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My Kingdom for Pancakes!

Date: Mar. 4th 2008
Category: Brunch
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I’m not one for swearing or cursing but I’m just going to come right out and say it, work is kicking my ass.

Badly.

And something very strange is happening to me. At the most inopportune moments during the day, my thoughts turn to pancakes.

Tall stacks of fluffy pancakes. Blueberry pancakes. Buttermilk pancakes. Pumpkin pancakes.

Pancakes dripping syrup. Pancakes glistening with melted butter.

Towers of pancakes surrounded by an adoring crowd of chocolate-drizzled strawberries.

All I want are some pancakes.

Sigh.

Ciao!

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Ricotta Pancakes
From Bill Granger’s Bill’s: Breakfast, Lunch + Dinner.

Note: Over the past few months, I’ve fallen in love with Bill Granger. I’ve purchased three of his cookbooks including this one and I’m smitten. These pancakes were incredible!

1-1/2 cups ricotta (try to use a dry ricotta, otherwise drain your ricotta in a paper-towel lined colander overnight in the refrigerator)
1 tbsp. sugar
3/4 cup milk
4 eggs, separated
1 cup plus two tablespoons of all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tbsp. grated orange zest
unsalted butter (for cooking the pancakes)

In a bowl, combine the ricotta, sugar, milk and egg yolks. Mix well and set aside.

Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the ricotta mixture. Add the vanilla extract and orange zest and mix well.

In a clean bowl, whip the egg whites until they’re stiff.

Gently fold the egg whites into the ricotta mixture.

Heat a pan or griddle and melt a few tablespoons of butter in the pan. Drop about a quarter cup of batter into the pan for each pancake. Don’t overcrowd the pan.

Cook for two to three minutes on the first side. The pancake will be golden. Flip and cook for an additional two minutes.

Serve warm with butter and syrup. Enjoy!

78 Comments


03/4/08 at 10:47 pm

oh you poor cream puff! i hope you get some pancakes soon, maybe with some dark chocolate chips on them?!


03/5/08 at 12:06 am

So you are willing to trade your kingdom for a stack of pancakes? I love your sweet kingdom filled with pastries and cakes. I’ll give you the stack I have right here with my cherry compote (flavored with star anise) - wanna trade? LOL!


03/5/08 at 1:55 am

oh man, I’m in the office and looking at those pictures has just ruined me! Big pancake eaters and my house, even though we all have different preferences. Will try these out this weekend for sure!


03/5/08 at 2:13 am

I want some too now that I saw those photos! Pear and chocolate!


03/5/08 at 3:41 am

oh i’m sorry that work isn’t cooperating. good luck. and i love ricotta pancakes! they were the special of a little breakfast place by my college


03/5/08 at 4:05 am

Poor you… and me.. Now I want pancakes!!


03/5/08 at 4:33 am

These are definitely the kind of pancakes I’d make for dinner, or an elegant Sunday brunch. Lovely.


03/5/08 at 6:20 am

Sorry about work–I fully sympathize!

The pancakes look great and I’ve never tried ricotta pancakes before. They look nice and fluffy and sound like a nice something new for me to try.

As for strawberry adorned pancakes, that sounds like a tempting combination right now. Plus, I’m hosting a strawberry-centric event and I’d love to see one of your beautiful creations there… ;-)


03/5/08 at 6:45 am

These look just the job! They’re very like a ricotta fritter recipe in a Donna Hay magazine which I tried recently - they were very good, too! The orange zest is a lovely touch which really lifts them.


03/5/08 at 7:05 am

That’s food of the gods! I love pancakes! Yours look wonderfully fluffy and delicious!

Cheers,

Rosa


03/5/08 at 7:12 am

OH DEAR LORD!!! Please send me some of those! I am a sucker for breakfast…nothing like having sweets for your meal. I will definately have to try this recipe on a splurge day. Thank you so much for sharing. You are aces!

