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

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Ingredients

• 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.

Author: Sam

 * 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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