Ghetto Gastro's Wavy Red Velvet Pancake
Ingredients
Instructions
- Sift all of your dry ingredients through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any clumps
- Add the dry ingredients (cake flour, baking powder, and kosher salt) to a medium-sized bowl.
- In a separate bowl, ¾ cup of milk to [25%] of dry ingredients, and incorporate the mixture with a whisk. [this method is called sponging and creates a slurry that prevents the flour from clumping.]
- Mix thoroughly for 1-2 minutes.
- Then, gradually add the remaining [75%] dry ingredients.
- Mix thoroughly for 1-2 minutes. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl.
- In a separate bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer), use a whisk to whip the egg whites and ¼ tsp of lemon juice until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold whipped egg whites into the batter until just incorporated (do not overfold)
- Line the pancake batter bowl lined with ice to keep it cold.
- Preheat a reliable non-stick frying pan over low-medium heat.
- Add 1 tsp. of unsalted butter
- Use a large serving spoon to
- Pour or scoop the batter onto the nonstick pan, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake.
- Brown on both sides.
- Repeat with the remaining batter.
- Serve hot.
- Pour heavy cream over into a mixing bowl.
- Add powdered sugar
- Add 1/8 tsp of kosher salt.
- Whisk the heavy cream until the cream starts to thicken; until soft peaks form, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Keep refrigerated. Serve cold
- On a large plate, place one piece of pancake down.
- Spoon 2 tbsp. of chantilly, and on top of the pancake. Use your spoon to spread the chantilly mass over the pancake.
- Repeat the process until you stack the pancakes 3 stacks high.
- Top the pancakes with more chantilly.
- Garnish the whipped cream with blueberries and blackberries.
- Drizzle 3 tbsp. of Sovereign syrup on the pancake.
- Serve an eat immediately.
Notes
Ghetto Gastro is a New York-based collective of chefs and food enthusiasts with deep ties to the Bronx that was formed in 2012. Members have included Jon Gray, Lester Walker, Marquis Hayes, Pierre Serrao, and Malcolm Livingston II.
Ghetto Gastro is a global mainstay of food as culture uses ancestral ingredients to bring a multitude of flavors and recipes to eaters everywhere. Our collective uses food as a tool to tell stories about where we come from and the cultures that inspire us, generating excitement by merging the cooking traditions of Black, brown, and Asian folks in a high-quality, healthy fashion. Where food goes, so go its people, and where people go, their stories follow. We create experiences worldwide, making delicious food and collaborating with the best-in-class partners to intersect fashion, art, activism, design, and music—showing how food truly connects us all. As Ghetto Gastro, we big-up the Bronx as a driver of global culture and use food as a weapon to make an impact in our community.