Carrie Fields


03/5/08 at 8:13 am

Yes, Bill rocks and his pancakes are awesome! I hope work gets a little easier on you very soon. I am the same way at work, I am telling somebody to go run a mile all the while I am thinking about cake…:)


03/5/08 at 8:28 am


I haven’t blogged about my pancakes yet but I have been craving them like crazy too. I’ll have to try yours!


03/5/08 at 8:56 am

Haha! I just finished a plate of sourdough pancakes! Love those cakes in a pan!!!


03/5/08 at 8:58 am

Oh my goodness, those pancakes look soooo good! I am not much of a pancake eater but those would make me convert. I love ricotta cheese so I am going to have to make these pancakes!!!!!


03/5/08 at 9:55 am

What tempting photos—– what lovely descriptions—- what a yummy sounding recipe!

I adore pancakes, love them love them love them. I enjoyed buckwheat pancakes last Sunday morning. Sigh. I could eat them every single day.

If only I had time to make a short stack right this minute!

Toffeeapple

03/5/08 at 9:56 am

Sorry to hear that work is treating you badly. You know, our bodies tell us what they need and you obviously need pancakes so it would be injurious to your health to ignore the message. Perhaps you should have a double helping?


03/5/08 at 10:04 am

these pancakes look gorgeous! my man would love that you put a huge hunk of butter on top (i never like so much). way back when we had made ricotta pancakes after the times had an article about it and it looked so good. might i say, yours look even better and fluffier!

JEP

03/5/08 at 10:28 am

Absolutely delicious post today! Amazing photos & recipe!


03/5/08 at 12:15 pm

Maybe it’s something about stress, because last week I was stressed out and only wanted to eat pancakes! Needless to say, we ate some for dinner!


03/5/08 at 12:31 pm

Pancakes are total comfort food! when I was sick recently…one of the first things i was able to eat were pancakes….and I rarely eat them. I tend not to be able to stop! I have never made ricotta pancakes, but i hear they are good.


03/5/08 at 12:56 pm

Great! Now you have me thinking about pancakes at 3 o’clock in the afternoon!


03/5/08 at 2:10 pm

Oh glory! I’ve been craving pancakes for ages and I’m definitely going to try your recipe…


03/5/08 at 3:59 pm

LOVE LOVE LOVE Bill Granger aswell for the last few months, have made these and they’re divine, my kingdom for 1 pancake!!!!!


03/5/08 at 4:38 pm

The ultimate comfort food. My little one often begs me to make breakfast for dinner…. and we sometimes make some really good pancakes with chunks of raspberries, etc. Ricotta sounds like a good idea. Kind of like lasagna pancakes, right? :)


03/5/08 at 5:32 pm

I have been craving pancakes all week!!! Must be something in the air :-)


03/5/08 at 6:05 pm

You are making my mouth water. I love the idea of ricotta pancakes. I must try them!


03/5/08 at 6:27 pm

Oh these are killing me. I was at Trader Joe’s today and they had samples out of their pancakes. If someone had not been at the station, I would have just gone back and back for more samples. Oh how good those look. I so will have to have some this weekend.


03/5/08 at 8:51 pm

I have not tried making ricotta pancakes yet. They look nice and light and moist and fuffy.


03/5/08 at 9:23 pm

Wow–I loved your post!! YOur descriptions of pancakes have me craving them too!! I have never tried a ricotta recipe for pancakes–I am excited to try it and check out the cook book! Thanks!


03/5/08 at 9:42 pm

Mmmmmmmmmmm. Now I want pancakes.


03/6/08 at 3:43 am

Now that you’ve infected all the rest of us with a huge craving for pancakes I do hope yours has been satisfied and work will give a little ease up soon!


03/6/08 at 9:45 am

Oh, Ivonne, I hope work gets better for you! I know when things get hard for me I always think of food too! And I love that you thought of pancakes- so yummy and comforting!


03/6/08 at 10:29 am

Hang in there! I hope it will resolve itself soon. Lovely pancakes to indulge in. Funny, as I made some last weekend too, and I rarely do!


03/6/08 at 3:23 pm

I love the blunt honesty. I have been stressed out like crazy too! Glad you’re able to keep up the blog!


