Top these fluffy golden babies with a thick and sweet blueberry sauce, or your favorite maple syrup and butter. And just like that, it’s the weekend. Or maybe it’s 7 PM on a Tuesday, but honestly, no one cares when you eat pancakes. Pancakes aren’t dependent on time. Pancakes are a state of mind.
Ingredients From France44:
American Spoon Wheat & Malt Pancake mix
Locally Laid Eggs
Fresh Blueberries (as availability allows)
Runamok Elderberry Maple Syrup
Calabro Hand Dipped Ricotta
Ingredients from your Pantry:
Milk
Honey
Sugar
3 Lemons (we have some if you need them)
Vegetable oil
Salt
FOR THE COMPOTE
2 cups blueberries
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons water
Pinch salt
To make the compote, combine all ingredients in a small sauce pan and cook over medium heat for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally until thick. Keep warm while you prepare the pancakes.
FOR THE PANCAKES
4 large eggs, yolks and whites separated
¾ cup whole milk
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
zest of three lemons
1¼ cups American Spoon Wheat & Malt Pancake Mix
¾ cup whole milk ricotta cheese
pinch of salt
For the pancakes combine the egg yolks, milk, honey, oil, and lemon zest in a large bowl and whisk mixture until smooth. Using a rubber spatula, fold the pancake mix into the wet ingredients. Place the egg whites and salt in a clean bowl and whip until the whites hold soft peaks. Be very careful when you separate the eggs. Any yolk (or other fat, oil, or grease) that makes its way into the whites will keep the whites from whipping up as big and fluffy as possible.
Fold the whipped whites and the ricotta into the batter, making sure to maintain the texture of both the ricotta and the egg whites. (I believe in you)
Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Coat the surface of the pan with a thin layer of butter. Scoop the batter onto the pan, measuring out about ¼ cup for each pancake. Cook until bubbles form on the top of each pancake, 3-4 minutes, then flip and cook on the other side until golden.
Repeat until all the pancakes are cooked. Top with reserved blueberry compote. Add some butter because you feel like it. Maybe get a little wild and pour some Runamok Maple Syrup on top, too. Cut into those cakes and never look back.
