Ricotta pancake stack with blueberries

Enjoy these fluffy, melt in your mouth pancakes for a lazy weekend brunch with bluberries and a drizzle of honey

Ricotta pancake stack with blueberries

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

5

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 1 egg, separated

  • 200ml milk

  • zest of 2 oranges

  • zest of 1 lemon

  • 1 tsp vanilla essence

  • 200g plain flour

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • pinch of fine sea salt

  • 220g Ricotta

  • rapeseed or sunflower oil, for frying

  • 2 large handfuls of blueberries

  • honey, for drizzling

Method

  1. Mix the egg yolk, milk, zest and vanilla. Whisk the egg white until stiff.

  2. Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt together and make a well in the centre.

  3. Add the egg yolk mixture until combined. Beat in the Ricotta. Fold in the egg white.

  4. Heat the oil to hot in a heavy based frying pan. Spoon the batter into the pan and fry until golden underneath then flip the pancake around. Store between two heated plates in a very low oven until all the batter is used up.

  5. Coat the pan with a thin layer of oil when required.

  6. Serve with some more ricotta or natural yoghurt, blueberries and a drizzle of honey.