Ricotta hotcakes
Sydney café ricotta pancakes with banana and honeycomb butter
AustralianRicotta hotcakes became famous at a Bondi café in the 1990s and are now on brunch menus right across Sydney, served in a tall stack with sliced banana, maple syrup and a disc of honeycomb butter. Ricotta and whipped egg whites make them soft and almost soufflé-like in the middle. Most ricotta is made with acid, but some uses rennet; check the label if you need it strictly vegetarian. A common mistake is beating the batter after folding in the whites, which knocks out the air. Chef's tip: cook them low and slow with a lid on for a minute so the thick centres set.
- Total time
- 35 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the hotcakes
- 10 ½ oz ricotta
- ¾ cup milk
- 5 ½ oz plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- ⅔ oz butterfor cooking
For the honeycomb butter
- 2 ⅞ oz buttersoftened
- 1 ⅜ oz honeycomb toffeecrushed
To serve
- 2 bananassliced
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Mash 2 ⅞ oz butter with 1 ⅜ oz honeycomb toffee, roll into a log in baking paper and chill.
5 minStep 2: Whisk 10 ½ oz ricotta, ¾ cup milk and 4 egg yolks together. Sift in 5 ½ oz plain flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 2 tbsp caster sugar and 1 pinch salt and stir just until combined.
4 minStep 3: Whisk 4 egg whites to soft peaks and fold into the batter in two goes, gently, leaving a few streaks.
4 minStep 4: Heat a heavy frying pan over a medium-low heat and brush with ⅔ oz butter. Cook ladlefuls of batter, 10 cm across, for 3 minutes until golden underneath and bubbles appear. Flip and cook 2–3 minutes more, covered for the last minute, until springy in the centre. Keep warm while you cook the rest.
18 minStep 5: Stack on plates with 2 bananas, a slice of honeycomb butter and 4 tbsp maple syrup.
2 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does ricotta hotcakes take?
- About 35 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of milk?
- Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
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