03/6/08 at 4:46 pm

Ahh, hang in there, Ivonne!! I do hope that the stress you’re experiencing at work will be short-lived; but in the meantime, please DO enjoy that scrumptious stack of fluffy pancakes - you deserve them!! :0)

Lynn in Tucson

03/6/08 at 8:34 pm

That’s why they call it comfort food!


03/6/08 at 9:57 pm

Oh I feel for you Ivonne! I feel that way too right now but I’m sure if I had that gorgeous stack of pancakes it would make me feel better! :)

Hang in there!


03/6/08 at 11:35 pm

When under stress your mind is obviously thinking of things that give you joy to cheer you up. I have experienced something similar only my craving was for rice pudding. I keep meaning to try Bills recipe for the pancakes, so thanks for the reminder. I hope you feel better now. If not, you will just have to make another batch :)


03/7/08 at 4:10 am

Pancakes made with ricotta! Now you’re talking! :) Cheers!


03/7/08 at 10:23 am

great, thanks - now all i want is a big plate of chocolate chip pancakes for lunch. and there is no where around here to get a big plate of (good) chocolate chip pancakes.

sigh.


03/7/08 at 11:36 am

those pancakes look wonderful. wish i had some.


03/8/08 at 2:48 am

They’re wonderful!! Sweet and tasty, make me wish to eat them immediatly! Elga


03/8/08 at 5:58 am

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03/8/08 at 5:02 pm

Sorry about your work. My job kicks my butt too. I completely understand. I hope it lightens up soon,

Yummy pancakes. I recently made red azuki bean pancakes so that I wouldnt feel oh so guilty indulging. At least I could say to myself while I ate… lots of fiber, lots of fiber, lots of fiber. But I can tell you they just arent as good as a plain old pancakea with pecans and maple syrup!


03/9/08 at 6:53 am

I do hope your weekend is treating you better. Take good care of yourself, and the pancakes…..oh Lord the pancakes look GOOOOOOOOOD! Thank you for sharing :)


03/9/08 at 1:22 pm

I gert so hungry for them…then I have a crisis: maple syprup???? Blueberry syrup??? Fresh strawberries????
Aaarrrggghhhh!


03/9/08 at 3:33 pm

That is SOOO bizarre…. My daughter has been asking for pancakes everyday for a week now. I’ve never quite succeeded in making them, but I’ll give these a try - they’re so darn pretty.

Thanks for posting them!

P.S. I hope you kick work’s ass this week!


03/9/08 at 4:49 pm

Ah, this happened to me in the fall when I was going carb-crazy for all kinds of things I don’t normally eat much, like tuna casserole, pastas galore, and pancakes! I made Nigella Lawson’s pancake mix from her Nigella Express book and the pancakes are AMAZING!

Hm…Maybe I’ll have cabbage soup for dinner another night…


03/9/08 at 9:25 pm

I know what you mean, Ivonne. We’re pancake lovers around here any way we can get them! These sound lovely. I’ll have to give ricotta a go. I know mascarpone is a hit! Hang in there.


03/9/08 at 10:36 pm

I’m so crazy about ricotta. This is such a great use for it!


03/10/08 at 6:24 am

I just curse my job cause it keeps me away from baking more. But I would sure love some of those pancakes.


03/10/08 at 5:58 pm

You know, I’ve had my thoughts turn to a specific food when I was supposed to be doing something else, but I can’t say pancakes has ever been one of those foods. Course now that I’ve read this, I’m going to crave pancakes tomorrow morning. In the middle of swimming. It’ll happen, wait and see!

PS I waved to you on our way through Toronto, both ways - sorry, did not have time to stop and say hi in person, but I did think of you!


03/10/08 at 7:36 pm

Oh sweetie…you KNOW I sympathise.

Soon it will be all over.

j


03/11/08 at 6:51 am

My daughter is coming for Easter with the new boyfriend…I think these would impress:D


03/11/08 at 10:33 am

Who doesn’t love pancakes? Yours looks so good, I wish I had a stack right at this very moment.


