Blueberry pancakes with ricotta and orange
These blueberry pancakes with ricotta and orange are one of my all-time favourite pancakes recipes on my blog. They are light and fluffy and soak up maple syrup perfectly.
I love blueberry pancakes for breakfast, and if you add ricotta to the batter you’ll get a much richer, fluffier and not as sweet result. This is perfect when you drizzle over maple syrup or honey. A dollop of Greek-style yoghurt gives it creaminess and makes it even more breakfast-like. I mean, we need to indulge now and again.
I used my Breville 800 Class Mixer, which whips up the batter in minutes. You could make these on a busy weekday morning too. The Breville non-stick electric frying pan is like a restaurant flat top and thus THE perfect appliance to make pancakes.
I made 4 decent-sized ones at a time. I thought it was the ultimate appliance for making paella (which it is) – but now I think its ability to cook up perfect pancakes makes it worth buying for that reason alone. I still need to give it a whirl to make fried eggs in bulk, or just a big breakfast in general. I know it’s going to rock at that.
Orange and blueberry are delicious flavour partners so I added the zest of one to the mix.
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blueberry pancakes with ricotta and orange
Print RecipeIngredients
- 3 large free-range eggs separated
- 1½ cups flour
- 1½ t baking powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup milk
- zest of an orange
- 150 g – 200g ricotta
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- butter from frying
Instructions
- Whisk the egg whites in the Breville stand mixer until they form stiff peaks and set aside in another bowl.
- Place all the remaining ingredients, except the ricotta and butter, into the same bowl you whisked the whites and mix briefly to form a batter. Gently stir the ricotta until it is incorporated. Add the beaten egg whites and fold this through the batter. Add the blueberries and fold these in.
- Heat The Breville nonstick electric frying pan and add a knob of butter.
- Drop generous dollops of batter into the pan (depending on the size you want to make. I find about a third of a cup makes a decent size pancake. Turn them
- as the surface starts to bubble. Drain on kitchen paper.
- Serve immediately with a drizzle of syrup or honey and a dollop of Greek-style full-fat yoghurt and few extra fresh berries on the side.
* Disclaimer * This post has been sponsored by Breville South Africa. I am working on a few projects with their marketing team, including developing recipes using these amazing appliances. Breville appliances are exclusively available at @Home nationwide.
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I just love these photos, especially the last one. Beautiful colours!
These images are definitely making me wish i had a stack of these pancakes this morning. I bet they tasted just as delicious as their perfect appearance Sam 🙂
These looks phenomenal! I’ve never tried ricotta in a pancake batter before. The yogurt on top is such a nice touch too.
I’ve seen ricotta in pancake recipes before, but never been compelled to try it. All you have to say is that it makes them fluffier and I’m in!!! I can’t wait to try these. As always your photos are perfection!
I love blueberry pancakes too, these look just lovely!
These pancakes. are. AMAZING. Period.
I made these for breakfast today and my husband requested these for tomorrow again!
Hi Tania
Im so glad to hear that yo uand your husband like this recipe, have to say the base is my g0-to pancake recipe. I love the ricotta.