Ricotta Pancakes With Pineapple And Rum

Here's your best weekend breakfast and this ricotta pancakes recipe is my go-to pancake recipe, it is gorgeous every time fluffy, light and totally fail-proof. Whip up a batch of fluffy, soft and moist ricotta pancakes for breakfast this weekend that are no more difficult to make than your average pancake recipe!

I have the perfect fluffy pancakes recipe for you right here: ricotta pancakes topped with pineapple and rum and a touch of honey and butter. Mmmmm, yes, I know you are drooling right now. We have made these again over the Easter period and they were such winners!

This is not your ordinary breakfast food, but this delicious easy pancake recipe will surely be the highlight of any morning! Ricotta pancakes are one of our favourite breakfast foods.

I usually make these for my kids on Saturday or Sunday mornings before they get started with classes, swimming and martial arts as some weekends are crazier than weekdays. We do make these sometimes during the week too and since my husband is the one that gets up to make the breakfasts, I prepare the batter in the evening and keep it refrigerated until the next morning when it will be a 10 min job.

Of course, we change the toppings almost every time and to me, the topping makes any pancake even more exciting. This simple pancake recipe is amazing every time since it is so easy and quick to make not to mention that it is a pretty healthy pancake recipe too with a higher protein content than you would expect to get from pancakes in general.

You may be thinking, really??! Ricotta cheese in pancakes? Oh, yes! Give it a try, definitely if you have never had it before. It is not at all what you may expect, it's not that savoury cheesy taste. The ricotta just adds flavour and moisture. I love the fluffy, moist texture that ricotta provides and it pairs so well with any topping you can ever imagine. The best part? They take less than 20 minutes from start to finish!

How to cook perfect ricotta pancakes

Is there a secret?

Well, yes but it might come as no surprise to some.

An evenly heated cooking pan is what you really need. It is best to use an electric griddle if you have one, if not a pancake pan or a simple non-stick pan will do. Here's how:

1. First, preheat the pan or the electric plate well by turning or placing it to/on medium heat. Once it has become hot, lower the heat a notch and apply 2-minute of patience. Wait, and this waiting step it's very important.
2. Grease your pan/plate with a tiny, tiny amount of oil or butter (for extra flavour). Yes, even a non-stick pan needs a little greasing or you will get that miserable looking first pancakes (you know what I mean, right? I normally use a brush to grease the pan or a paper towel that been dipped into a little oil or melted butter.
3. Use a tiny ladle or a ¼ cup measuring cup to pour your pancake batter. Start pouring from the centre and continue pouring slowly into a circular motion so that the batter spreads into the perfect round shapes if you are after a perfectly round shape, I clearly wasn't in that perfect shape mode.
4. Don’t rush them by increasing the heat, allow them to cook to perfection. Do not rush to flip them too early either. Allow that first side of the pancake to cook to that perfect brown colour. You will see the bubbles and then tiny holes start forming on top and that is when they are ready to get a flip over.
5. To get that classic flip perfected use a plastic spatula, slide it right underneath the pancake and flip using your wrist and not the whole hand or arm. A swift and pretty quick wrist twist will deliver that perfect flip. Practice is the mother of learning as I always say ;-).

Other topping ideas for these ricotta pancakes

Simple ready-made toppings:

• fresh berries,
• a drizzle of melted dark chocolate,
• any berries coulis (my favourite)
• any homemade jam
• powdered sugar or cane sugar with lemon juice
• maple syrup to make them even more decadent.
• berries syrup
• yoghurt
• honey
• fruit compote
• icecream
• caramel sauce (my daughter's favourite)
• Make a banana flambee
• lemon curd
• vanilla custard and fruits
• nuts
• peanut butter
• Nutella
• apple butter
• savoury options bacon, fried eggs, sausages

More sophisticated toppings:

• coconut yoghurt, granola and fruit ( any fruit) I particularly like apricots or juice nectarines
• mascarpone, passionfruit and raspberries curd
• strawberries coulis and cream cheese
• fried egg, kimchi and sriracha or chilli sauce
• garlicky mushrooms with feta cheese and herbs ( chives, parsley, dill)

The most peculiar topping I use (not so strange to me though - call me strange or weird if you like) is this chilli jam which truthfully can be used for almost anything - it is something that I make sure I never run out of and make it constantly. Oh, the toppings are endless, honestly, these are just a few and every time we use a different one. In this picture, quince jam is present too because it is my favourite preserve ever!

Do you want to make these ricotta pancakes gluten-free?

• use coconut flour
• oat flour
• gluten-free flour
• chickpeas flour

FAQs

Other pancakes recipes you may enjoy :

• Mini pancakes cereal
• Dutch baby pancakes
• Savoury (bacon and egg) Dutch baby
• Apple pancakes
• Rainbow crepe cake