Blue Corn Pancakes with Vanilla Crema Recipe - Marla Meridith

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups fine-ground blue cornmeal
• 1 ½ cups boiling water
• 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose unbleached flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 ½ tsp Kosher salt
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• 4 large eggs, beaten
• ¾ cup whole milk (or unsweetened coconut milk)
• ½ cup unsalted butter, melted (let cool a bit) plus more for the griddle
• 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
• ¼ cup Mexican crema, sour cream, or plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups raspberries (fresh or frozen)
• ¼ cup granulated sugar, taste