 8 cups) spinach, washed
  • ¾ cup whole wheat white flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 2 Ground Flax eggs (4 tbsp ground flax combined with 6 tbsp water - refrigerate 10 min)
  • 4 tbsp Earth Balance butter, melted
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • ⅔ cup milk alternative (soy or almond work - I wouldn't use coconut)
  • 6 medium green onions, finely sliced
  • 2 green chiles, thinly sliced
  • olive oil for frying
Instructions
  1. Put the softened butter in a small bowl. Stir in the zest, lime juice, cilantro, garlic, chile flakes, salt and pepper. Chill until firm.
  2. Wilt the spinach for one minute in boiling water. Drain in a sieve and when cool, squeeze hard with your hands to remove as much moisture as possible. Roughly chop and put aside.
  3. Put the flour, baking powder, egg replacer, melted butter, salt, cumin and milk in a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. Add the green onions, chiles and spinach and mix with a fork. Sometimes my batter is a little thick and I make a thicker pancake. If you like a thinner pancakes, add more soy or almond milk.
  4. Pour a small amount of olive oil into a heavy frying pan and place on medium-high heat. For each pancake, ladle 2 tbsp of batter into pan and press down gently. You should have smallish pancakes. Cool for about 2-3 minutes on each side, or until you get a good golden green color. Transfer to paper towels and keep warm. Continue making pancakes, adding oil to the pan as needed, until the batter is used up.
  5. To serve, pile up three warm pancakes per person and place a slice of flavored butter on top to melt. Save the left over butter.
Recipe by Ordinary Vegan at https://ordinaryvegan.net/spinachpancakes/