03/11/08 at 1:48 pm

mmmmm ricotta pancakes. that recipe looks delish. this is total comfort food. + 1 de.lic.ious.


03/11/08 at 9:09 pm

With pancakes like this, no wonder pancakes are always in your thoughts…with a crowd of chocolate drizzled strawberries no less. Bravo!


03/11/08 at 10:30 pm

Oh yes, I am so with you on the pancake thing. I bought a little pancake pan a few weeks back and it has been in constant use. I hope you’re well my dearest Creampuff and that work eases off soon.

Cherry xoxox


03/12/08 at 10:21 am

Thanks for your lovely post!! I made this pancakes this morning, and they are delicious!!


03/13/08 at 6:41 pm

Pancakes for breakfast - there’s nothing better!


03/13/08 at 6:46 pm

Okay, I know I am very very tardy. But I am a huge fan of pancakes and a huge fan of ricotta. So you have solved my huge problem of what to have for breakfast tomorrow morning. I don’t swear either, but your ass wasn’t the only one kicked this week. Thanks for making my beating better!


03/13/08 at 11:18 pm

every time I open this up it makes me want pancakes NOW. :) it also makes me think of my favorite Jack Johnson song “Banana Pancakes.” I’m thinking these are going to have to make an appearance in this household very soon..yum!


03/14/08 at 1:42 am

hey there..these pancakes look like the ultimate! i usually use a recipe by nigella but yours looks so fluffy i think i might have to switch recipes now :) by the way, bill granger is amazing yes. do try his Upside Down Banana Cake (i think that was it…or pineapple, can’t remember which but it’s an upside down maple syrup one…it’s heavenly) cheers x


03/14/08 at 6:21 am

posting again just to thank you for the recipe! i made it today, although i changed it quite a lot because i didn’t have ricotta. but amazing, cheers!!!


03/14/08 at 12:32 pm

I hope work settles back down for you soon, and in the meantime do eat some of your beautiful pancakes!


03/15/08 at 7:13 am

These ricotta pancakes turned out so beautifully fluffy and moist looking. I’ll have to try this recipe out, as I really like Bill Granger’s cooking too. I’ve made his coconut bread which is simply fabulous.

Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go


03/16/08 at 3:01 am

You can have my kingdom in exchange for some of those pancakes, too (but mine isn’t worth an awful lot!)


03/16/08 at 3:57 am

Too funny! I can think of worse things to think about :)


03/16/08 at 9:12 am

It might not be a good idea to be looking at those pancakes now…. all I want is to run to the store and make some!


03/17/08 at 2:38 am

I’m having a bit of a fling with ricotta at the moment so will give these a try, you make them look so good. Hope work has not won the fight. You may have had your butt kicked but I presume you threw a few punches yourself.


03/17/08 at 7:00 pm

i’ve never had ricotta pancakes before…these look AMAZING!


03/19/08 at 2:13 pm

Love your blog!
speaking of pancakes, if you have never had one of these, you must!!

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/GermanPancake.htm


03/20/08 at 11:56 am

They look amazing, really light and fluffy. I love ricotta pancakes but don’t make them nearly enough.


03/29/08 at 2:30 am

Hi Ivonne - so glad you’ve fallen in love with BIll Granger! I’m a huge fan of his and have got all of his cookbooks. These ricotta pancakes are amazing, as are most of his breakfast recipes. I highly recommend you try his scrambled eggs and also his coconut bread - you won’t be disappointed!


03/29/08 at 4:38 pm

Wow, everyone! Thanks so much for all the lovely comments. I had no idea so many people were craving pancakes as badly as I was. Enjoy!


02/26/09 at 9:55 am

I know that you posted this almost a year ago . . . but I just found it. I wanted to let you know that I made the pancakes the other night and they are undoubtedly the best pancakes EVER. I tried to buy the cookbook but it seems that it’s no longer in print and it’s really expensive used on Amazon. No matter, I’ll keep my eye out for it and in the meantime I’ll keep making these pancakes. Thank you SO much!


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