Escapes Food: Pancake with Jarlsberg Cheese

Have you ever been ordering breakfast at a restaurant and thought, "I want pancakes, but I'm also not sure I want an entirely sweet breakfast," and then ordered a side of bacon, just so you'd have a savory bite, too? Well, this Dutch pancake may solve all your problems. We had it yesterday morning on vacation...

It was billed as a Pennsylvania Dutch Cake, and the execution is really very simple: While the batter is still setting on the griddle, you put a large, thin slice of Jarlsberg Cheese right in the center.

We expected the result to have a gooey middle; we'd slice into it and get some melted cheese on our bite of pancake. But instead, it was fully baked through and crispy, almost like a salty crust. It was delicious, though, and a perfect combination of sweet and savory.

After we took these pictures, we did pour maple syrup over the top, which went with the cheese quite well.

Has anyone else eaten this cheesy pancake? Ever made one at home?

(Images: Elizabeth Passarella)

Comments (2)

that look delish.

posted by mlleErica on July 10th 2009 at 1:31pm
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looks like you would need the bog rectangular slab of Jarlsberg from coscto to do this, the thin little wedges from the grocery store would make too-small slices

posted by LauraZ on July 11th 2009 at 10:00pm
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