Ricotta Hotcakes

Ingredients

  • 250 grams ricotta cheese (full-fat / wholemilk)
  • 125 ml semi skimmed milk
  • 2 large eggs (separated)
  • 100 grams plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons groundnut oil
  • 250 grams chopped strawberries (or other berries of your choice)

Method

  1. Put the ricotta, milk and egg yolks into a bowl and mix well to combine. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt and gently whisk to make a smooth batter. Beat the egg whites until they become foamy – this isn’t hard work even, whisking by hand, which is all that’s needed here – and then fold them into the ricotta mixture.
  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and drop in heaped dessertspoons of batter.
  3. Cook the pancakes for about 1 minute until golden and then flip them over and cook for another minute. Keep the cooked pancakes warm, by tenting with foil on a large warmed plate, while you work your way through the batter, and then serve with syrup – if you must – and strawberries.